Ernest Sterckx
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Ernest Sterckx (1 December 1922 Westerlo - 3 February 1975) was a Belgium professional road bicycle racer who won 42 races[1] between 1943 and 1958. He specialized in competing in the one-day classic cycle races and has won such races as La Flèche Wallonne, Gent-Wevelgem, Paris-Brussels and is a record three-time winner of the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Volk.
[edit] Major wins and sponsors
- 1943 - Individuele sponsor
- 1944 - Trialoux
- 1945 - Alcyon
- 1946 - Alcyon-Dunlop
- 1947 - Alcyon-Dunlop
- 1948 - Elve-Peugeot
- 1949 - Alcyon-Dunlop
- 1950 - Terrot-Wolber
- 1951 - Terrot-Wolber
- 1952 - Peugeot-Dunlop
- 1953 - Peugeot-Dunlop
- Omloop Het Volk
- Stage 2 – Tour of Belgium
- Stage 4 – Tour of Belgium
- 1954 - Peugeot-Dunlop
- 1955 - l'Avenir
- 1956 - Gitane-Hutchinson
[edit] References
- ^ http://velopalmares.free.fr/sterckx.htm Velopalmares: Sterckx
