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Lucien Gillen (7 October 1928 in
Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Gr ...
– 11 August 2010 in
Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Gr ...
) was a Luxembourgish cyclist. Gillen followed in the footsteps of his father, Maurice Gillen, who worked as a train driver but also competed as a cyclist at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Although he competed on the road, his most significant successes were on the track: in the World Championship individual pursuit, which he competed in 19 times, he took the silver medal in 1949 behind
Fausto Coppi Angelo Fausto Coppi (; 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title ''Il Campionissimo'' ("Champion of Champions ...
, and took two bronze medals in 1952 and 1954. In 1955 Gillen also set a new world record for the 5 km individual pursuit at the opening of the Palazzo dello Sport in Milan, where he took two seconds off the old record held by Rolf Graf, recording a time of 6:19.2. He also competed in 143 six-day races, making his debut in 1948 at the
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, where he and team-mate Mett Clemens finished second. He took a total of 11 six-day wins between 1953 and 1964. He retired from international competition in April 1966. After his cycling career, he worked in banking. He also served as President of Panathlon Luxembourg.


Major results


Road

;1948 :3rd National Road Race Championships ;1953 :1st Stage 3
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 ...
;1955 :1st Overall
Tour de l'Oise The Tour de Picardie was a professional stage race, multi-stage road bicycle racing, cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The ...
::1st Stage 1 ;1963 :2nd National Road Race Championships


Track

;1948 :1st National Pursuit Championships :1st National Sprint Championships ;1949 :1st National Pursuit Championships :1st National Sprint Championships :2nd World Individual Pursuit Championships ;1950 :1st National Pursuit Championships :1st National Sprint Championships ;1951 :1st National Pursuit Championships :1st National Sprint Championships ;1952 :1st National Pursuit Championships :1st National Sprint Championships :1st
Six Days of Copenhagen The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...
(with
Kay Werner Nielsen Kay Werner Nielsen (28 May 1921 in Aarhus – 13 March 2014 in Copenhagen) was a Danish cyclist. Major results ;1948 :1st National Individual Pursuit Championships ;1949 :1st National Individual Pursuit Championships ;1950 :1st National Indi ...
) :3rd World Individual Pursuit Championships ;1953 :1st
Six Days of Copenhagen The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...
(with
Ferdinando Terruzzi Ferdinando Teruzzi (17 February 1924 – 9 April 2014)Six Days of Dortmund (with
Ferdinando Terruzzi Ferdinando Teruzzi (17 February 1924 – 9 April 2014)Six Days of Saint-Etienne (with
Ferdinando Terruzzi Ferdinando Teruzzi (17 February 1924 – 9 April 2014)Six Days of Copenhagen The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...
(with
Ferdinando Terruzzi Ferdinando Teruzzi (17 February 1924 – 9 April 2014)World Individual Pursuit Championships ;1955 :1st National Pursuit Championships :1st National Sprint Championships :1st Six Days of Berlin (with
Ferdinando Terruzzi Ferdinando Teruzzi (17 February 1924 – 9 April 2014)Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent ( nl, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's ''Citadelpark''. The 2006 event from 21 November to 26 November was marred ...
(with
Ferdinando Terruzzi Ferdinando Teruzzi (17 February 1924 – 9 April 2014) National Pursuit Championships :1st National Sprint Championships :1st
Six Days of Copenhagen The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...
(with
Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Schulte (7 January 1916 – 26 February 1992) was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six days racers of his time. Schulte was as well ...
) ;1959 :1st
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(with
Peter Post Peter Post (12 November 193314 January 2011) was a Dutch professional cyclist whose career lasted from 1956 to 1972. Post competed in road and track racing. As a rider he is best remembered for Six-day racing, having competed in 155 races and wo ...
) ;1964 :1st National Pursuit Championships :1st National Sprint Championships :1st
Six Days of Montreal The Six Days of Montreal was a Six-day racing, six-day track cycling race held annually in the Montreal Forum, Canada, from 1929 to 1942 and from 1963 to 1980. 37 editions were organized during these two periods. William Peden holds the record ...
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Robert Lelangue Robert Lelangue (born 4 February 1940) is a retired Belgian cyclist who was active between 1958 and 1969. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the road race and finished in 49th place. Next year he turned professional and won one stage of ...
) :1st Six Days of Quebec (with
Emile Severeyns Emile Severeyns (28 August 1931 – 30 November 1979) was a Belgian road bicycle racing, road and track cyclist. Professional from 1953 to 1971, he won 26 six-day racing, six-day races. He also competed in the 1954 Giro d'Italia and the 1956 Vuelta ...
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References

1928 births 2010 deaths Luxembourgian male cyclists {{Luxembourg-cycling-bio-stub