Albert Sercu (26 January 1918,

Bornem Bornem (, old spelling: ''Bornhem'') is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the village of Bornem proper, Hingene, and Weert, and . There are also the hamlets of Branst, Buitenland, Eikevliet ...

– 24 August 1978,

Roeselare Roeselare (; french: Roulers, ; West Flemish: ''Roeseloare'') is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke. The ...

) was a Belgian professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. He is most known for his silver medal in the Elite race of the

1947 UCI Road World Championships The 1947 UCI Road World Championships took place on 3 August 1947 in Reims, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas region ...

. He rode in the

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. He is the father of

Patrick Sercu Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titl ...

Major results

;1939 : 1st, Tour of Flanders (amateur version) ;1942 : 2nd, National Road Race Championship ;1943 - Dilecta : 2nd, Tour of Flanders : 5th, Paris–Roubaix ;1944 - Dilecta ;1945 - Dilecta : 1st, Bruges-Ghent-Bruges : 1st, Brussels-Everbeek : 1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Bergen : 2nd, Tour of Flanders : 7th,

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: 9th,

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...

;1946 - Dilecta, JB Louvet, Dossche Cycles : 1st, Brussels-Izegem : 4th, Tour of Belgium :: Winner Stages 4 & 6 : 4th, Tour of Flanders ;1947 - Bertin, Arbos-Talbot : 1st,

Omloop "Het Volk" Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...

: 1st, Brussels-Izegem : 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen : 1st,

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

: World Road Race Championship : 2nd, Scheldeprijs : 3rd,

: 4th, Tour of Belgium :: Winner Stages 1 & 3 : 9th,

Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...

;1948 - Bertin-Wolber : 1st,

Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten The Omloop der Vlaamse gewesten was a men's cycling race of which the original format was organized for the last time in 1972. The race was run in variating Flemish provinces or Brussels. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes o ...

: 2nd, Paris–Brussels ;1949 - Bertin ;1950 - Bertin : 1st, Stages 3 & 10,

Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957–1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a ser ...

;1951 - Bertin

References

1918 births 1978 deaths Belgian male cyclists People from Bornem Cyclists from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1910s-stub