Jules Vanhevel
![]() Jules Vanhevel, racing for the French brand Wonder | |
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Full name | Jules Vanhevel |
Born | Koekelare, Belgium | 10 March 1895
Died | 21 July 1969 Ostend, Belgium | (aged 74)
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Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Jules Vanhevel (10 March 1895 in Koekelare – 21 July 1969 in Ostend) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He was a professional from 1919 to 1936.
Biography[]
In the literature, his name is often misspelled as "Jules Van Hevel. The cyclist Jules A. Vanhevel should not be confused with Jules K. Vanhevel, the last miller of the at Gistel, a relative
Jules Vanhevel his first racing bike was a .
Record as beginner[]
Record as independent[]
- 1914
- 1st place coast of Circulation
- 3rd place Grand Prix Brussels
- 1st place Grand Prix Merkem
- 1st place Evergem--
- 1st place Grand Prix Franco-Belge
Record in the war / in military service[]
Jules Vanhevel served as a cyclist in the 1st Artillery Regiment and later in the trench mortars Van Doren of the 1st Army Division. He was injured and was sent to England ill.
- 1917
- Molinari Cup 1st place at Stamford Bridge
- 1918
- Molinari Cup 1st place at Stamford Bridge
- 1st place at Gravelines
- 1919
- 1st place Grand Prix Mechelen
Record as a professional[]
- 1919
- 3rd place Tour of Flanders
- (interruption cycling career in the Army in Germany))
- (Statement) Tour of Battlefields Strasbourg-Luxembourg-Brussels-Amiens (2nd in the 1st round, 2nd round and 5th in the list in the 3rd round)
- 3rd place Tour of Belgium (2nd in the 1st round, 3rd in the 3rd round, 2nd in the 4th and 6th in the 5th round trip)
- 2nd place The Three Sister Cities -
- (discharge from military service)
- 1st place Championship of Flanders
- 1st Place Circuit Veurne-Ambacht
- 1st place at Ichtegem
- 1920
- 1st place Tour of Flanders
- 5th place Paris–Roubaix
- 4th place Milano–Torino-
- (abandon) Tour of Belgium (1st in the 1st round, 10th in the 2nd round and declared in the 3rd round by accident)
- 1st place Belgian National Road Race Championships for elite
- 1st place Championship of Flanders
- 3rd place (with Henri Van Lerberghe)
- 1921 Team Bianchi Dunlop[1]
- 2nd place Tour of Flanders
- 3rd place Tour of Belgium (6th in the 1st round, 1st in the 2nd round, 2nd in the 3rd round, 3rd in the 4th round, 2nd in the 5th round)
- 1st place Belgian National Road Race Championships for elite
- 2nd place Grand Prix Duffel
- (abandon) Tour of Italy 5th in the 2nd round)
- 4th place (by Marcel Buyze)
- 1922
- 1st place Tour of West Flanders
- 8th place Six Days of Paris (by Marcel Buyze)
- 1923 Team Cycles M.Buysse-Colonial[2]
- 4th place Tour of Flanders
- 1st Place Circuit Nieuwpoort
- 1st place The Three Sister Cities Antwerp-Torhout
- 2nd place Schaal Sels
- 1st place Den Haag - Arnhem - Den Haag
- 1st place at
- 1st place Grand Prix Brasschaat
- 1st place
- 5th place Belgian National Road Race Championships for elite
- 1st place Six Days of Brussels, (with )
- 9th place Six Days of Paris (with )
- 11th place Six Days of Ghent (by Marcel Buyze)
- 1924 Team Wonder-Russel[3]
- 1st place Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Place Circuit Paris
- 1st place
- 5th place Tour of Flanders
- 3rd place at Blankenberge
- 2nd place Six Days of Ghent (with Lucien Buysse)
- 1925 Team Wonder[4]
