Fred De Bruyne
Personal information | |
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Full name | Fred De Bruyne |
Born | Berlare, Belgium | 21 October 1930
Died | 4 February 1994 Seillans, France | (aged 63)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Major wins | |
Paris–Nice (1956, 1958) Milan–San Remo (1956) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1956, 1958, 1959) Tour of Flanders (1957) Paris–Roubaix (1957) Paris–Tours (1957) |
Alfred De Bruyne (21 October 1930 – 4 February 1994) was a Belgian champion cyclist.
He won Milan–San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1956, the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours in 1957, and again Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1958 and 1959.
He also won the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition 3 years running (1956 to 1958). This was the fore-runner of the Super Prestige now in itself replaced by the UCI Ranking Points List.
After his professional cycling career he went on to become a very popular TV sports commentator, a team manager, and finally a spokesman for the Panasonic cycling team.
Major results[]
- 1954
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 8, 13 and 22
- 1956
- Milan–San Remo
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Paris–Nice
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 1, 6 and 10
- 1957
- Tour of Flanders
- Paris–Roubaix
- Paris–Tours
- Six days of Ghent
- 1958
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Paris–Nice
- 1959
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Six days of Ghent
- 1961
- Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Books by Fred De Bruyne[]
Fred de Bruyne wrote following books (in Dutch) about famous cyclists:
- Rik Van Steenbergen, 1963
- Rik Van Looy, 1963
- Patrick Sercu, 1965
- Peter Post, 1965
- De memoires van Fred De Bruyne, 1978
External links[]
Media related to Fred De Bruyne at Wikimedia Commons
- Fred De Bruyne at Cycling Archives
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 1994 deaths
- Belgian male cyclists
- Belgian Tour de France stage winners
- Cycling announcers
- People from Berlare
- Sportspeople from East Flanders
- Challenge Desgrange-Colombo winners
- Belgian cycling biography, 1930s birth stubs