Frans Brands (31 May 1940 in

Berendrecht Berendrecht () is a neighbourhood and former village in Antwerp province in Belgium. Its name means " dike of the bear", according to the area's dialect, or "dike of a man called Bear", or "passage by the marsh". But ''drecht'' or ''tricht'' means ...

– 9 February 2008 in Blankenberge) was a

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professional road bicycle racer. Brands won a stage in the 1963 Tour de France and in the

1965 Giro d'Italia The 1965 Giro d'Italia was the 48th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in San Marino, on 15 May, with a stage and concluded in Florence, on 6 June, with a leg. A total of 100 riders from 10 tea ...

, and was the winner of the 1967

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), th ...

Major results

;1961 :Rummen ;1963 :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

: ::Winner stage 18 ;1964 :München - Zürich :Pléneour-Lanver :GP Stad Vilvoorde :Sint-Amandsberg :Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen :Zellik :Kapellen ;1965 :Roosendaal : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 8 :Stabroek :Sint-Lenaerts :Bilzen :Ossendrecht :

Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a semi classic European bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: ::8th place overall classification ;1966 :Omloop van West-Brabant :Polder-Kempen :Visé :Essen ;1967 :Omloop der drie Proviniciën :De Pinte :

:Auvelais ;1968 :

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 cr ...

:Herenthout :Oud-Turnhout :Buggenhout :

;1969 :Mortsel :Houtem ;1970 :Belsele - Puivelde :Sint-Kwintens-Lennik :Wilrijk ;1971 :Antwerpen

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Frans Brands
Belgian male cyclists 1940 births 2008 deaths Belgian Tour de France stage winners Belgian Giro d'Italia stage winners Cyclists from Antwerp {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub