Jean Aerts

Jean Aerts
Personal information
Full name	Jean Aerts
Born	8 September 1907; Laken, Belgium
Died	15 June 1992 (aged 84); Bruges, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1929	Elvish-Fontan
1930	Fontan-Wolber
1931–1939	Alcyon
1940–1943	individual
Major wins
	1935 World Cycling Champion; 11 stages Tour de France
show Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships

Jean Aerts (8 September 1907 – 15 June 1992) was a Belgian road bicycle racer who specialized as a sprinter. Aerts became the first man to win both the world amateur (1927) and professional (1935) road race championships. In 1935, Aerts captured first place and the gold medal at the professional UCI Road World Championships in Floreffe, Belgium.

In 1927 professional and amateur riders rode concurrently at the Nürburgring in Germany and Aerts finished 5th, the highest ranked amateur. He also competed in three events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Although he lacked climbing ability for major tours, he used his sprinting ability to win 11 stages of the Tour de France, including six in 1933.

Major results[]

1927

World Cycling Championships Road Race (Amateur)

Belgium National Road Race Championship (Amateur)

1928

Belgium National Road Race Championship (Amateur)

1929

Volta a Catalunya

Winner stages 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7

2nd place overall classification

Tour du Sud-Ouest

1930

Tour de France:

Winner stage 6

1931

Paris–Brussels

1932

Tour de France

13th place Overall classification

Winner stage 1

1933

Tour of Belgium:

Overall winner

Winner stages 2, 3 and 5

Tour de France

9th place Overall classification

Winner stages 4, 15, 17, 19, 20 and 21

1 stage Paris–Nice

1934

1 stage Tour de Suisse

Paris - Boulogne-sur-Mer

1935

World Cycling Championships Road Race

Tour de France

Winner stages 4, 8, 10 and 19

29th place overall classification

Paris - Vichy

1936

Belgium National Road Race Championship

1937

Six days of Brussels (with )

Six days of Paris (with )

1941

Belgium national track stayers championships

1942

Belgium national track stayers championships

References[]

^ "Jean Aerts Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

External links[]

"Palmares" (in French). Archived from the original on 15 June 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Jean Aerts at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Jean Aerts

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[sports-reference-1] "Jean Aerts Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

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