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Full name | Patrick Sercu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium | 27 June 1944|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 April 2019 74) Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1964 | Bertin–Porter 39–Milremo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1964–1966 | Solo–Superia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967 | Flandria–DeClerckx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Faemino–Faema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1972 | Dreher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973–1976 | Brooklyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1977 | Fiat France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1979 | Marc Zeepcentrale–Superia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980 | Marc–VRD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1902 | IWC–Imex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983 | Imex–Neuhaus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) [1] was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx. [2] He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d'Italia. [3] [4]
With 38 national and 15 European championship titles, he is considered as one of the most successful track cyclists ever. [5]
In total, he won no less than 1,206 races, of which 168 road races and 1,038 track races. [6]
At a young age, Patrick Sercu was pushed towards the track by his father Albert, himself a successful rider. "He was afraid I would break down too quickly on the road", Patrick Sercu himself said about that.
With his fast legs, Sercu was also born for explosive work on the track. In 1962, aged 18, he won his first national titles, in the sprint and madison events. At 19, Sercu became world amateur sprint champion in Rocourt, near Liège.
A year later, the still very young Sercu captured gold at the kilometre in Tokyo, his only participation in the Games as only amateurs were allowed to compete in the cycling events at the time. That year, he was the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester. [7]
After the Olympics, professional life and also increasingly the road races beckoned for Sercu. Super team Solo–Superia, which also included Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Looy and Rik Van Steenbergen, brought in the West-Fleming.
While on the road he still lacked power and speed, on the track he was increasingly successful. Between 1965 and 1969, he won two more golds and two more silver medals at the World Sprint Championships, each time after a duel with his Italian rival Giuseppe Beghetto.
He was also an instant winner in the Six Days. With Eddy Merckx at his side, he won his first of 11 Six Days in Ghent in 1965. Until the early 1980s, Sercu would remain the uncrowned king of the Six Days.
With 88 final victories, Sercu leads the eternal rankings. "It's Merckx's fault there weren't more", he later said jokingly. After all, Merckx could not ride a full winter programme due to his busy schedule.
Gradually, Sercu began to find his feet on the road as well. In 1970, he rode his first major tour, the Giro, and took his first stage win. Twelve more stage wins in the Italian Tour would follow in the following years.
By the mid-1970s, Sercu had become one of the most renowned sprinters in the peloton. In his first participation in the Tour at the age of 30, he snatched 3 stages as well as the green jersey. Three years later, he would bring his total in the Tour to six stage wins. By then, he had already won the overall classification of another stage race Giro di Sardegna in 1970, and the points classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné and La Méditerranée in 1977.
Patrick Sercu retired from competitions in 1983. He became organizer of six days events and omniums all over the world, [3] and director of the Six Days of Ghent and the former Six Days of Hasselt. [8] [9] After a few years with unstable health, Sercu died on 19 April 2019, aged 74. [10]
Sercu had the special quality not only to have a very fast sprint, but he could also maintain that top speed for a long time. He celebrated his greatest success there with one kilometer time trial, where he often outwitted the stockier, more explosive types in a long sprint. It earned him the world records in the shorter distances. Moreover, everything seemed to come very easily to him, often to the chagrin of his opponents. With his unequalled recuperation ability, he was able to participate in more than ten six-days in a winter season. In the years that he combined the track with the road, he competed in more than 200 races every year.
