Frans Melckenbeeck (born 15 November 1940) is a retired 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 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

, and in 1963 he won

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

. He won 4 stages in the 1964 and 1965

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

. Melckenbeeck also competed in the

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

Major results

;1958 :1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten Amateurs race :1st Overall Étoile des Débutants :: 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4 ;1960 :1st Bruxelles–Lede ;1961 :5th

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...

Amateur road race ;1961 : 1st National Road Race Championships Road race, amateurs :1st National Track Championships Madison, amateurs :1st Overall Ronde van Limburg (for under age 26) :2nd Overall Tour of Belgium amateurs :: 1st Stages 5 & 6 :1st Overall Tour du Berry :: 1st Stages 2 & 3 ( ITT) :1st Paris–Vailly :1st Kampioenschap van Oost-Vlaanderen :1st Grand Prix Somalia :2nd Grand Prix Neuville :2nd

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

Amateurs ;1962 :1st Schelde-Dender-Leie :1st Lede :1st Mere : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ...

:1st Stage 5

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...

:1st Mol :2nd

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

:2nd Berlare :3rd Overall Tour du Nord ::1st Stage 2 :3rd

Gullegem Koerse The Gullegem Koerse is a single-day Road bicycle racing, road cycling race held annually in Wevelgem, Belgium over a course consisting of eight 20-kilometer laps. The race was first organized in 1942 and is one of the most important criterium race ...

;1963 :

: ::1st Stage 4 :1st Stage 2 Tour du Nord :1st

:1st GP Brasschaat :1st GP Gemeente Kortemark :1st Omloop Gemeente Melle :1st Stage 5

:1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs :1st Stages 2, 4 & 7 Tour du Sud-Est :1st GP Roeselare :1st Provencial interclub championship :1st Aalst :1st Lede :1st Ninove :1st GP Gemeente Kortemark :2nd

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races: * Tour of Flanders (men's race) The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...

:2nd Schelde-Dender-Leie :2nd

Boucles de l'Aulne Boucles de l'Aulne is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May or June around Châteaulin, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2006, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was previously known as Grand ...

:2nd

National Road Race Championships Interclubs Road race :3rd

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...

:3rd Schaal Sels ;1964 :1st

Grand Prix de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. From 2005 to 2019 it was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021, it joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's ...

: 1st Stage 1

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a se ...

:1st

Grand Prix d'Isbergues Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which ...

:1st Omloop Het Volk :1st GP Gemeente Kortemark :1st Lede :1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint :

::1st stages 3, 6 and 17 :1st Omloop Het Volk :1st GP Roeselare :1st Stage 4

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

:1st Temse :1st Zwevegem :1st Lede :1st Kortemark :2nd Schelde-Dender-Leie :2nd Grand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence :2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël :3rd Bronze medal blank

National Road Race Championships Road race :3rd

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

;1965 :

: ::1st Stage 10a :1st GP Monaco :1st Erembodegem-Terjoden ;1966 :1st Omloop van de Vlasstreek :1st Omloop Gemeente Melle :1st Stage 4 ( TTT)

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 ...

:2nd Omloop van het Waasland ;1967 :1st Stages 3 & 4 ( TTT)

:1st Provencial interclub championship :1st Westouter ;1968 :1st

Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race started out as 'Dokter Tistaertprijs' in 1934. Between 1971 ...

:1st Erembodegem-Terjoden :1st Herzele :1st Handzame ;1969 :1st Lede :1st Moorsele ;1970 :1st Roubaix-Cassel-Roubaix ;1971 :1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen :1st Temse :3rd Schelde-Dender-Leie ;1972 :1st Ninove

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Frans Melckenbeeck
Belgian male cyclists 1940 births Living people Belgian Tour de France stage winners Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from East Flanders Olympic cyclists for Belgium Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics People from Lede, Belgium 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub