Adolph Braeckeveldt (

Sint-Denijs-Westrem Sint-Denijs-Westrem (; ) is a sub-municipality of the city of Ghent located in the province of East Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Ghent. History Sint-Denijs- ...

, 6 October 1912 —

Lovendegem Lovendegem () is a town and former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprised the towns of Lovendegem proper and Vinderhoute. I ...

, 4 August 1985) was a Belgian professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. In 1937, he won one stage of the

1937 Tour de France The 1937 Tour de France was the 31st edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July. It consisted of 20 stages with a total length of . Charles Holland and Bill Burl became the first British cyclists to ride the Tour. Burl ...

, in a joint victory with Heinz Wengler.

Major results

;1935 :Charleroi :GP van Noord-Vlaanderen :Kruishoutem ;1936 :GP de Wallonie ;1937 :Drie Zustersteden :

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is ...

: ::Winner stage 17B (ex aequo with Heinz Wengler) ;1938 :Aalst :GP de Wallonie :GP van Noord-Vlaanderen ;1939 :GP de Wallonie :Zwijndrecht ;1944 :Sint-Eloois Winkel

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Adolph Braeckeveldt
Belgian male cyclists 1912 births 1985 deaths Belgian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from Ghent 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub