Hilaire Couvreur (22 September 1924 – 17 February 1998) was a Belgian cyclist. Couvreur was winner of the

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in 1953 and the

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in 1958. He also finished third in the

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. He was born in

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near Brugge in Belgium and died in

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, Belgium.

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* Belgian male cyclists 1924 births 1998 deaths Sportspeople from Bruges Cyclists from West Flanders 20th-century Belgian people {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1920s-stub