Gerard Debaets
Belgian cyclist
Personal information | |
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Born | (1898-04-17)17 April 1898 Heule, Belgium |
Died | 27 April 1959(1959-04-27) (aged 60) North Haledon, New Jersey, United States |
Team information | |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1924 | Labor-Dunlop |
1925 | Individual |
1926 | Alcyon-Dunlop |
1927 | Opel-ZR III / JB Louvet-Wolber |
1928 | Alcyon-Dunlop |
1929-40 | Individual |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
Track Championships
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Gerard Debaets (17 April 1898[1][2][3] – 27 April 1959) was a Belgian racing cyclist.[4] He won the Tour of Flanders in 1924 and 1927 and the Belgian national road race title in 1925.[5] He also specialized in track cycling, winning a total of 18 six-day events, including six times the most prestigious Six Days of New York.[6] Debaets was a resident of Fair Lawn and North Haledon, New Jersey, where he died in 1959 of a heart attack.[7][8]
Major results
Road
- 1923
- 1st Tour of Flanders independents
- 1924
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st París-Arrás Tour
- 1st Overall Critérium des Aiglons
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 2nd Jemeppe–Bastogne–Jemeppe
- 4th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 8th Scheldeprijs
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 1925
- 1st Road race, National Interclubs Championships
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 2nd Bordeaux–Paris
- 3rd Sclessin–Houffalize–Sclessin
- 4th Giro della Provincia di Milano
- 5th GP Wolber
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 1926
- 1st Brussels–Paris
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1927
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 2nd Hannover–Bremen–Hannover
- 3rd Sclessin–Houffalize–Sclessin
- 1928
- 2nd Criterium des As
Track
- 1924
- 1st United States National Track Championships Derny
- 1925
- 1st Six Days of New York-2 (with Alfons Goossens)
- 1927
- 1st Six Days of Detroit (with Anthony Beckman)
- 1928
- 1st Six Days of New York-1 (with Franco Giorgetti)
- 1st Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Anthony Beckman)
- 3rd Six Days of Chicago-3 (with George Dempsey)
- 1929
- 1st Six Days of New York-2 (with Franco Giorgetti)
- 1st Six Days of New York-3 (with Franco Giorgetti)
- 1930
- 1st Six Days of New York-1 (with Gaetano Belloni)
- 1st Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Anthony Beckman)
- 1931
- 3rd Six Days of New York-2 (with Franco Giorgetti)
- 3rd Six Days of Chicago-2 (with Franco Giorgetti)
- 1932
- 3rd Six Days of Chicago-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 3rd Six Days of Philadelphia-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 1933
- 1st Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 1934
- 1st Six Days of New York-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 1st Six Days of Chicago-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 1st Six Days of Buffalo-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 1st Six Days of Philadelphia (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 1st Six Days of Montreal (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 1st Six Days of Toronto-1 (with Alfred Letourneur)
- 1935
- 2nd Six Days of New York-1 (with Ewald Wissel)
- 1936
- 3rd Six Days of New York-2 (with Alvaro Giorgetti)
- 1937
- 3rd Six Days of Buffalo-2 (with Tino Reboli)
- 1938
- 3rd Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Tino Reboli)
- 3rd Six Days of Chicago-2 (with Tino Reboli)
- 3rd Six Days of Chicago-3 (with Marcel Guimbretiere)
References
- ^ "Heule, Burgerlijke stand akten 1893-1900, 1898 geboorteakte 60". Belgian State Archives. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Cattebeke, Hannes "Gerard Debaets, de gouden jaren van de koers". Uitgeverij Kannibaal. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Vergeten wielerheld herleeft, boek brengt eerbetoon aan Gerard Debaets". Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "Gérard Debaets". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Gérard Debaets". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Gérard Debaets". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ Gabriele, Michael C. The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing in New Jersey, p. 93. The History Press, 2011. ISBN 9781596294271. "Following his retirement in 1945, he opened a bicycle shop in Paterson and resided in Fair Lawn and North Haledon."
- ^ Staff. "Gerard Debaets Is Dead at 61; Won 18 Six-Day Bicycle Races", The New York Times, 28 April 1959. Accessed 11 September 2015. "North Haledon, N. J., April 27 - Gerard Debaets, a member of NORTH HALEDON, N. J., April 27--Gerard Debaets, a member of winning teams in eighteen six-day bicycle races and the holder of several national bicycle championships, died today of a heart attack at his home, 139 Oakwood Avenue."
External links
- Gerard Debaets at Cycling Archives
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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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