Frans Melckenbeeck

Frans Melckenbeeck
Personal information
Melckenbeeck finishing behind André Darrigade in the 2nd stage of Tour de France in 1962
Full name	Frans Melckenbeeck
Born	(1940-11-15) 15 November 1940 Lede, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1963)
Infobox last updated on 11 July 2008

Frans Melckenbeeck (born 15 November 1940) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the Tour de France, and in 1963 he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Palmarès

1961

Ronde van Limburg (for under age 26)

Belgium national amateur road race champion

Belgium national amateur track madison champion

1962

Schelde-Dender-Leie

Mol

Mere

Lede

1963

Aalst

Bankprijs

Lede

Grote 1-Mei Prijs

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Ninove

Melle

Kortemark

Tour de France:

Winner stage 4

1964

Grand Prix d'Isbergues

Vuelta a España:

Winner stages 3, 6 and 17

Omloop Het Volk

Bankprijs

Temse

Zwevegem

Lede

Kortemark

Grand Prix de Fourmies

1965

GP Monaco

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 10A

Erembodegem-Terjoden

1966

Melle

Omloop van de Vlasstreek

1967

Westouter

1968

Erembodegem-Terjoden

Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

Herzele

Handzame

1969

Lede

Moorsele

1971

Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen

Temse

1972

Ninove

References

↑ "Frans Melckebeke Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 August 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frans Melckenbeeck.

Frans Melckenbeeck profile at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Frans Melckenbeeck

Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners

1880–1899	Léon Houa (1892–1894) (1895–1907, not held)

1900–1919	André Trousselier (1908) Victor Fastre (1909) (1910, not held) Joseph Van Daele (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Maurice Moritz (1913) (1914–1918, not held) Léon Devos (1919)

1920–1939	Léon Scieur (1920) Louis Mottiat (1921–1922) René Vermandel (1923–1924) Georges Ronsse (1925) Dieudonné Smets (1926) Maurice Raes (1927) Ernest Mottard (1928) Alphonse Schepers (1929) Hermann Buse (1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Marcel Houyoux (1932) François Gardier (1933) Théo Herckenrath (1934) Alphonse Schepers (1935) Albert Beckaert (1936) Éloi Meulenberg (1937) Alfons Deloor (1938) Albert Ritserveldt (1939)

1940–1959	(1940–1942, not held) Richard Depoorter (1943) (1944, not held) Jan Engels (1945) Prosper Depredomme (1946) Richard Depoorter (1947) Maurice Mollin (1948) Camille Danguillaume (1949) Prosper Depredomme (1950) Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952) Alois De Hertog (1953) Marcel Ernzer (1954) Stan Ockers (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957) Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)

1960–1979	Albertus Geldermans (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Frans Melckenbeeck (1963) Willy Bocklant (1964) Carmine Preziosi (1965) Jacques Anquetil (1966) Walter Godefroot (1967) Valere Van Sweevelt (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Roger De Vlaeminck (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1973) Georges Pintens (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Joseph Bruyère (1976) Bernard Hinault (1977) Joseph Bruyère (1978) Dietrich Thurau (1979)

1980–1999	Bernard Hinault (1980) Josef Fuchs (1981) Silvano Contini (1982) Steven Rooks (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Moreno Argentin (1985–1987) Adri van der Poel (1988) Sean Kelly (1989) Eric Van Lancker (1990) Moreno Argentin (1991) Dirk De Wolf (1992) Rolf Sørensen (1993) Evgeni Berzin (1994) Mauro Gianetti (1995) Pascal Richard (1996) Michele Bartoli (1997–1998) Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)

2000–2019	Paolo Bettini (2000) Oscar Camenzind (2001) Paolo Bettini (2002) Tyler Hamilton (2003) Davide Rebellin (2004) Alexander Vinokourov (2005) Alejandro Valverde (2006) Danilo Di Luca (2007) Alejandro Valverde (2008) Andy Schleck (2009) Alexander Vinokourov (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Maxim Iglinsky (2012) Dan Martin (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Alejandro Valverde (2015)

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