Arthur Decabooter
 Decabooter in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Decabooter |
| Nickname | El Toro |
| Born | 3 October 1936 Welden, Belgium |
| Died | 26 May 2012 (aged 75) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics rider |
| Major wins | |
| Tour of Flanders 1960 Points classification in the Vuelta a España 1960 | |
Arthur Decabooter (3 October 1936 – 26 May 2012) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist, active as a professional between 1959 and 1967.[1] Cyclist Walter Godefroot is his wife's brother-in-law.
Apart from a few years when he was signed to Libéria-Grammont (1962) and to Solo (1963–1964), he rode for the Groene Leeuw team. His major wins were the 1960 Tour of Flanders and 2 stages and the points classification in the Vuelta a España the same year. Decabooter's other wins include Dwars door België, Omloop Het Volk, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, and a stage in the Tour of Belgium.
Palmarès[]
- 1959
- 1960
- Kampioenschap van Oost-Vlaanderen
- Tour of Flanders
- Dwars door België
- 8th and 15th stage of the Vuelta a España
- Points classification in the Vuelta a España
- 1st stage of the Tour of Belgium
- 1961
- Omloop Het Volk
- E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke
- 11th stage of the Vuelta a España
- Grand Prix de Denain
- GP Briek Schotte
- 1964
- Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
- Omloop van het Houtland
- 1965
- 1966
- 6th and 8th stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía
- 5th stage (a) of the Four Days of Dunkirk
References[]
- ^ Decabooter kreeg een hartstilstand tijdens een fietstocht. "sporza: Arthur "Tuur" Decabooter (75) is niet meer". Sporza.be. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
External links[]
- Arthur Decabooter at Cycling Archives
- (in French) Palmares of Arthur Decabooter
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