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1961 Paris–Roubaix
The 1961 Paris–Roubaix was the 59th edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race and was held on 9 April 1961. The race started in Compiègne and finished in Roubaix. The race was won by Rik Van Looy of the Faema (cycling team, 1955–1962), Faema team. General classification References Paris–Roubaix 1961 in road cycling, Paris-Roubaix 1961 in French sport, Paris-Roubaix 1961 Super Prestige Pernod, Paris-Roubaix April 1961 sports events in Europe, Paris-Roubaix {{Paris–Roubaix-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional Cycle sport, cyclist of the post-World War II, war period. Nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived), he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Van Looy was twice World Cycling Championship, world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Cycling monument, Monuments': the most prestigious one-day Classic cycle races, classics – a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx). With 367 professional road victories, he ranks second all-time behind Eddy Merckx. Van Looy is ninth on the Grand Tour (cycling)#Grand Tour stage wins, all-time list of Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. These numbers could still have risen had he not been the victim of a significant number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertus Geldermans
Albertus "Ab" Geldermans (17 March 1935 – 20 April 2025) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer and directeur sportif. He was professional from 1959 to 1966 and rode seven editions of the Tour de France. In 1962 he finished fifth overall and wore the yellow jersey for two days. In 1960 Geldermans won Liège–Bastogne–Liège and won the Deutschland Tour. In 1962 he was Dutch road race champion. Afterwards he became directeur sportif of the Dutch national cycling team that competed in the 1967 Tour de France and directed Jan Janssen to victory in the 1968 Tour de France. Geldermans died on 20 April 2025, at the age of 90. He had been the oldest living Tour de France' yellow-jersey holder up until his death. Major results ;1957 :Ronde van Gouda :Ronde van het IJsselmeer :Ronde van Zuid-Holland ;1958 :Noordwijkerhout ;1959 :Beverwijk :Merelbeke :Merksem :Wielsbeke ;1960 : Deutschland Tour :Weekend Ardennais :Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1961 :Menton-Roma :Millau :Four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 In French Sport
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Finnair, Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the Captain (civil aviation), captain and First officer (civil aviation), first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 In Road Cycling
Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti enters the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Desmet
Gilbert Desmet (2 February 1931 – 30 June 2024), nicknamed ''Smetje van Lichtervelde'', was a Belgian cyclist who was professional from 1952 to 1967. In the 1956 Tour de France, he wore the yellow jersey for two days, and in the 1963 Tour de France he wore it for nine days. Desmet won 101 professional races, including Paris–Tours, La Flèche Wallonne and Four Days of Dunkirk. His best result in the Tour de France was his 4th place in 1962. He finished second in the 1959 Paris–Roubaix. In total, Desmet won 101 professional races. Throughout his career, he was often confused with Gilbert De Smet, another Belgian cyclist with a similar name. Desmet died on 30 June 2024, at the age of 93. Major results ;1951 : 2nd Kattekoers ;1954 : 1st GP Stad Zottegem : 8th Omloop Het Volk ;1955 : 1st Textielprijs Vichte ;1956 : Tour de France ::Held after Stages 3–4a : 1st Overall Drielandentrofee ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen : 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Decabooter
Arthur Decabooter (3 October 1936 – 26 May 2012) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist, active as a professional between 1959 and 1967. Cyclist Walter Godefroot is his wife's brother-in-law. Apart from a few years when he was signed to Libéria-Grammont (1962) and to Solo (1963–1964), he rode for the Groene Leeuw team. His major wins were the 1960 Tour of Flanders and 2 stages and the points classification in the Vuelta a España the same year. Decabooter's other wins include Dwars door België, Omloop Het Volk, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, and a stage in the Tour of Belgium. Major Results Road ;1955 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 3th Overall Omloop der 9 Provincies :: 1st Stages 3, 6 ( ITT) & 7 : 1st Grand Prix of Essex : 3rd Gent–Wevelgem amateurs ;1958 : 1st GP Gemeente Kortemark : 1st GP Erpe-Mere : 1st Nokere Koerse :1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Independents ;1959 : 1st Dr. Tistaertprijs Zottegem : 1st Omloop van het Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand Desmet
Armand Desmet (23 January 1931 – 17 November 2012) nieuwsblad.be Details of death (in Dutch). was a Belgian professional . Desmet was born in , and competed professionally between 1955 and 1967. He was the first winner of the and |
