Edward Sels
Belgian cyclist
Sels at the 1964 Tour de France | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Edward Sels |
Nickname | Ward |
Born | (1941-08-27) 27 August 1941 (age 82) Vorselaar, Belgium |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Sprinter |
Professional teams | |
1963 | Libertas |
1964–66 | Solo–Superia |
1967 | Flandria–De Clerck |
1968–69 | Bic |
1970 | Willem II–Gazelle |
1971 | Möbel Märki-Bonanza |
1971 | Bika-Milupa |
1972 | Goldor–Ijsboerke |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
One-day races and Classics
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Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stages in the Tour de France and one in the Giro d'Italia. He wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1964 Tour de France. His sister, Rosa Sels, was a cyclist too.[1]
Major results
Source:[2]
- 1961
- 1st Belgian Military Road Champion
- 1962
- 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
- 1st Bruxelles–Zepperen, Sint-Lenaerts
- 3rd Coupe Marcel Indekeu [fr]
- 1963
- 1st Bruxelles-Liège [fr] (semi-professionals)
- 1st Courtrai-Gammerages [fr]
- 1st Antoing, Hoogstraten, Machelen, Sint-Lenaerts
- 1964
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- Tour de France
- 1st stages 1, 11, 14 and 19
- Held after Stages 1–2
- Vuelta a España
- 1st stage 1a
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st stage 1 & 9
- 1st stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st stage 2 Paris–Luxembourg
- 1st Heusden Koers
- 1st Auvelais, Braine-le-Comte, Dendermonde, Herentals, Oostrozebeke, Opwijk, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Waregem
- 2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 2nd Omloop van Limburg
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 2nd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman
- 3rd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
- 3rd Bruxelles–Meulebeke
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Milan–San Remo
- 8th Omloop Het Volk
- 1965
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- Tour de France
- 1st stage 7
- 1st stage 2 Giro di Sardegna
- 1st stage 3 Tour of Belgium
- 3rd Overall Paris–Luxembourg
- 1st stage 4
- 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
- 1st Ath, Eeklo, Issoire, Lebbeke, Lokeren, Londerzeel, Mol, Saint-Claud, Westerlo, Zwevegem
- 2nd 1965 Paris–Roubaix
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Omloop Leiedal
- 3rd Super Prestige Pernod
- 5th 1965 Gent–Wevelgem
- 1966
- Tour of Flanders
- 1st Schaal Sels
- 1st GP Roeselare
- 1st Aalst
- 1st Herentals
- 1st Laarne
- 1st Libramont
- Tour de France:
- 1st stages 6 and 22a
- 1st Schaal Sels
- 1st Mol, Rumbeke, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Stabroek
- 2nd Elfstedenronde
- 3rd Circuit du Brabant central [fr]
- 1967
- 1st Road race, National Interclubs Championships
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st stage 1, 3, 4 & 7
- 1st stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st stage 2a & 5a Grand Prix Sul
- 1st GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman
- 1st Circuit des Frontières
- 1st Antwerpse pijl, Breendonk, Essen, Garancières-en-Beauce, Kalmthout, Stekene, Tessenderlo, Westerlo
- 3rd Omloop Het Volk
- 3rd 1965 Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
- 5th 1965 Paris–Roubaix
- 10h Bordeaux–Paris
- 1968
- 1st stage 4 Giro d'Italia
- 1st stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen
- 1st Schaal Sels
- 1st Auvelais, Herne, Honselersdijk, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Sint-Niklaas
- 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Tropez
- 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 4th 1965 Paris–Roubaix
- 1969
- Vuelta a España:
- 1st stage 6
- 3rd Puivelde Koersel [nl]
- 1970
- 1st Knokke
- 3rd Omloop van de Fruitstreek
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edward Sels.
- "Palmarès d'Edward Sels". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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- Official Tour de France results for Edward Sels Archived 22 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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Tour of Flanders winners
- Paul Deman (1913)
- Marcel Buysse (1914)
- (1915–1918, not held)
- Henri Vanlerberghe (1919)
- Jules Vanhevel (1920)
- René Vermandel (1921)
- Léon Devos (1922)
- Heiri Suter (1923)
- Gerard Debaets (1924)
- Julien Delbecque (1925)
- Denis Verschueren (1926)
- Gerard Debaets (1927)
- Jan Mertens (1928)
- Joseph Dervaes (1929)
- Frans Bonduel (1930)
- Romain Gijssels (1931–1932)
- Alphonse Schepers (1933)
- Gaston Rebry (1934)
- Louis Duerloo (1935)
- Louis Hardiquest (1936)
- Michel D'Hooghe (1937)
- Edgard De Caluwé (1938)
- Karel Kaers (1939)
- Achiel Buysse (1940–1941)
- Briek Schotte (1942)
- Achiel Buysse (1943)
- Rik Van Steenbergen (1944)
- Sylvain Grysolle (1945)
- Rik Van Steenbergen (1946)
- Emiel Faignaert (1947)
- Briek Schotte (1948)
- Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951)
- Roger Decock (1952)
- Wim van Est (1953)
- Raymond Impanis (1954)
- Louison Bobet (1955)
- Jean Forestier (1956)
- Fred De Bruyne (1957)
- Germain Derycke (1958)
- Rik Van Looy (1959)
- Arthur Decabooter (1960)
- Tom Simpson (1961)
- Rik Van Looy (1962)
- Noël Foré (1963)
- Rudi Altig (1964)
- Jo de Roo (1965)
- Edward Sels (1966)
- Dino Zandegù (1967)
- Walter Godefroot (1968)
- Eddy Merckx (1969)
- Eric Leman (1970)
- Evert Dolman (1971)
- Eric Leman (1972–1973)
- Cees Bal (1974)
- Eddy Merckx (1975)
- Walter Planckaert (1976)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1977)
- Walter Godefroot (1978)
- Jan Raas (1979)
- Michel Pollentier (1980)
- Hennie Kuiper (1981)
- René Martens (1982)
- Jan Raas (1983)
- Johan Lammerts (1984)
- Eric Vanderaerden (1985)
- Adri van der Poel (1986)
- Claude Criquielion (1987)
- Eddy Planckaert (1988)
- Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989)
- Moreno Argentin (1990)
- Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991)
- Jacky Durand (1992)
- Johan Museeuw (1993)
- Gianni Bugno (1994)
- Johan Museeuw (1995)
- Michele Bartoli (1996)
- Rolf Sørensen (1997)
- Johan Museeuw (1998)
- Peter Van Petegem (1999)
- Andrei Tchmil (2000)
- Gianluca Bortolami (2001)
- Andrea Tafi (2002)
- Peter Van Petegem (2003)
- Steffen Wesemann (2004)
- Tom Boonen (2005–2006)
- Alessandro Ballan (2007)
- Stijn Devolder (2008–2009)
- Fabian Cancellara (2010)
- Nick Nuyens (2011)
- Tom Boonen (2012)
- Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014)
- Alexander Kristoff (2015)
- Peter Sagan (2016)
- Philippe Gilbert (2017)
- Niki Terpstra (2018)
- Alberto Bettiol (2019)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2020)
- Kasper Asgreen (2021)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2022)
- Tadej Pogačar (2023)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2024)
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