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Jozef "Jef" Schils (4 September 1931, in
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– 3 March 2007, in
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) was a Belgian cyclist. In 1952, at the age of 21, Jozef Schils, who had just become a professional racing cyclist and was still in the army, became Belgian road racing champion. He was nominated for the road world championships in Luxembourg in the same year and finished tenth. Schils rode as a professional until 1965 and won around 40 Belgian criteria during this time. 1953 was his most successful year, in which he won '' Paris-Tours'' and the ''
Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
.'' In 1955 he won at ''
Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...
''. His nickname was "little Coppi", because
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had praised him. However, he turned down offers to go to Italy. In 1957, he won the
Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten The Omloop der Vlaamse gewesten was a men's cycling race of which the original format was organized for the last time in 1972. The race was run in variating Flemish provinces or Brussels. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes o ...
in Ichtegem on a postman's bike. In 1960, he switched to the French team "
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", which was led by
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and in which
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rode. At the end of the season he had a hard crash and he crashed again heavily in 1961. In 1965, he ended his career. Then Jozef Schils opened a café in Koekelberg, later a laundry and a bicycle shop. Jozef Schils was the father of the former professional racing cyclist Patrick Schils and was the grandfather of Dominic Schils, also a racing cyclist of note.


Major results

Source: ;1951 :4th
Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020. In 1 ...
;1952 :1st Belgian Road Champion Road race :1st Stage 3a
Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
;1953 :1st Belgian Road Champion Interclubs road race :1st
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 ...
:1st
Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
:1st
Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Ninove, Belgium. The 169 km race is named after the local cyclists Kamiel Beeckman and Edgard de Caluwé, winner of the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour ...
:1st Vilvoorde–Houtem :1st Grand Prix of Walloon Brabant :1st Grand Prix of Haspengouw ;1954 :1st Tour of Hesbaye :1st
De Drie Zustersteden De Drie Zustersteden was a one-day road cycling race held annually around Dendermonde and Willebroek, Belgium between 1919 and 2012. It was held as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...
:1st Brussels–Bost :1st Brussels–Couvin :1st Grand Prix of Brabant Wallon :1st Trophée des Trois Pays :1st Ronde van Haspengouw :3rd
Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Ninove, Belgium. The 169 km race is named after the local cyclists Kamiel Beeckman and Edgard de Caluwé, winner of the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour ...
:4th
Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...
:4th Omloop van Limburg :4th
Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten The Omloop der Vlaamse gewesten was a men's cycling race of which the original format was organized for the last time in 1972. The race was run in variating Flemish provinces or Brussels. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes o ...
;1955 :1st
Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...
:1st
GP Stad Vilvoorde The GP Stad Vilvoorde is a single-day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian city of Vilvoorde. The race was first organized in 1931. The race was Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Ed ...
:1st Grote Prijs Berlare :1st Hoeilaart-Diest-Hoeilaart :1st GP Benego :5th Flèche Halloise :8th
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 ...
:8th
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 ...
;1956 :1st Brussels–Ingooigem :1st Schelde–Dender–Leie :1st
Schaal Sels Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners Men ...
:1st Sint-Lievens-Esse :2nd Overall
Tour de l'Ouest The Tour de l'Ouest (English: Tour of the West), also known as the Circuit de I'Ouest, was a road bicycle race held annually from 1911 to 1959 in France. Winners References External links