The six-day combination with Eddy Merckx was a success. Merckx was able to maintain a high, constant pace for a long time, while Sercu often finished it off with his final sprint. [11]
Discipline | Record | Date | Velodrome | Ref |
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Flying 500 m time trial amateurs | 29"66 | 28 July 1964 | Ordrupbanen Ordrup, Denmark | [12] |
1 km time trial amateurs | 1'06"76 | 12 December 1964 | Palais Des Sports Brussels, Belgium | [12] |
Flying 1 km time trial | 1'01"23 | 3 Februari 1967 | Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Belgium | [13] |
1 km time trial | 1'07"35 | 2 December 1972 | Hallenstadion Zürich, Switzerland | [12] |
Flying 1 km time trial outdoor | 1'02"46 | 17 September 1973 | Velodromo Vigorelli Milan, Italy | [14] |
Nr | Year | Race | Partner | Win |
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1 | 1965 | Ghent | Eddy Merckx | 1 |
2 | 1966 | Frankfurt | Klaus Bugdahl | 1 |
3 | 1967 | Cologne | Klaus Bugdahl | 2 |
4 | 1967 | Montréal | Emile Severeyns | 1 |
5 | 1967 | Ghent | Eddy Merckx | 2 |
6 | 1967 | Münster | Klaus Bugdahl | 3 |
7 | 1967 | Charleroi | Ferdinand Bracke | 1 |
8 | 1968 | Rotterdam | Peter Post | 1 |
9 | 1968 | London | Peter Post | 2 |
10 | 1968 | Frankfurt | Rudi Altig | 1 |
11 | 1968 | Dortmund | Rudi Altig | 2 |
12 | 1969 | Bremen | Peter Post | 3 |
13 | 1969 | Antwerp | Peter Post and Rik Van Looy | 4 |
14 | 1969 | London | Peter Post | 5 |
15 | 1969 | Dortmund | Peter Post | 6 |
16 | 1969 | Frankfurt | Peter Post | 7 |
17 | 1969 | Charleroi | Norbert Seeuws | 1 |
18 | 1970 | Cologne | Peter Post | 8 |
19 | 1970 | Bremen | Peter Post | 9 |
20 | 1970 | London | Peter Post | 10 |
21 | 1970 | Ghent | Jean-Pierre Monseré | 1 |
22 | 1971 | Rotterdam | Peter Post | 11 |
23 | 1971 | London | Peter Post | 12 |
24 | 1971 | Berlin | Peter Post | 13 |
25 | 1971 | Frankfurt | Peter Post | 14 |
26 | 1971 | Ghent | Roger De Vlaeminck | 1 |
27 | 1972 | London | Tony Gowland | 1 |
28 | 1972 | Dortmund | Alain van Lancker | 1 |
29 | 1972 | Ghent | Julien Stevens | 1 |
30 | 1973 | Cologne | Alain van Lancker | 2 |
31 | 1973 | Milan | Julien Stevens | 2 |
32 | 1973 | Dortmund | Eddy Merckx | 3 |
33 | 1973 | Grenoble | Eddy Merckx | 4 |
34 | 1973 | Ghent | Graeme Gilmore | 1 |
35 | 1974 | Antwerp | Eddy Merckx | 5 |
36 | 1974 | London | René Pijnen | 1 |
37 | 1974 | Dortmund | René Pijnen | 2 |
38 | 1975 | Bremen | René Pijnen | 3 |
39 | 1975 | Antwerp | Eddy Merckx | 6 |
40 | 1975 | Berlin | Dietrich Thurau | 1 |
41 | 1975 | Grenoble | Eddy Merckx | 7 |
42 | 1975 | Ghent | Eddy Merckx | 8 |
43 | 1975 | Zürich | Günter Haritz | 1 |
44 | 1976 | Rotterdam | Eddy Merckx | 9 |
45 | 1976 | Antwerp | Eddy Merckx | 10 |
46 | 1976 | Milan | Francesco Moser | 1 |
47 | 1976 | Dortmund | Freddy Maertens | 1 |
48 | 1976 | Maastricht | Graeme Gilmore | 2 |
49 | 1977 | Copenhagen | Ole Ritter | 1 |
50 | 1977 | Antwerp | Freddy Maertens | 2 |
51 | 1977 | London | René Pijnen | 4 |
52 | 1977 | Berlin | Eddy Merck | 11 |
53 | 1977 | Munich | Eddy Merckx | 12 |
54 | 1977 | Ghent | Eddy Merckx | 13 |
55 | 1977 | Zürich | Eddy Merckx | 14 |
56 | 1977 | Maastricht | Eddy Merckx | 15 |
57 | 1978 | Berlin | Dietrich Thurau | 2 |
58 | 1978 | Frankfurt | Dietrich Thurau | 3 |
59 | 1978 | Grenoble | Dietrich Thurau | 4 |
60 | 1978 | Munich | Gregor Braun | 1 |
61 | 1978 | Ghent | Gerrie Knetemann | 1 |
62 | 1979 | Cologne | Gregor Braun | 2 |
63 | 1979 | Rotterdam | Albert Fritz | 1 |
64 | 1979 | Hanover | Albert Fritz | 2 |
65 | 1979 | London | Albert Fritz | 3 |
66 | 1979 | Berlin | Dietrich Thurau | 5 |
67 | 1979 | Dortmund | Dietrich Thurau | 6 |
68 | 1979 | Munich | Dietrich Thurau | 7 |
69 | 1979 | Zürich | Albert Fritz | 4 |
70 | 1979 | Bremen | Albert Fritz | 5 |
71 | 1980 | Copenhagen | Albert Fritz | 6 |
72 | 1980 | Copenhagen | Albert Fritz | 7 |
73 | 1980 | Berlin | Gregor Braun | 3 |
74 | 1980 | Dortmund | Gregor Braun | 4 |
75 | 1980 | Ghent | Albert Fritz | 8 |
76 | 1980 | Herning | Gert Frank | 1 |
77 | 1981 | Cologne | Albert Fritz | 8 |
78 | 1981 | Copenhagen | Albert Fritz | 9 |
79 | 1981 | Milan | Francesco Moser | 2 |
80 | 1981 | Grenoble | Urs Freuler | 1 |
