Eloi Meulenberg
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Competitor for .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
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| Gold | 1937 Copenhagen | Elite Men's Road Race | |
Eloi Meulenberg (September 22, 1912 - February 26, 1989) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his gold medal in the Elite race of the 1937 Road World Championships and his 9 stage wins in the Tour de France.
[edit] Palmares
- 1934 - Alcyon
- 1st, Stage 5, Circuit de l'Ouest
- 1935 - Alcyon
- 1st, GP Fourmies
- 2nd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 1936 - Alcyon
- 1st, Paris-Brussels
- 5th, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- 10th, Flèche Wallonne
- 34th, Tour de France
- Winner Stages 6 & 18a
- 2nd, Stages 12, 13a, 14a & 17
- 1937 - Alcyon
World Road Race Champion- 1st, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- 1st, Stages 11a, 13b, 14a & 14c, Tour de France
- 1938 - Alcyon
- 1st, Stages 4a, 4b & 5, Tour de France
- 10th, Paris-Tours
- 1939 - Alcyon
- 1st, Nancy-Les Vosges-Nancy
- 1940 - Alcyon
- 1943 - Helyett
- 1st, Grote Scheldeprijs
- 1st, GP Jordens
- 1st, GP d'Ougrée
- 1st, GP Brussels
- 1944 - Jordens
- 1945 - Alcyon
- 1st, Ronde van Limburg
- 1st, GP de la Victoire
- 1946 - Rochet
- 1947 - Rochet
- 1948 - Elvé-Peugeot, Météore
- 1949 - Peugeot
- 1950 - Peugeot
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| Preceded by Antonin Magne |
World Cycling Champion 1937 |
Succeeded by Marcel Kint |
| Preceded by Albert Beckaert |
Winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1937 |
Succeeded by Alfons Deloor |