Bas Maliepaard
Bastiaan Maliepaard (3 April 1938 – 11 July 2024) was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1959 and 1967. He won the Dutch national road race champion in 1960 and 1961, as well as the winner of the points classification at the 1963 Vuelta a España. Maliepaard died from a cardiac arrest on 11 July 2024, at the age of 86. Major results ;1959 : 1st Ronde van Overijssel : 1st Stage 5b Olympia's Tour : 2nd Road race, UCI World Amateur Championships ;1960 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Ronde van Brabant : 9th Overall Ronde van Nederland ;1961 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Jean-Claude Lebaube) : 7th Paris–Roubaix : 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 9th Omloop Het Volk ;1962 : 1st Stage 3a Four Days of Dunkirk : 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Oise : 5th Overall Paris–Nice ::1st Stage 3a ( TTT) : 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 9th Overall Eibarko Bizikleta : 10th Overall Vuelta a Levante ::1st Stage 5 : 10th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Daems
Emile Daems (4 April 1938 – 17 October 2024) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He began his professional career in 1959. Daems, rather small in stature, was very adept at sprinting. When Daems signed his first professional contract in 1960, it was with the small Italian team Philco. He immediately sprinted to two stage victories in the Giro d'Italia and also won the Tour of Lombardy. In his neo-professional year, Daems was also included in the Belgian selection for the World Championship on the Sachsenring, Germany. But because Daems had won a criterium at the Sachsenring a few years earlier, he was the only Belgian to refuse to do work for team leader Rik Van Looy (who eventually became world champion). Daems finished 19th. In the following years, the headstrong Daems would win the stage race Giro di Sardegna (1961), the Monuments Milan-San Remo (1962) and Paris-Roubaix (1963) and 4 stage victories in the Tour de France. In the 1962 Tour de France, he di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Kerckhove
Norbert Kerckhove (21 October 1932 – 4 July 2006) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He won the E3 Harelbeke E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ... in 1959. 1956 : 1e Grote Prijs stad Kortrijk 1957 : 1e Omloop Het Volk, 3e Ronde van Vlaanderen, 3e Kuurne – Brussel – Kuurne, 6e Gent – Wevelgem, 8e Parijs – Roubaix, 1e Ronde van Picardië (2e eindstand), 1e Omloop West-Vlaamse Bergen, 1e Zegelsem, deelnemer Ronde van Frankrijk (10 Belgen) 1958 : 6e Kuurne – Brussel – Kuurne, 7e Parijs – Brussel, 1e Maldegem, 1e Zulte, 1e Dentergem, 4e Kamp v België, 1e Meulebeke 1959 : 9e Waalse Pijl, 1e E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, 1e Deinze, 1e St Andries Brugge, 1e Moeskroen (Kamp van West-Vlaanderen), 1e Deurle, 1e Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 1960 : 1e Ciney †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Janssens
Marcel Janssens (30 December 1931, in Edegem – 29 July 1992, in Nukerke) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Janssens won two stages in the Tour de France, and finished 2nd place in 1957 after Jacques Anquetil. He also won the 1960 edition of Bordeaux–Paris. He finished third place in the 1959 Paris–Roubaix. Major results ;1945 :Oostrozebeke ;1951 : National amateur road race Championship ;1953 :Mortsel :Bruxelles - Liège : Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten ;1954 :Polder-Kempen :Zingem :Tongeren ;1955 :Aurillac :Brasschaat :Nederbrakel :Wilrijk : Schelde-Dender-Leie :Polder-Kempen :GP du Brabant Wallon :Tour de l'Ouest ;1956 :Wilrijk ;1957 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 4 ::2nd place overall classification ;1958 :Waarschoot ;1959 :Antwerpen - Ougrée :Aarschot :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 10 ;1960 :Libourne :Bordeaux–Paris The Bordeaux–Paris professional road bicycle racing, cycle race was one of Europe's classic cycle races, and one of the longest in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faema (cycling Team, 1955–1962)
Faema was a professional cycling team that existed from 1955 to 1962. The team's main sponsor was espresso machine manufacturer Faema. In 1963, the Faema and Flandria teams were merged. In 1964, Faema disappeared as a sponsor in the peloton, but they returned four years later as Faemino–Faema with great success, notably through Eddy Merckx (from 1968 to 1970). Major results Source: 1955 – Faema–Guerra :*Vuelta a AndalucÃa Stage 1, Miguel Poblet :*G.P. de la Bicicleta Eibarresa, Stage 1, Miguel Poblet :* Giro di Sicilia Stage 1, Renzo Accordi :*Tour of the Netherlands Stage 3, Ilvo Pugi :*Grand Prix du Midi Libre, Miguel Poblet :*Tour de Suisse Stage 1, Fritz Schär :*Tour de France Stage 1a & 22, Miguel Poblet 1956 – Faema–Guerra–Van Hauwaert :*Vuelta a Levante, Vicente Iturat :*Paris–Nice Stage 2 & 3, Germain Derycke :*Gent–Wevelgem, Rik Van Looy :* Driedaagse van Antwerpen, Overall Rik Van Looy ::Stage 1 Willy Vannitsen ::Stage 2a Rik Van Looy ::St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
