Jean Aerts (8 September 1907 – 15 June 1992) was a Belgian

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who specialized as a sprinter. Aerts became the first man to win both the world amateur (1927) and professional (1935) road race championships. In 1935, Aerts captured first place and the gold medal at the professional

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, Belgium. In 1927 professional and amateur riders rode concurrently at the

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in Germany and Aerts finished 5th, the highest ranked amateur. He also competed in three events at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. Although he lacked climbing ability for major tours, he used his sprinting ability to win 11 stages of the

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, including six in 1933.

Major results

;1927 : World Cycling Championships Road Race (Amateur) : National Road Race Championship (Amateur) ;1928 : National Road Race Championship (Amateur) ;1929 :

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:: Winner stages 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 ::2nd place overall classification :Tour du Sud-Ouest ;1930 :

: :: Winner stage 6 ;1931 :

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;1932 :

:: 13th place Overall classification :: Winner stage 1 ;1933 :

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Betw ...

: :: Overall winner :: Winner stages 2, 3 and 5 :

:: 9th place Overall classification :: Winner stages 4, 15, 17, 19, 20 and 21 : 1 stage

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;1934 : 1 stage

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:Paris - Boulogne-sur-Mer ;1935 : World Cycling Championships Road Race :

:: Winner stages 4, 8, 10 and 19 :: 29th place overall classification :Paris - Vichy ;1936 : National Road Race Championship ;1937 :Six days of Brussels (with

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) :Six days of Paris (with

) ;1941 : national track stayers championships ;1942 : national track stayers championships

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Jean Aerts
1907 births 1992 deaths Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners UCI Road World Champions (elite men) People from Laeken Tour de Suisse stage winners Olympic cyclists of Belgium Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Brussels {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1900s-stub