Fred De Bruyne

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Fred De Bruyne
Personal information
Full name Fred De Bruyne
Born (1930-10-21)21 October 1930
Berlare, Belgium
Died 4 February 1994(1994-02-04) (aged 63)
Seillans, France
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
Milan – San Remo (1956)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1956, 1958, 1959)
Tour of Flanders (1957)
Paris–Roubaix (1957)
Paris–Tours (1957)
Infobox last updated on
6 June 2008

Alfred De Bruyne (21 October 1930 – 4 February 1994) was a Belgian champion cyclist.

He won Milan – San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1956, the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours in 1957, and again Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1958 and 1959.

He also won the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition 3 years running (1956 to 1958). This was the fore-runner of the Super Prestige now in itself replaced by the UCI Ranking Points List.

He went on to become a team manager, then a spokesman for the TI-Raleigh team, and finally TV sports commentator after his professional cycling career.

Palmarès

1954
Tour de France:
Winner stages 8, 13 and 22
1956
Milan – San Remo
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Paris–Nice
Tour de France:
Winner stages 1, 6 and 10
1957
Tour of Flanders
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Tours
Six days of Ghent
1958
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Paris–Nice
1959
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Six days of Ghent
1961
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

Books by Fred De Bruyne

Fred de Bruyne wrote following books (in Dutch) about famous cyclists:

  • Rik Van Steenbergen, 1963
  • Rik Van Looy, 1963
  • Patrick Sercu, 1965
  • Peter Post (wielrenner)|Peter Post, 1965
  • De memoires van Fred De Bruyne, 1978

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Louison Bobet
Winner of Paris–Roubaix
1957
Succeeded by
Leon Vandaele


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