1964 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
The 1964 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke was the seventh edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 14 March 1964. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Rik Van Looy. General classification Notes References 1964 in Belgian sport 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

Rik Van Looy
Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional Cycle sport, cyclist of the post-World War II, war period. Nicknamed the ''King of the Classics'' or ''Emperor of Herentals'' (after the small Belgian city where he lived), he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Van Looy was twice World Cycling Championship, world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Cycling monument, Monuments': the most prestigious one-day Classic cycle races, classics â€“ a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx). With 367 professional road victories, he ranks second all-time behind Eddy Merckx. Van Looy is ninth on the Grand Tour (cycling)#Grand Tour stage wins, all-time list of Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. These numbers could still have risen had he not been the victim of a significant number ...
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Norbert Kerckhove
Norbert Kerckhove (21 October 1932 – 4 July 2006) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He won the E3 Harelbeke E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ... in 1959. 1956 : 1e Grote Prijs stad Kortrijk 1957 : 1e Omloop Het Volk, 3e Ronde van Vlaanderen, 3e Kuurne – Brussel – Kuurne, 6e Gent – Wevelgem, 8e Parijs – Roubaix, 1e Ronde van Picardië (2e eindstand), 1e Omloop West-Vlaamse Bergen, 1e Zegelsem, deelnemer Ronde van Frankrijk (10 Belgen) 1958 : 6e Kuurne – Brussel – Kuurne, 7e Parijs – Brussel, 1e Maldegem, 1e Zulte, 1e Dentergem, 4e Kamp v België, 1e Meulebeke 1959 : 9e Waalse Pijl, 1e E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, 1e Deinze, 1e St Andries Brugge, 1e Moeskroen (Kamp van West-Vlaanderen), 1e Deurle, 1e Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 1960 : 1e Ciney †...
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Edgard Sorgeloos
Edgard Sorgeloos (14 December 1930 – 12 November 2016) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Sorgeloos' biggest success came at the end of his career, when he won a stage in the 1965 Tour de France. Major results ;1951 :GP Maurice Depauw ;1952 :Welle :Circuit de la Dendre ;1954 :Wervik :Halse Pijl ;1955 :Erembodegem-Terjoden :Steenhuize-Wijnhuize :Ninove :Halse Pijl ;1956 :Halse Pijl :Nederbrakel :Gooik ;1957 :GP de la Famenne :Sint-Lievens-Esse ;1958 :Aachen :Zeebrugge :GP des Ardennes :Wingene ;1959 :Sassari – Cagliari :Ronse ;1960 :Sint-Lievens-Esse ;1961 :Erembodegem-Terjoden ;1962 :Düsseldorf :Denderhoutem : Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten : Grand Prix du Parisien (with Rik Van Looy, Guillaume van Tongerloo, Huub Zilverberg, Joseph Planckaert and Peter Post) ;1964 :Ronde van Brabant :Sassari – Cagliari :Mol :Zingem ;1965 :Aalst :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is ...
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1963 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
The 1963 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke was the sixth edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 16 March 1963. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Noël Foré. General classification Notes References 1963 in Belgian sport 1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

1965 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
The 1965 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke was the 8th edition of the E3 Harelbeke cycle race and was held on 27 March 1965. The race started and finished in Harelbeke. The race was won by Rik Van Looy of the Solo–Superia team. General classification Notes References 1965 in Belgian sport 1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

