Marcel Kerff (2 June 1866 – 7 August 1914) was a Belgian

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who participated in the 1903 Tour de France, where he finished sixth. At the age of 48, after the German invasion of Belgium at the beginning of the

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, Kerff was assumed to have been spying on German soldiers and was subsequently hanged.* A monument memorializing all Belgian cyclists that died during this war was erected later on in Moelingen near the place where he died. His brothers Leopold Kerff and Charles Kerff were also professional cyclists.

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1866 births 1914 deaths Executed Belgian people Belgian male cyclists Civilians killed in World War I People from Voeren Cyclists from Limburg (Belgium) People executed by military occupation forces People executed by the German Empire People executed by Germany by hanging {{Belgium-cycling-bio-stub