Six Days of Brussels

Six Days of Brussels
Race details
Region Berlin, Germany
Discipline Track
Type Six-day racing
History
First edition 1912 (1912)
Editions 46 (as of 1971)
Final edition 1971
First winner  Alfred Hill (USA)
 Eddy Root (USA)
Most wins  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) (8 wins)
Final winner  Albert Fritz (RFA)
 Sigi Renz (RFA)

The Six Days of Brussels was a six-day track cycling race held annually in Brussels, Belgium.[1]

Winners

Year Winners
1912 (1) United States Alfred Hill
United States Eddy Root
1912 (2) Belgium René Vandenberghe
France Octave Lapize
1914 Belgium Cyriel Van Hauwaert
Netherlands John Stol
1915 Belgium Cyriel Van Hauwaert
Belgium Joseph van Bever
1916-18 No race
1919 France Marcel Dupuy
Belgium Philippe Thys
1920 Belgium Marcel Buysse
Belgium Alfons Spiessens
1921 France Marcel Berthet
Belgium Charles Deruyter
1922 Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Belgium Emile Aerts
1923 Belgium César Debaets
Belgium Jules Van Hevel
1924 Belgium Pierre Rielens
Belgium Emile Aerts
1925 Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Belgium Emile Aerts
1926 Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Netherlands Klaas van Nek
1927 Belgium Pierre Rielens
Belgium René Vermandel
1928 Belgium Henri Duray
Belgium Félix Sellier
1929 Belgium Ferdinand Goris
Belgium Armand Haesendonck
1930 Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Belgium Paul Buschenhagen
Year Winners
1931 Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
1932 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Janus Braspennincx
1933 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Adolf Schön
1934 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Cor Wals
1935 Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
1936 Belgium Albert Buysse
Belgium Albert Billiet
1937 Belgium Jean Aerts
Belgium Omer de Bruycker
1938 Cancelled
1939 Netherlands Kees Pellenaars
Netherlands Frans Slaats
1940 Belgium Karel Kaers
Belgium Omer de Bruycker
1941-46 No race
1947 Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Gerrit Boeyen
1948 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Marcel Kint
1949 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Marcel Kint
1950 Belgium Jos de Beuckelaer
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
1951 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Stan Ockers
1952 Belgium Lucien Acou
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Year Winners
1953 Switzerland Hugo Koblet
Switzerland Armin von Büren
1954 France Georges Senfftleben
France Dominique Forlini
1955 Belgium Emile Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1956 Belgium Emile Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1957 Belgium Rik Van Looy
Belgium Willy Vannitsen
1958 Belgium Emile Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1959 Netherlands Peter Post
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
1960 Belgium Emile Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1961 Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Rik Van Looy
1962 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Denmark Palle Lykke
1963 Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
1964 Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
1965 Netherlands Peter Post
United Kingdom Tom Simpson
1966-69 No race
1970 Netherlands Peter Post
France Jacques Mourioux
1971 West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Sigi Renz

References

  1. "6 jours du Bruxells". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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