81 | 1981 | Ghent | Gert Frank | 2 |
82 | 1982 | Rotterdam | René Pijnen | 5 |
83 | 1982 | Copenhagen | René Pijnen | 6 |
84 | 1982 | Antwerp | Roger De Vlaeminck | 2 |
85 | 1982 | Berlin | Maurizio Bidinost | 1 |
86 | 1982 | Munich | René Pijnen | 7 |
87 | 1983 | Rotterdam | René Pijnen | 8 |
88 | 1983 | Copenhagen | Gert Frank | 3 |
• 15 events with Eddy Merckx
• 14 with Peter Post
• 10 with Albert Fritz
• 8 with René Pijnen
• 7 with Dietrich Thurau
• 3 with Klaus Bugdahl & Gert Frank
• 2 with Rudi Altig, Roger De Vlaeminck, Alain van Lancker, Julien Stevens, Graeme Gilmore, Francesco Moser & Freddy Maertens
Champion | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
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Olympic: kilometre | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
World track championships: sprint | 1° | 2° | 1° | |||||||||||||||||
World Road Championships | rit. | |||||||||||||||||||
European Track Championships: madison | 3° | 1° | 1° | 3° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 1° | 1° | 3° | 3° | 1° | ||||||||
European Track Championships: derny | 1° | 2° | ||||||||||||||||||
European Track Championships: omnium | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 3° | |||||||
:Belgian National Championships: madison | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | ||||||||
:Belgian National Championships: derny | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
:Belgian National Championships: omnium | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | |||||||
:Belgian National Championships: sprint | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | ||||||||||||||||
National road championship | 5° | |||||||||||||||||||
National road championship points | 2° | 4° |
Races | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
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Omnium Cherbourg | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Amsterdam six | 3° | |||||||||||||||||||
Antwerp six | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 2° | rit. | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | rit. | 2° | rit. | 1° | 2° | |||
Berlin six | 5° | 5° | 3° | 4° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 4° | rit. | 1° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 4° | 1° | |||
Bremen six | 3° | 5° | 5° | 1° | 2° | 2° | 4° | 3° | 1° | 3° | 2° | 6° | 1° | 2° | 2° | 2° | ||||
Brussels six | 2° | rit. | 2° | |||||||||||||||||
Charleroi six | 1° | 3° | 1° | |||||||||||||||||
Cologne six | 1° | 2° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 2° | rit. | 1° | 3° | 1° | 2° | 5° | ||||||||
Copenhagen six | 1° | rit. | 3° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | |||||||||||||
Dortmund six | 4° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 6° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 1° | 6° | 6° | ||||
Essen six | 4° | 4° | ||||||||||||||||||
Frankfurt six | 1° | 1° | 1° | rit. | 1° | 4° | 2° | 5° | 1° | 1° | 2° | rit. | ||||||||
Ghent six | 1° | 2° | 1° | 2° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 1° | |||
Grenoble six | 1° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 4° | 1° | |||||||||||
Groningen six | 2° | |||||||||||||||||||
Hanover six | 1° | 2° | 2° | |||||||||||||||||
Herning six | 3° | 3° | 1° | 4° | 2° | |||||||||||||||
London six | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 5° | 1° | 3° | ||||||||
Maastricht six | 1° | 1° | 4° | 3° | 2° | 3° | ||||||||||||||
Milan six | 3° | 2° | 2° | 4° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 2° | |||||||
Monaco six | 3° | 4° | rit. | 2° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | rit. | 1° | ||||||||||
Montréal six | 1° | 2° | 2° | |||||||||||||||||
Münster six | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Rotterdam six | 1° | 1° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 3° | 4° | 1° | 3° | 3° | 1° | 1° | |||||||
Zürich six | 3° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 4° | 8° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 4° | 1° | 8° | 3° | 2° |
Classics | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
