Sjefke Janssen (28 October 1919 – 3 December 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1947 UCI Road World Championships. Janssen was a professional cyclist from 1946 through 1954. After retiring, he became a cycling team-manager and owned a bicycle shop in Elsloo.

Personal life

Janssen was born and died in Elsloo. At the time of his death, Janssen was the oldest living Dutch Tour de France racer.Oud-renner Sjef Janssen (95) overleden
- KNWU (Dutch cycling association) He was the father of Dutch Olympic team dressage coach Sjef Janssen.

Major results

;1944 : Independent Road Race Champion ;1946 - Bloc Centauro ;1947 - Magneet : Dutch National Road Race Championship : World Road Race Championship : 32nd,

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 ...

;1948 - Magneet, Garin-Wolber : 36th,

;1949 - Magneet : Dutch National Road Race Championship : 5th,

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 ...

;1950 - RIH, Terrot, Magneet : 1st, Stage 2, Saarland Rundfahrt : 3rd, National Road Race Championship ;1951 - Ceylon, Prisma ;1952 - Express, Venz ;1953 - Locomotief : 8th,

Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; en, Championship of Zürich; german: Meisterschaft von Zürich) was a European Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 unt ...

;1954 - Locomotief

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Sjefke Janssen
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