Cycle races in France ...
:3rd
Heistse Pijl The Heistse Pijl is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June around the municipality of Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Since 2016, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Victor Van Schil, ...
;1957 :1st GP Benego :1st
Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten The Omloop der Vlaamse gewesten was a men's cycling race of which the original format was organized for the last time in 1972. The race was run in variating Flemish provinces or Brussels. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes o ...
:1st Flèche Halloise :1st Brussels–Bost :2nd
Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category UCI race classifications, 1.1. The race, with a course variating between 160 and 190 kilometers, has Meulebeke, West Flanders as finish ...
:2nd Brussels–Ingooigem :2nd Grote Prijs Berlare :3rd
Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020. In 1 ...
:3rd Etoile du Leon : 4th Overall
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 ...
:5th
Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...
:8th Omloop Het Volk :9th
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 ...
;1958 :1st Trofee Luc Van Biesen :1st Vilvoorde–Houtem :1st Stage 5
Tour of the Netherlands The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It was an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the En ...
:1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Tour du Levant :1st Stage 3
Driedaagse van Antwerpen The Driedaagse van Antwerpen was a short-lived Belgian stage cycling race organized for the last time in 1960. The course was situated in the Antwerp Province. It also included a team time trial, which was held in the city park (Stadspark) of ...
:1st Antwerp–Genk :1st Stage 3 ( TTT) & 8
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the sprin ...
:2nd GP Flandria :2nd
Milano–Mantova Milano-Mantova was an Italian men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1962. The course, variating from 144 to 274 km, was situated in Lombardy. Organised by La Gazzetta dello Sport, it was held for the first time on 20 May 1906. After ...
:2nd
Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...
:2nd
De Drie Zustersteden De Drie Zustersteden was a one-day road cycling race held annually around Dendermonde and Willebroek, Belgium between 1919 and 2012. It was held as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...
:3rd
Heistse Pijl The Heistse Pijl is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June around the municipality of Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Since 2016, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Victor Van Schil, ...
:3rd Overall GP Marvan :: 1st Stage 1 :4th Overall Tour of Lombardy :5th
Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a road bicycle racing, cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a UCI race cla ...
:5th Brussels–Ingooigem :6th Belgian Road Champion Road race ;1959 :1st Circuit des 3 Provinces :1st Stages 1b and 5 Tour du Levant :1st Stage 2 & 6
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the sprin ...
:5th
Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...
:6th Overall
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 ...
:8th
Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...
;1960 :1st Grand Prix of Isbergues :1st Stage 4
Tour du Nord The Tour du Nord was a multi-day road cycling race held in Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (; ; West Flemish: ''Nôord-Nauw van Kales'') was a former regions of France, administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been ...
:1st Dokter Tistaertprijs Zottegem :1st GP de la Basse-Sambre :1st GP Brabant Wallon :1st Flèche Hesbignonne-Cras Avernas :1st Stages 2 and 4b
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 ...
:1st Circuit of Basse-Sambre :2nd
Heistse Pijl The Heistse Pijl is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June around the municipality of Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Since 2016, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Victor Van Schil, ...
:2nd
Schaal Sels Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners Men ...
:2nd Schelde–Dender–Leie :2nd Paris–Valenciennes :3rd GP Flandria :5th Brussels–Ingooigem :8th
Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...
;1961 :1st Hoegaarden–Antwerp–Hoegaarden :1st Sint-Lievens-Esse ;1962 :1st Flèche Hesbignonne-Cras Avernas :1st Dokter Tistaertprijs Zottegem :3rd
Druivenkoers Overijse Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compet ...
:3rd Schelde–Dender–Leie :3rd Trofee Luc Van Biesen :4th Omloop van de Vlasstreek :5th
Dwars door West-Vlaanderen Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...
:8th
Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...
:10th
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 ...
;1963 :1st Trofee Luc Van Biesen :4th Schelde–Dender–Leie :5th
Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a road bicycle racing, cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a UCI race cla ...
:5th Brussels–Ingooigem :5th
GP Stad Vilvoorde The GP Stad Vilvoorde is a single-day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian city of Vilvoorde. The race was first organized in 1931. The race was Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Ed ...
;1964 :2nd
Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before being cancelled from 2019 to 2022. Upon its return in 2 ...
:2nd
Omloop van het Houtland Omloop van het Houtland ("Circuit of Houtland") is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Lichtervelde in the region of West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2007, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2002 it was held ...
:4th
De Kustpijl De Kustpijl is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale The Union Cy ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schils, Jozef 1931 births 2007 deaths Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Flemish Brabant People from Kortenaken 20th-century Belgian sportsmen