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  (USA)
  (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]

Winners[]

Year Winners
1912 (I) United States
United States
1912 (II) Belgium René Vandenberghe
France Octave Lapize
1914 Belgium Cyriel Van Hauwaert
Netherlands
1915 Belgium Cyriel Van Hauwaert
Belgium
1916–
1918
No race
1919 France
Belgium Philippe Thys
1920 Belgium Marcel Buysse
Belgium Alfons Spiessens
1921 France Marcel Berthet
Belgium Charles Deruyter
1922 Netherlands
Belgium
1923 Belgium
Belgium Jules Van Hevel
1924 Belgium
Belgium
1925 Netherlands
Belgium
1926 Netherlands
Netherlands
1927 Belgium
Belgium René Vermandel
1928 Belgium
Belgium Félix Sellier
1929 Belgium
Belgium
1930 Netherlands
Belgium
Year Winners
1931 Belgium
Belgium
1932 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Janus Braspennincx
1933 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Adolf Schön
1934 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands
1935 Belgium
Belgium
1936 Belgium
Belgium
1937 Belgium Jean Aerts
Belgium
1938 No race
1939 Netherlands Kees Pellenaars
Netherlands Frans Slaats
1940 Belgium Karel Kaers
Belgium
1941–
1946
No race
1947 Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands
1948 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Marcel Kint
1949 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Marcel Kint
1950 Belgium
Belgium
1951 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Stan Ockers
1952 Belgium
Belgium
Year Winners
1953 Switzerland Hugo Koblet
Switzerland
1954 France Georges Senfftleben
France Dominique Forlini
1955 Belgium
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1956 Belgium
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1957 Belgium Rik Van Looy
Belgium Willy Vannitsen
1958 Belgium
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1959 Netherlands Peter Post
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
1960 Belgium
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1961 Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Rik Van Looy
1962 Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Denmark Palle Lykke
1963 Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
1964 Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
1965 Netherlands Peter Post
United Kingdom Tom Simpson
1966–
1969
No race
1970 Netherlands Peter Post
France Jacques Mourioux
1971 West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Sigi Renz

References[]

  1. ^ "6 jours du Bruxells". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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