- 3rd place Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd place Giro della Provincia Milano (with Gerard Debaets) (2nd test on the slopes, on his Australian 2nd, 4th on the road)
- 1st place Six Days of Ghent (with )
- 1st Place Circuit du Littoral
- 2nd place Berlin-Hanover-Berlin
- 2nd place Circuit Stuttgart
- 2nd place Circuit Cologne
- 3rd place Tour of Frankfurt
- 3rd place Championship of Germany
- 11th place
- 27th Paris–Tours
- 3rd place Six Days of Berlin (with )
- 4th place Six Days of Brussels (with Denis Verschueren)
- 1927 Team Opel ZR-III[7]
- 1st place Hanover - Bremen - Hannover
- 1st place Berlin - Cottbus - Berlin
- 2nd place Tour Frankfurt
- 2nd place around Cologne
- 2nd place Württemberg Rundfahrt
- 1st place at Hulst
- 1928
- 1st place Tour of Belgium (1st in the 1st round, 2nd in the 2nd round, 2nd and 3rd in the 3rd round in 4th ride)
- 1st place Omloop der Vlaamse Regions
- 2nd place Sachsen-Tour
- 3rd place (with Oskar Tietz)
- 4th place Six Days of Brussels (by )
- 6th place Paris–Roubaix
- (abandon) World( "But? ... It happened at Km. 80. Ronsse was in the lead. Van Hevel at his wheel. Before them, a harnessing of oxen. One of the animals and turn away again with -tail. Ronsse the lead, running alongside a rake ment. He comes over. Jules follows. At 'the moment he passes, the tail stutters — read carefully, dear reader — from the ox to the brake handle on the handlebar, with the result that Van Hevel as mercilessly as the substance is suddenly thrown. He was hurt, hands and legs, and the whole body. ")" "
- 1929
- 3rd place Six Days of Dortmund (with Rene Vermandel)
- 1930
- 1st place at Gistel
- 1931
- 1st place at Avelgem
- 8th place World
- 2nd place Six Days of Brussels (with )
- 9th place Six Days of Berlin (with Jean Van Buggenhout)
- 1932
- 1st place at Niel
- 4th place Six Days of Brussels (with )
- 1933
- 6th place Six Days of Brussels (with Gustaaf Van Slembrouck)
- 1936
- 6th place Six Days of Brussels (with Kees Pellenaars)
Museum[]
In the ancient hostelry 'De Engel' at Ichtegem, of the family Maeckelbergh, one can admire a unique collection of Jules Vanhevel. Robert Maeckelbergh was the caretaker of Jules Vanhevel and married his sister Lea.
References[]
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Bianchi - Dunlop 1921". www.dewielersite.net.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "M. Buysse Cycles - Colonial 1923". www.dewielersite.net.
- ^ http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/ploegfiche.php?id=10867WONDER-RUSSELL
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Wonder 1925". www.dewielersite.net.
- ^ Archives, Cycling. "Ravat - Wonder - Dunlop 1926". www.dewielersite.net.
- ^ Wielersite, de. "!!! de Wielersite !!!". www.dewielersite.net.
- ^ OPEL ZR-III
Further reading[]
- Het rijke Vlaamsche wielerleven, Karel Van Wijnendaele
- Rik Vanwalleghem (2006). Koarle!: Karel Van Wijnendaele : de man die zijn volk leerde koersen. Lannoo Uitgeverij. ISBN 978-90-209-6547-6.
- Patrieck Geldhof; Dries Vanysacker (2005). En de broodrenner, hij fietste verder: het wielrennen in België tijdens WO II. ACCO. ISBN 978-90-334-5815-6.
External links[]
- OPEL Fahrräder'
- Soetens, Arthur. Jules van Hevel, Levensschets Van Den Kampioen Der Kampioenen Als Baanrenner. Onze Kampioenen (2nd book). Antwerp: Con st. Cleiren.
- 1895 births
- 1969 deaths
- Belgian male cyclists
- People from Koekelare
- Sportspeople from West Flanders
- Belgian track cyclists