Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 in
Borgerhout
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– 1 October 1956 in
Antwerp) was a
Belgian professional racing
cyclist.
He was runner-up in the
Tour de France
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in 1950 and 1952, and the best
sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the
Classic "Ardennes double" by winning
La Flèche Wallonne and the
Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same year. At this time the races were run on successive days as "Le Weekend Ardennais". He also won the
World Cycling Championship that year.
Stan Ockers died after crashing during a track race in
Antwerp in 1956. A year later a
monument
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was built in
Les Forges, Sprimont, in the south of Belgium.
Career achievements
Major results
;1941
: 1st
Scheldeprijs
;1943
: 3rd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
;1944
: 4th Overall Omloop van België
;1946
: 1st
Scheldeprijs
: 1st
Heist-op-den-Berg
: 1st Bruxelles–Saint-Trond
: 5th
Gent–Wevelgem
;1947
: 3rd Overall
Tour de Suisse
: 4th
La Flèche Wallonne
: 5th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
: 6th Overall
Tour de Luxembourg
;1948
: 1st Overall
Tour of Belgium
: 2nd
Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen
: 2nd
Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
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History
The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes
The Ardennes (f ...
;1949
: 7th Overall
Tour de France
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;1950
: 2nd Overall
Tour de France
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::1st Stage 4
: 2nd
Critérium des As
: 7th
Road race
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,
UCI World Road Championships
: 8th Overall
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
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History
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;1951
: 5th Overall
Tour de France
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: 6th
Bordeaux–Paris
;1952
: 2nd Overall
Tour de France
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: 2nd Overall
Roma–Napoli–Roma
::1st Stage 4a
: 2nd Overall
Vuelta a Argentina
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Rec ...
::1st Stage 3
: 2nd
La Flèche Wallonne
: 3rd Overall
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was a season-long road bicycle racing competition between 1948 and 1958. There were two classifications, one for individual cyclists and another for nations.
History
The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition was ...
: 6th Overall
Giro d'Italia
: 10th
Road race
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* Roadracers (1994 film)
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,
UCI World Road Championships
;1953
: 1st
La Flèche Wallonne
: 2nd Overall
Roma–Napoli–Roma
::1st Stage 4
: 2nd
Critérium des As
: 2nd Overall
Week-end ardennais
The Ardennes Weekend was an overall points classification based on the results of two Belgian classic cycling races: La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
It was created in 1950, and included, only that year, a third race, Liège-Cou ...
: 3rd
Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
,
UCI World Road Championships
: 3rd
Road race
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* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, National Road Championships
: 3rd Overall
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
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History
The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition was ...
: 4th
Giro di Lombardia
: 4th
Bordeaux–Paris
: 6th Overall
Giro d'Italia
;1954
: 1st
Schaal Sels
: 2nd
Paris–Roubaix
: 5th
Bordeaux–Paris
: 6th Overall
Tour de France
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::1st Stage 11
: 6th
Milan–San Remo
;1955
: 1st
Road race
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* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
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* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
,
UCI World Road Championships
: 1st Overall
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was a season-long road bicycle racing competition between 1948 and 1958. There were two classifications, one for individual cyclists and another for nations.
History
The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition was ...
: 1st Overall
Week-end ardennais
The Ardennes Weekend was an overall points classification based on the results of two Belgian classic cycling races: La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
It was created in 1950, and included, only that year, a third race, Liège-Cou ...
: 1st
La Flèche Wallonne
: 1st
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
: 1st
Trophée Gentil
: 1st Stage 1b (
TTT)
Driedaagse van Antwerpen
: 2nd Overall
Tour de Suisse
: 2nd
Grand Prix Martini
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: 2nd
De Drie Zustersteden
: 2nd
Bruxelles–Couvin
: 3rd
Critérium des As
: 5th
Paris–Brussels
: 8th Overall
Tour de France
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::1st
Points classification
: 9th
Paris–Tours
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;1956
: 1st Overall
Roma–Napoli–Roma
::1st Stages 1b, 3b, 4b, 5a & 5b
: 2nd
Tour of Flanders
: 2nd
Bordeaux–Paris
: 2nd
Grand Prix Martini
Grand may refer to:
People with the name
* Grand (surname)
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: 3rd Overall
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo was a season-long road bicycle racing competition between 1948 and 1958. There were two classifications, one for individual cyclists and another for nations.
History
The Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition was ...
: 4th
Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
,
UCI World Road Championships
: 4th
La Flèche Wallonne
: 6th
Gent–Wevelgem
: 8th Overall
Tour de France
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::1st
Points classification
::1st Stage 19
: 9th Overall
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
::1st Stages 5 & 9
: 10th
Milan–San Remo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Awards and honours
*
Trophée Edmond Gentil: 1955
* Memorial monument in
Sprimont,
Liège (la Côte des Forges): 1957
* Introduced in the
UCI Hall of Fame: 2002
* Memoire du Cyclisme - Ranking of the Greatest Cyclists (44th place): 2002
* Commemorative plaque in Borgerhout, Antwerp: 2006
* CyclingRanking - Overall all time ranking (43th place): 2022
References
External links
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1920 births
1956 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Belgian Tour de France stage winners
UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
Cyclists who died while racing
Sport deaths in Belgium
People from Borgerhout
Cyclists from Antwerp
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo winners