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Six Days of Brussels

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Six Days of Brussels
Race details
RegionBrussels, Belgium
DisciplineTrack
TypeSix-day racing
History
First edition1912 (1912)
Editions46 (as of 1971)
Final edition1971
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]

Rik Van Steenbergen holds the record of victories, winning 8 times.[2]

Jean-Pierre Monseré and Patrick Sercu during the 1970 Six Days of Brussels

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1912 United States Alfred Hill
United States Eddy Root
Belgium Cyrille Van Hauwaert
Belgium Arthur Vanderstuyft
United States Elmer Collins
United States Peter Drobach
1913 Belgium René Vandenberghe
France Octave Lapize
France Léon Comès
France Lucien Petit-Breton
France Charles Charron
Belgium Michel Debaets
1914 Belgium Cyrille Van Hauwaert
Netherlands John Stol
France Jules Miquel
France Octave Lapize
Australia Reginald McNamara
United States Jimmy Moran
1915 Belgium Cyrille Van Hauwaert
Belgium Joseph Van Bever
Belgium Alfons Spiessens
Belgium René Vandenberghe
Belgium Marcel Buysse
Belgium Pierre Van De Velde
1916-1918 No race
1919 France Marcel Dupuy
Belgium Philippe Thys
Belgium Alfons Spiessens
Belgium Émile Aerts
Belgium Aloïs Persyn
Belgium Pierre Van De Velde
1920 Belgium Marcel Buysse
Belgium Alfons Spiessens
Belgium Marcel Berthet
Belgium Charles Deruyter
Belgium Henri Van Lerberghe
Belgium Émile Aerts
1921 Belgium Marcel Berthet
Belgium Charles Deruyter
Belgium Alfons Spiessens
Belgium Émile Aerts
Belgium Albert Desmedt
Belgium Jos Van Bever
1922 Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Belgium Émile Aerts
Belgium Louis Eyckmans
Belgium Pierre Rielens
Belgium Henri Wynsdau
Belgium Théo Wynsdau
1923 Belgium César Debaets
Belgium Jules Van Hevel
Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Belgium Émile Aerts
Belgium Maurice Dewolf
Belgium John Van Ruysseveldt
1924 Belgium Pierre Rielens
Belgium Émile Aerts
Belgium Alfons Goossens
Belgium Victor Standaert
Belgium Julien Delbecque
Belgium Jules Verschelden
1925 Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Belgium Émile Aerts
Australia Alfred Grenda
Australia Alec McBeath
Belgium Maurice Dewolf
Belgium Philippe Thys
1926 Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Netherlands Klaas van Nek
Belgium Aloïs Degraeve
Belgium Emile Thollembeeck
Belgium Aloïs Persyn
Belgium Jules Verschelden
1927 Belgium Pierre Rielens
Belgium René Vermandel
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
Belgium Henri Duray
Belgium Hilaire Hellebaut
Belgium Frans Roels
1928 Belgium Henri Duray
Belgium Félix Sellier
Belgium Alfons Standaert
Belgium Victor Standaert
Belgium César Debaets
Belgium Henri Stockelynck
1929 Belgium Ferdinand Goris
Belgium Armand Haesendonck
Belgium Roger De Neef
Belgium Albert Desmedt
Belgium Alfons Standaert
Belgium Victor Standaert
1930 Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Belgium Paul Buschenhagen
Belgium René Vermandel
Belgium Joseph Wauters
Belgium Pierre Rielens
Belgium Michel Van Vlockhoven
1931 Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
Netherlands Piet van Kempen
Belgium Jules Van Hevel
Italy Arturo Bresciani
France André Mouton
1932 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Janus Braspennincx
Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
Belgium Henri Aerts
Belgium Armand Haesendonck
1933 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Germany Adolf Schön
Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
Switzerland Emil Richli
France Georges Wambst
1934 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Cor Wals
Switzerland Emil Richli
Germany Adolf Schön
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
Belgium Gerard Loncke
1935 Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Cor Wals
Belgium Albert Buysse
France Antonin Magne
1936 Belgium Albert Buysse
Belgium Albert Billiet
Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Adolphe Charlier
Belgium Jean Aerts
Germany Adolf Schön
1937 Belgium Jean Aerts
Belgium Omer De Bruycker
Belgium Roger Deneef
Germany Adolf Schön
Italy Learco Guerra
Italy Giuseppe Olmo
1938 No race
1939 Netherlands Kees Pellenaars
Netherlands Frans Slaats
Belgium Albert Buysse
Belgium Albert Billiet
Belgium Omer De Bruycker
Belgium Karel Kaers
1940 Belgium Omer De Bruycker
Belgium Karel Kaers
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Belgium Jef Scherens
Belgium Robert Naeye
Belgium Adelin Van Simaeys
1941-1946 No race
1947 Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Gerrit Boeyen
Belgium Maurice Depauw jr
Belgium Ernest Thyssen
Belgium Kamiel Dekuysscher
Belgium Fernand Spelte
1948 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Marcel Kint
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Belgium Kamiel Dekuysscher
Belgium Lucien Acou
Belgium Robert Fruythof
1949 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Marcel Kint
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Belgium Valere Ollivier
Belgium Ernest Thyssen
1950 Belgium Jos De Beuckelaer
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Belgium Albert Ramon
Belgium Ernest Thyssen
1951 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Stan Ockers
Belgium Robert Naeye
Belgium Ernest Thyssen
Belgium Valere Ollivier
Belgium Gerard Buyl
1952 Belgium Lucien Acou
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Luxembourg Lucien Gillen
France Georges Senfftleben
France Émile Carrara
France Dominique Forlini
1953 Switzerland Hugo Koblet
Switzerland Armin von Büren
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Stan Ockers
1954 France Georges Senfftleben
France Dominique Forlini
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Stan Ockers
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
1955 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Emile Severeyns
Belgium Jean Brankart
Belgium Stan Ockers
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
1956 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Emile Severeyns
Belgium Willy Lauwers
Belgium Arsene Rijckaert
Belgium Lucien Acou
Belgium Rik Van Looy
1957 Belgium Willy Vannitsen
Belgium Rik Van Looy
France Georges Senfftleben
France Dominique Forlini
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Emile Severeyns
1958 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Emile Severeyns
Australia Reginald Arnold
Belgium Fred De Bruyne
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Belgium Jean Brankart
1959 Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Emile Severeyns
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
1960 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Emile Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Looy
Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Emile Daems
Belgium Willy Vannitsen
1961 Belgium Rik Van Looy
Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Emile Severeyns
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
1962 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Denmark Palle Lykke
Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Willy Vannitsen
Belgium Emile Daems
Belgium Emile Severeyns
1963 Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Denmark Palle Lykke
Belgium Rik Van Looy
Belgium Hugo Scrayen
1964 Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Denmark Palle Lykke
Belgium Robert Lelangue
Belgium Theo Verschueren
1965 Netherlands Peter Post
United Kingdom Tom Simpson
Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Denmark Palle Lykke
1966-1969 No race
1970 Netherlands Peter Post
France Jacques Mourioux
Belgium Ferdinand Bracke
Belgium Norbert Seeuws
Belgium Julien Stevens
Belgium Noel Van Clooster
1971 West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Sigi Renz
Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Ferdinand Bracke
Netherlands Peter Post

References

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  1. ^ "6 jours du Bruxells". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Brussels Six-Days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
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