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Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 in
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 – 1 October 1956 in Antwerp) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He was runner-up in the
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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
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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
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;1949 : 7th Overall
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;1950 : 2nd Overall
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::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Critérium des As : 7th
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, UCI World Road Championships : 8th Overall
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;1951 : 5th Overall
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: 6th Bordeaux–Paris ;1952 : 2nd Overall
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: 2nd Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma ::1st Stage 4a : 2nd Overall
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::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
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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
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, UCI World Road Championships : 3rd
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, National Road Championships : 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 Giro di Lombardia : 4th Bordeaux–Paris : 6th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1954 : 1st Schaal Sels : 2nd Paris–Roubaix : 5th Bordeaux–Paris : 6th Overall
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::1st Stage 11 : 6th Milan–San Remo ;1955 : 1st
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, 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
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: 2nd De Drie Zustersteden : 2nd Bruxelles–Couvin : 3rd Critérium des As : 5th Paris–Brussels : 8th Overall
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::1st Points classification : 9th
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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
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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
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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


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ockers, Stan 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