European Route E17
European route E17 passes through the following cities: * ** : Antwerp → Sint-Niklaas → Ghent → Kortrijk * ** : Tourcoing → Lille ** : Lille → Arras ** : Arras → Cambrai → Saint-Quentin → Laon → Reims ** : Reims → Châlons-en-Champagne ** : Châlons-en-Champagne → Troyes ** : Troyes → Langres ** : Langres → Beaune History Thoughts for creating the E17 started in the 1950s. Building of the motorway began in 1966 at Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We .... Belgian minister Omer Vanaudenhove had helped in funding the project by founding an intermunicipal association. The final large tracts of the road were finished in 1973. Until 1985, the road was named the European route E3. References External links UN Economic Commissi ...
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E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kilometres, mainly in the Flemish Ardennes. First raced in 1958, it is one of the more recently founded classic cycle races, one-day classics, but has developed into a prestigious and desirable event. It is on the UCI World Tour calendar, as part of a series of cobbled classics in Belgium and Northern France in March and April. Belgian Tom Boonen holds the record for number of victories with five wins, trailed by cycling icon Rik Van Looy who won four times. Cobbled Classic E3 Harelbeke is held on the last Friday of March and marks the start of the Flemish Cycling Week, starting a fortnight of WorldTour racing on the cobbles and bergs of Flanders. It is the second in the series of cobbled races in Belgium and northern France that take pla ...
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Harelbeke
Harelbeke (; ) is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Harelbeke proper and the towns of Bavikhove and Hulste. On January 1, 2019, Harelbeke had a total population of 28,447. The total area is 29.14 km² which gives a population density of 898 inhabitants per km². Inhabitants consider their hometown to be a "Weireldstad" (metropolis), which also led to a monthly "Harelbekedag" amongst the students of Harelbeke studying in Ghent. In Harelbeke a museum remembers the life and work of musician and composer Peter Benoit, called the Peter Benoit Huis. Famous natives * Andreas Pevernage (1542/1543 – 1591), composer of the late Renaissance * Jacobus Vaet (1529-1567), Renaissance composer, possibly born in Harelbeke * Armand Coeck (1941 - 2024), avant-garde composer * Jan Bucquoy (1945 - ), anarchist and film-maker ('' Camping Cosmos'') * Peter Benoit, composer * Wim Opbrouck, actor and singer Har ...
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Willy Schroeders
Willy Schroeders (9 December 1932 in Sint-Agatha-Rode, Huldenberg – 28 October 2017) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1955 to 1965. He had 30 professional victories which included three stage wins in the Giro d'Italia as well as wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the 1962 Tour de France. Palmarès ;1956 :GP du Brabant Wallon : Omloop van Midden-België :Omloop van het Westen :Puurs :Zellik ;1957 :Den Bosch :Ninove :Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem :Mechelen :Haacht :Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe :Hoegaarden ;1958 :Deinze :Machelen ;1959 :GP des Ardennes :GP du Brabant Wallon :Mechelen :Aalter ;1960 :Drie Zustersteden :Wavre :Ninove ;1961 :Sint-Katelijne-Waver :Kumtich :Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stages 3 and 19 ;1962 :GP Stad Vilvoorde :Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 6 :Tour de France: ::Leading general classification for three stages ;1963 :Brussel/Berchem - Ingooigem :Kontich :Halle–Ingooigem Halle–Ingooigem i ...
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Georges Vandenberghe
Georges Vandenberghe (Oostrozebeke, 28 December 1941 — Bruges, 23 September 1983) was a professional Belgian cyclist. Vandenberghe participated in 7 Tours de France between 1965 and 1971. His best tour was the 1968 Tour de France, where he wore the yellow jersey for 11 days, and finished 18th in the overall classification. Major results ;1961 :Tour du Hainaut ;1962 :Omloop van de Westhoek ;1963 :Moorsele :Anzegem :Schoonaarde :Ruiselede ;1964 :Moorsele : Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen : Volta a Portugal: ::Winner 4 stages ::Winner points classification :Westrozebeke :Sint-Andries ;1966 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 13 ;1967 : Flèche Enghiennoise :Machelen :Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen :Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...: ::Winner stage 1 ...
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André Noyelle
André Noyelle (29 November 1931 – 4 February 2003) was a road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the gold medal in the men's individual road race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. At the same tournament he also claimed the title in the men's team road race, alongside Robert Grondelaers and Lucien Victor. He was a professional rider from 1953 to 1966. Major results ;1952 : 1st Road race, Olympic Games : 1st Team road race, Olympic Games (with Robert Grondelaers and Lucien Victor) : 1st National military road race championships : 2nd Amateur road race, World Road Championships ;1953 : 3rd Omloop van het Houtland ;1955 : 1st Stage 1A Trois Jours d'Anvers : 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ouest : 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 4th Gent–Wevelgem ;1957 : 1st Elfstedenronde : 2nd Gent–Wevelgem : 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen ;1958 : 3rd Brussels–Ingooigem : 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 10th Gent–Wevelgem ;1959 : 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies : 2nd Kampioen ...
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Roger De Breuker
Roger De Breuker (Grobbendonk, 13 July 1940) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. De Breuker's only Tour de France that he participated in was the 1963 Tour de France, where he won 2 stages. Major results ;1961 :Tour of Belgium (for amateurs, Grand Prix of Hempstead ;1962 :Edegem, one Stage in Peace-Race, 4. in Final Classement ;1963 :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...: ::Winner stages 6A and 20 External links *Official Tour de France results for Roger De Breuker Belgian male cyclists 1940 births Living people Belgian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from Antwerp Province People from Grobbendonk 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub ...
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