Six Days of Quebec

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Six Days of Quebec
Race details
Region Quebec, Canada
Local name(s)Six Jours de Québec (in French)
Discipline Track
Type Six-day racing
History
First edition1964 (1964)
Editions3
Final edition1966
First winnerFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Emile Severeyns  (BEL)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Lucien Gillen  (LUX)
Most winsFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Emile Severeyns  (BEL) (2 wins)
Final winnerFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Fritz Pfenninger  (SUI)
Flag of Germany.svg  Sigi Renz  (DEU)

The Quebec Six Days was a short-lived six-day track cycling race held in Quebec, Canada. [1]

Contents

Only three editions were organized, from 1964 to 1966. [2]

Winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
1964 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Emile Severeyns
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Lucien Gillen
Flag of Italy.svg Mino De Rossi
Flag of Italy.svg Ferdinando Terruzzi
Flag of France.svg Roger Gaignard
Flag of France.svg André Retrain
1965 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Emile Severeyns
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rik Van Steenbergen
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Lucien Gillen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Robert Lelangue
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fritz Pfenninger
Flag of Germany.svg Sigi Renz
1966 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fritz Pfenninger
Flag of Germany.svg Sigi Renz
Flag of Denmark.svg Freddy Eugen
Flag of Italy.svg Leandro Faggin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Emile Severeyns
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Robert Lelangue

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References

  1. "6 jours du Québec (Canada)". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Québec, Six Days". CyclingArchives. 2022.