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Giro del Piemonte | 4° | |||||||||||||||||||
Giro di Campania | 2° | |||||||||||||||||||
Giro di Toscana | 62° | |||||||||||||||||||
Milan–San Remo | 11° | 31° | 27° | 5° | 116° | 11° | 7° | 8° | ||||||||||||
Milano–Torino | 10° | 7° | ||||||||||||||||||
Milano–Vignola | 2° | 2° | 2° | 2° |
Classics | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
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Flèche Wallonne | 15° | |||||||||||||||||||
Gent–Wevelgem | 9° | 5° | 49° | 20° | ||||||||||||||||
Tour of Flanders | 7° | 44° | 9° | 9° | ||||||||||||||||
Paris–Roubaix | 8° | 18° | ||||||||||||||||||
Paris–Tours | 11° |
Races (stage races) | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
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Deutschland Tour | 12° (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
Tour of Belgium | rit. | rit. (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré | 70° (4) | |||||||||||||||||||
Tour of the Mediterranean | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
Giro d'Italia | 90° (1) | 69° (2) | rit. | 97° (1) | rit. (3) | 67° (3) | rit. (3) | |||||||||||||
Giro di Puglia | (1) | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
Tour of Romandy | (1) | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
Tour of Sardinia | 1° (1) | 15° (1) | 5° (3) | (1) | 3° (2) | |||||||||||||||
Paris–Nice | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
Tirreno–Adriatico | (1) | 6° (1) | (1) | (1) | (1) | |||||||||||||||
Tour de France | 89° (3) | rit. (3) |
Races | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
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Acht van Chaam | 3° | |||||||||||||||||||
Bellariva-Rimini | 3° | |||||||||||||||||||
Brussels-Ingooigem | 1° | 5° | ||||||||||||||||||
Brussels-Meulebeke | 4° | |||||||||||||||||||
Cagliari-Sassari | 3° | 1° | 1° | |||||||||||||||||
Circuito degli Assi di Pavullo | 4° | |||||||||||||||||||
Circuito di Cotignola | 3° | |||||||||||||||||||
Circuit of the Port of Dunkirk | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Circuit of South-West Flanders | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Circuit of Central Flanders | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Tour of the Vallée de la Lys | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Tour of the Flemish Ardennes | 1° | 1° | ||||||||||||||||||
Tour des Régions Frontières | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Elfstedenronde | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Coppa Bernocchi | 2° | 2° | ||||||||||||||||||
Coppa Sabatini | 2° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium degli Assi di Nogaro | 5° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Bourcefranc | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Callac | 9° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Hank | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Lignano | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Mol | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Nantes | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Rouergue | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Tortoretto | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Criterium Zolder | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Freccia Mosana | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Ronde van Limburg | 2° | |||||||||||||||||||
Giro di Calabria | 2° | |||||||||||||||||||
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria | 3° | |||||||||||||||||||
Giro di Sardegna | 1° | 3° | 3° | |||||||||||||||||
Giro di Sicilia | 2° | |||||||||||||||||||
Gran Premio Cemab | 2° | |||||||||||||||||||
GP Roeselare | 4° | 1° | ||||||||||||||||||
GP Union Dortmund | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Harelbeke-Antwerp-Harelbeke | 6° | 2° | ||||||||||||||||||
Het Volk | 5° | 2° | 3° | 7° | ||||||||||||||||
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 1° | |||||||||||||||||||
Memorial Tom Simpson | 1° | 1° | ||||||||||||||||||
Paris–Camembert | 2° | 2° | ||||||||||||||||||
Petegem-Deinze | 9° |
Constant ("Stan") Ockers was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.
Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré was a Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world.
Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as "The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation". Nicknamed "The Gypsy" because he was born into a family of traveling clothiers, he is known for exploits in the cobbled classic Paris–Roubaix race, but his performances in other "Monument" races gave him a record that few can match. His record in Paris–Roubaix earned him another nickname, "Monsieur Paris–Roubaix".
Henri "Rik" Van Looy is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period. Nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals, he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and first half of the ‘60s.
Freddy Maertens is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist who was twice world road race champion. His career coincided with the best years of another Belgian rider, Eddy Merckx, and supporters and reporters were split over who was better. Maertens' career swung between winning more than 50 races in a season to winning almost none and then back again. His life has been marked by debt and alcoholism. It took him more than two decades to pay a tax debt. At one point early in his career, between the 1976 Tour and 1977 Giro, Maertens won 28 out of 60 Grand Tour stages that he entered before abandoning the Giro due to injury on stage 8b. Eight Tour stage wins, thirteen Vuelta stage wins and seven Giro stage wins in less than one calendar year.
Alfons ("Fons") De Wolf is a retired Belgian road race cyclist, a professional from 1979 to 1990. He represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
Ferdinand Bracke is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist who is most famous for holding the World Hour Record (48.093 km) and winning the overall title at the 1971 Vuelta a España in front of Wilfried David of Belgium and Luis Ocaña of Spain. He also became world pursuit champion on the track in 1964 and 1969.
Gregor Braun is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was a locksmith.
Günter Haritz is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Udo Hempel. In 1973, together with Peter Vonhof, Hans Lutz and Günther Schumacher, Haritz won the amateur world title in the team pursuit.
Julien Stevens is a retired Belgian cyclist who raced from 1963 to 1977. Stevens spent most part of his career employed to help other riders, such as Rik Van Steenbergen, Rik Van Looy and Eddy Merckx. In 1969, at the road world championship in Zolder he got clear with Dutchman Harm Ottenbros but lost the sprint.
Rik Van Linden is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France, ahead of Eddy Merckx.
Etienne De Wilde is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. De Wilde won races on the road and on the track. He won a silver medal in the madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Theo Verschueren is a retired Belgian cyclist. He had his best achievements in motor-paced racing, in which he won the world championships in the professionals category in 1971 and 1972 and finished second in 1969, 1970 and 1974. During his career Verschueren took part in 67 six-day road races, winning the race of Antwerp in 1968 and 1972.
Graeme Gilmore is an Australian retired track cyclist. He is the father of Belgian racing cyclist Matthew Gilmore and brother in law of British racing cyclist Tom Simpson.
Jasper De Buyst is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny. De Buyst focuses mainly on track cycling, notably the omnium, points race, madison and six-day racing disciplines.
Lotte Kopecky is a Belgian road and track racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime, and the 2023 and 2024 UCI Elite Women's World Road Race Champion. She is a multiple world champion on the track, having won six gold medals across four UCI Track Cycling World Championships; she won the madison in 2017 and 2022, the points race in 2021 and 2023, and the elimination race in 2022 and 2023.
Emile Severeyns was a Belgian road and track cyclist. Professional from 1953 to 1971, he won 26 six-day races. He also competed in the 1954 Giro d'Italia and the 1956 Vuelta a España.
Norbert Seeuws is a Belgian former professional cyclist who had his major successes on track.
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