Jef Planckaert

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Jef Planckaert
Personal information
Full name Joseph Planckaert
Date of birth May 4, 1934(1934-05-04)
Date of death May 22, 2007
Country Belgium
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Infobox last updated on:
May 22, 2007

Joseph "Jef" Planckaert (Poperinge, May 4, 1934 – Otegem, May 22, 2007[1]) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He is seen as one of the best Belgian cyclists of the 50's and 60's of the twentieth century.

His best season was 1962, when on the citadel of Namen he became Belgian champion, won Paris-Nice and the Tour of Luxemburg, won Liège-Bastogne-Liège and became second in the Tour de France. He also won Omloop Het Volk in 1958, and Four Days of Dunkirk in 1957, 1960 and 1963.

In the Tour de France he finished 6 times in the top 20 in the final standings. In 1961 he won the 6th stage. In 1962, Planckaert wore the yellow jersey for 7 consecutive days. Planckaert ended his career in 1965.

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[edit] Major victories

[edit] Tour de France

[edit] Teams

  • 1954 - Alcyon-Dunlop
  • 1955 - Elvé-Peugeot
  • 1956 - Elvé-Peugeot
  • 1957 - Peugeot-BP
  • 1958 - Carpano
  • 1959 - Carpano
  • 1960 - Flandria-Wiel's
  • 1961 - Wiel's-Flandria
  • 1962 - Flandria-Faema
  • 1963 - Faema-Flandria
  • 1964 - Flandria-Romeo
  • 1965 - Solo-Superia

[edit] References

  1. ^ Décès de Joseph Planckaert (French)