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Theo Verschueren (born 27 January 1943) is a retired Belgian cyclist. He had his best achievements in
motor-paced racing Motor-paced racing and motor-paced cycling refer to cycling behind a pacer in a car or more usually on a motorcycle. The cyclist (or stayer in this case) follows as close as they can to benefit from the slipstream of their pacer. The first paced r ...
, in which he won the
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in the professionals category in 1971 and 1972 and finished second in 1969, 1970 and 1974. During his career Verschueren took part in 67 six-day road races, winning the race of Antwerp in 1968 and 1972. He married the daughter of Belgian cyclist Petrus Van Theemsche. He is not related to Adolph Verschueren, another motor-paced racing world champion from Belgium.


Major results


Track

;1965 : Belgian National Championships ::1st Derny ::1st Madison (with Robert Lelangue) :2nd European Track Championships – Derny :2nd Six Days of Charleroi (with Norbert Seeuws) :3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with
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& Emile Severeyns) ;1966 :2nd : Belgian National Championships - Madison(with Gilbert Maes) ;1967 :3rd : Belgian National Championships - Motor-paced ;1968 :1st European Track Championships – Derny : Belgian National Championships ::1st - Derny :2nd - Motor-paced :3rd - Omnium :1st Six Days of Antwerp (with
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& Emile Severeyns) ;1969 :2nd
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- Motor paced :2nd European Track Championships – Derny : Belgian National Championships ::1st Derny ::1st Motor-paced racing :3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with
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& Emile Severeyns) ;1970 :2nd
UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
- Motor paced :2nd European Track Championships – Derny : Belgian National Championships ::1st Derny ::1st Motor-paced racing :3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with
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&
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) ;1971 :1st
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- Motor paced :1st European Track Championships – Derny : Belgian National Championships ::1st Derny ::1st Motor-paced racing ::3rd Madison :3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with
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&
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) :3rd
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(with
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) ;1972 :1st
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- Motor paced :1st European Track Championships – Derny :1st Six Days of Antwerp (with
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& Leo Duyndam) :2nd European Track Championships - Motor-paced racing :2nd Belgian National Championships - Madison :2nd Six Days of Groningen (with Graeme Gilmore) ;1973 :1st European Track Championships – Derny :2nd European Track Championships - Motor-paced racing : Belgian National Championships ::1st Derny ::1st Motor-paced racing :3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Norbert Seeuws &
Walter Godefroot Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of , later known as T-Mobile Team. As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summe ...
) :3rd
Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent () is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of ...
(with Cees Stam) ;1974 :1st European Track Championships – Derny :2nd
UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
- Motor paced :2nd Belgian National Championships - Motor-paced


Road

;1962 :1st Coupe Marcel Indekeu ;1963 :1st Tour of Belgium amateurs :1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Amateurs :2nd Tour of Belgium indepentent :3rd Belgian National Championships Amateurs ;1964 :1st
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:1st Grand Prix d'Orchies :2nd GP Flandria ;1965 :1st Stage 6 ( TTT)
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 ...
;1966 :1st Stage 1 ( TTT)
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 ...
:1st Omloop van de Westkust :2nd
GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman The GP Burgemeester Dokter Eugeen Roggeman is a Belgian cycling race organized for the first time in 1929. The race is named after doctor Eugeen Roggeman (1883–1965), who was mayor of Stekene for more than 38 years (from 1927 to 1965). With St ...
;1967 :2nd
Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen The Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen was a men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1976. The start and finish place was Deinze (East Flanders, Belgium). The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Patrick Sercu and Freddy Mae ...
:3rd De Pinte ;1968 :1st GP Stad Sint-Niklaas ;1972 :1st Belsele-Puivelde


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verschueren, Theo 1943 births Living people Belgian male cyclists People from Hulst UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Belgian track cyclists Cyclists from Zeeland 20th-century Belgian sportsmen