Alfons Sweeck (15 March 1936 – 13 December 2019) was a Belgian professional cyclist from 1959 to 1962. He was the grandfather of fellow cyclists Laurens,

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and Hendrik Sweeck. Sweeck won a stage of the

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and the general classification of the 1960

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Major results

;1957 : 5th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften ;1958 : 3rd Overall

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::1st Stages 3 & 5a (

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) ;1959 : 1st Stage 3b

: 1st Stage 6 Tour de Tunisie : 9th

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;1960 : 1st Overall

: 1st Stage 10

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References

1936 births 2019 deaths Cyclists from Flemish Brabant Belgian male cyclists Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners People from Keerbergen 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub