Patrick Sercu

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Patrick Sercu

Personal information
Full name	Patrick Sercu
Date of birth	June 27, 1944 (1944-06-27) (age 63)
Country	Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Track and road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Major wins
Tour de France green jersey winner 1974
Infobox last updated on:
June 19, 2007

Medal record
Competitor for  Belgium
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold	1964 Tokyo	1000 m time trial

Patrick Sercu (born June 27, 1944 in Roeselare) is a former Belgian cyclist, best known for his exploits on the tracks. He won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 233 starts. Several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx.^[1]

Sercu was a top performer on the tracks, being twice World Champion in the Sprint discipline and a popular competitor in the Madison in addition to his Olympic victory. In road races Sercu also performed well, as he won the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France.

He is now the competition director of the Six Days of Ghent and the Six Days of Hasselt. ^{[2] [3]}

[edit] References

1. ^ www.famousbelgians.net. Gives information on record number of six day wins.
2. ^ Interview from britishcycling.org.uk
3. ^ Lotto Zesdaagse - sport.be (in Dutch)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Herman Van Springel	Winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France 1974	Succeeded by Rik Van Linden

v • d • e Tour de France Maillot vert (Green jersey) winners 1953 Fritz Schär · 1954 Ferdinand Kübler · 1955-1956 Stan Ockers · 1957 Jean Forestier · 1958 Jean Graczyk · 1959 André Darrigade · 1960 Jean Graczyk · 1961 André Darrigade · 1962 Rudi Altig · 1963 Rik van Looy · 1964-1965 Jan Janssen · 1966 Willy Planckaert · 1967 Jan Janssen · 1968 Franco Bitossi · 1969 Eddy Merckx · 1970 Walter Godefroot · 1971-1972 Eddy Merckx · 1973 Herman van Springel · 1974 Patrick Sercu · 1975 Rik Van Linden · 1976 Freddy Maertens · 1977 Jacques Esclassan · 1978 Freddy Maertens · 1979 Bernard Hinault · 1980 Rudy Pevenage · 1981 Freddy Maertens · 1982-1983 Seán Kelly · 1984 Frank Hoste · 1985 Seán Kelly · 1986 Eric Vanderaerden · 1987 Jean-Paul van Poppel · 1988 Eddy Planckaert · 1989 Seán Kelly · 1990 Olaf Ludwig · 1991 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov · 1992 Laurent Jalabert · 1993-1994 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov · 1995 Laurent Jalabert · 1996-2001 Erik Zabel · 2002 Robbie McEwen · 2003 Baden Cooke · 2004 Robbie McEwen · 2005 Thor Hushovd · 2006 Robbie McEwen · 2007 Tom Boonen