Six Days of Charleroi

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Six Days of Charleroi
Race details
DateMid-December
Region Charleroi, Belgium
Local name(s)Six Jours de Charleroi (in French)
Discipline Track
Type Six-day racing
History
First edition1967 (1967)
Editions3
Final edition1969
First winnerFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Patrick Sercu  (BEL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ferdinand Bracke  (BEL)
Most winsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Patrick Sercu  (BEL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ferdinand Bracke  (BEL) (2 wins)
Final winnerFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Patrick Sercu  (BEL)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Norbert Seeuws  (BEL)

The Six Days of Charleroi was a short-lived six-day track cycling race held annually in Charleroi, Belgium. [1]

Contents

It took place on a dismountable velodrome, especially installed for the event in the Charleroi Exhibition Centre. Three editions were organized from 1967 to 1969, of which Patrick Sercu and Ferdinand Bracke won two. [2]

Winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
1967 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Sercu
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ferdinand Bracke
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Norbert Seeuws
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Théo Verschueren
Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Beghetto
Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Bugdahl
1968 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ferdinand Bracke
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Robert Lelangue
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Julien Stevens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Looy
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Sercu
1969 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Norbert Seeuws
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Patrick Sercu
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Merckx
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Julien Stevens
Flag of Germany.svg Rudi Altig
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ferdinand Bracke

References

  1. "6 jours de Charleroi (Belgique)". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Charleroi Six-days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.