Cyrille van Hauwaert
![]() Van Hauwaert in 1907  | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Cyrille Van Hauwaert | 
| Nickname | Ventre ouvert (Open belly) | 
| Born | 16 December 1883 Moorslede, Belgium  | 
| Died | 15 February 1974 (aged 90) Zellik, Belgium  | 
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road | 
| Role | Rider | 
| Professional teams | |
| 1907 | Alcyon-Dunlop & La Française-Persan | 
| 1908-10 | Alcyon-Dunlop | 
| 1911-13 | La Française-Diamant | 
| 1914 | La Française-Hutchinson | 
| 1915 | Individual | 
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours 
 
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Cyrille Van Hauwaert (16 December 1883 – 15 February 1974) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, known for winning classics as Bordeaux–Paris (1907 and 1909), Milan–San Remo and Paris–Roubaix (both 1908).[1] He was the first Belgian cyclist to win a stage in the Tour de France in 1909, also leading the general classification for one day.[2]
In 1908, prior to winning Milan–San Remo, Van Hauwaert had traveled by bike from Belgium to the start in Milan, by means of training.[3]
Major results


- 1907
 - 1st Bordeaux–Paris
 - 2nd Paris–Roubaix
 - 4th Paris–Brussels
 - 1908
 - 1st Milan–San Remo
 - 1st Paris–Roubaix
 - 2nd Bordeaux–Paris
 - 2nd Paris–Brussels
 - 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 - 1909
 - 1st 
Road race, National Road Championships
 - 1st Bordeaux–Paris
 - 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium 
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
 
 - 4th Paris–Roubaix
 - 4th Milan–San Remo
 - 5th Overall Tour de France 
- 1st Stage 1
 
 - 6th Giro di Lombardia
 - 1910
 - 1st Paris–Menin
 - 2nd Paris–Roubaix
 - 3rd Paris–Brussels
 - 4th Overall Tour de France
 - 1911
 - 2nd Paris–Tours
 - 3rd Milan–San Remo
 - 3rd Paris–Roubaix
 - 3rd Giro di Lombardia
 - 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 - 5th Paris–Brest–Paris
 - 1912
 - 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Arthur Vanderstuyft)
 - 10th Paris–Brussels
 - 1913
 - 2nd Paris–Brussels
 - 2nd Bordeaux–Paris
 - 1914
 - 1st Six Days of Brussels (with John Stol)
 - 3rd Bordeaux–Paris
 - 6th Paris–Roubaix
 - 1915
 - 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Joseph Van Bever)
 
References
- ^ "Palmarès de Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
 - ^ "Cyrille Van Hauwaert". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
 - ^ "5 aprile 1908 - Milano-Sanremo". museociclismo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2016.
 
External links
- Cyrille van Hauwaert at Cycling Archives (archive)
 
 
