Stan Ockers

Stan Ockers

Stan Ockers (1951)
Personal information
Full name	Constant Ockers
Born	(1920-02-03)3 February 1920 Belgium
Died	1 October 1956(1956-10-01) (aged 36)
Team information
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1941	Individual
1942	Helyett–Hutchinson
1943–1945
1946
1947	Groene Leeuw
1947–1949	Mondia and Garin–Wolber
1950	and
1951	and
1952–1954	Peugeot–Dunlop and
1955–1956
1956
Major wins
Tour de France green jersey (1955, 1956) World Road Championship (1955) La Flèche Wallonne (1953, 1955) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1955)
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1955 Frascati Professional road race 1953 Lugano Professional road race

Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 in Borgerhout – 1 October 1956 in Antwerp) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.

He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the Classic "Ardennes double" by winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same year. At this time the races were run on successive days as "Le Weekend Ardennais". He also won the World Cycling Championship that year.

Stan Ockers died after crashing during a track race in Antwerp in 1956. A year later a monument was built in Les Forges, Sprimont, in the south of Belgium.

Career achievements[]

Major results[]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	6	6	—	—	—
Tour de France	11	7	2	5	2	—	6	8	8
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

External links[]

• Stan Ockers at Cycling Archives