Stage races One-day races and Classics Romanus Maes (pronounced [ʁɔ.mɛ̃ maːs]; 10 August 1912 – 22 February 1983) was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France after wearing the yellow jersey of leadership from beginning to end.

The following year he started the Tour de France and twice finished stages in second place.

His Tour de France win in 1935 ended a six-year run by French riders.

[2] Maes started the Tour de France in 1939 and won the stage from Caen to Vire, a time trial over 63 km.

Romain Maes stopped racing in 1944 and opened a bar, "In de Gele Trui" (In The Yellow Jersey), near the North station in Brussels.