Edward Sels

Edward Sels
Personal information
Edward Sels at the 1964 Tour de France
Full name	Edward Sels
Nickname	Ward
Born	(1941-08-27) 27 August 1941 Vorselaar, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Sprinter
Infobox last updated on 30 June 2008

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.

Major results

1962

Tour of Flanders, U23

Sint-Lenaerts

1963

Antoing

Bruxelles – Liège for independents (semi-professionals)

Hoogstraten

Machelen

Sint-Lenaerts

1964

Auvelais

Braine-le-Comte

Dendermonde

Herentals

Heusden O-Vlaanderen

Belgium National road championship

Tour de France:

Winner stages 1, 11, 14 and 19

Wearing yellow jersey for two days

Oostrozebeke

Opwijk

Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 1A

Waregem

1965

Ath

Eeklo

Issoire

Lebbeke

Lokeren

Londerzeel

Mol

Paris–Brussels

Saint-Claud

Tour de France:

Winner stage 7

Westerlo

Zwevegem

1966

Aalst

Bankprijs

Herentals

Laarne

Libramont

Tour de France:

Winner stages 6 and 22A

Mol

Tour of Flanders

Rumbeke

Schaal Sels

Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (BEL)

Stabroek

1967

Antwerpse pijl

Breendonk

Circuit des Frontières

Essen

Garancières-en-Beauce

GP Kanton Aargau Gippingen

Kalmthout

Ronde van Limburg

Stekene

Tessenderlo

Westerlo

1968

Auvelais

Herne

Honselersdijk

Schaal Sels

Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen

Sint-Katelijne-Waver

Sint-Niklaas

1969

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 6

1970

Knokke

External links

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Palmarès d'Edward Sels
Edward Sels profile at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Edward Sels

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Van Lerberghe (1919)

1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gérard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gérard 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)

1940–1959	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)

1960–1979	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)

1980–1999	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)

2000–2019	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)

Belgian National Road Race Champion (men)

1894 Houa
1895-1896 Luyten
1897-1898 Bertrand
1899 Degeetere
1900 Quoidbach
1901 Burger
1902 Defrance
1903 Vanderstuyft
1904 Sales
1905 Jamar
1906 Not held
1907-1908 Verstraeten
1909 Van Hauwaert
1910 Hanlet
1911 Defraye
1912 Verschoore
1913 Van Daele
1914 Dethier
1915-1918 Not held
1919 Rossius
1920-1921 Vanhevel
1922 Vermandel
1923 Sellier
1924 Vermandel
1925 Debaets
1926 Sellier
1927 Mortelmans
1928 Dervaes
1929-1930 Wauters
1931 Schepers
1932 Lemaire
1933 Duerloo
1934 Roels
1935 Danneels
1936 Aerts
1937 Kaers
1938 Van Theemsche
1939 Kint
1940 Van Den Meersschaut
1941 Defoort
1942 Maelbrancke
1943 Van Steenbergen
1944 Not held
1945 Van Steenbergen
1946-1947 Masson
1948 Buysse
1949 Ollivier
1950 Ramon
1951 Anthonis
1952 Schils
1953 Vansteenkiste
1954 Van Steenbergen
1955 Van Cauter
1956-1957 Vlayen
1958 Van Looy
1959 Oellibrandt
1960 De Mulder
1961 Van Aerde
1962 Planckaert
1963 Van Looy
1964 Sels
1965 Godefroot
1966 Reybrouck
1967 Boons
1968 Stevens
1969 De Vlaeminck
1970 E. Merckx
1971 Van Springel
1972 Godefroot
1973 Verbeeck
1974 Swerts
1975 Teirlinck
1976 Maertens
1977-1978 Pollentier
1979 Verlinden
1980 Jacobs
1981 De Vlaeminck
1982 Hoste
1983 Van Impe
1984 Vanderaerden
1985 Haghedooren
1986 Sergeant
1987 Van Den Haute
1988 De Wilde
1989 Bomans
1990 Criquielion
1991 Van Itterbeeck
1992 Museeuw
1993 Van Den Bossche
1994-1995 Nelissen
1996 Museeuw
1997-1998 Steels
1999 Dierckxsens
2000 A. Merckx
2001 Capelle
2002 Steels
2003 Omloop
2004 Steels
2005 Baguet
2006 Eeckhout
2007 Devolder
2008 Roelandts
2009 Boonen
2010 Devolder
2011 Gilbert
2012 Boonen
2013 Devolder
2014 Debusschere
2015 Van Hecke
2016 Gilbert

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