Roger De Clercq

Roger De Clercq
Personal information
Born	2 September 1930; Nederzwalm-Hermelgem, Zwalm, Belgium
Died	24 August 2014 (aged 83); Aalst, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Cyclo-cross; Road;
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1954	Groene Leeuw–Huret
1955–1956	Plume–Vainqueur
1957	Elvé–Marvan
1958	Plume–Vainqueur
1959–1968	Groene Leeuw–Sinalco–SAS
Major wins
	Cyclo-cross National Championships (1960, 1962, 1964)
Medal record
Men's cyclo-cross
Representing Belgium
World Championships

Roger De Clercq (2 September 1930 – 24 August 2014) was a Belgian racing cyclist. Professional from 1954 to 1968, he won 68 races in his career; including the Belgian National Cyclo-cross Championships three times, in 1960, 1962 and 1964, and a silver medal at the 1964 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.^[1] He was the brother of René De Clercq and the uncle of Mario De Clercq, also professional cyclists.^[2]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

1953: 2nd National Championships; 10th UCI World Championships
1954: 2nd National Championships; 7th UCI World Championships
1955: 2nd National Championships
1956: 2nd National Championships
1957: 3rd National Championships; 10th UCI World Championships
1958: 2nd National Championships
1959: 1st Noordzeecross; 1st Zonhoven
1960: 1st National Championships; 8th UCI World Championships
1961: 5th UCI World Championships
1962: 1st National Championships; 1st Zonhoven; 4th UCI World Championships
1963: 5th UCI World Championships
1964: 1st National Championships; 2nd UCI World Championships
1965: 1st Noordzeecross; 4th UCI World Championships

Road

1954: 1st Petegem-aan-de-Leie; 1st Stage 8 Route de France
1955: 2nd Petegem-aan-de-Leie
1956: 2nd Nokere Koerse
1958: 10th Elfstedenronde

References

^ "Ex-veldrijder Roger De Clercq overleden". nieuwsblad.be/. Het Nieuwsblad. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Roger De Clercq". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

External links

Roger De Clercq at Cycling Archives
Roger De Clercq at ProCyclingStats

[1] "Ex-veldrijder Roger De Clercq overleden". nieuwsblad.be/. Het Nieuwsblad. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[2] "Roger De Clercq". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champions (men)
1900–1919	Philippe Thys (1910) Joseph Van Ingelghem (1912) Henri Moerenhout (1913) Joseph Van Ingelghem (1914)
1920–1939	René Vermandel (1921) Maurice De Waele (1922) Théodore Van Eetvelde (1923) Joseph Van Dam (1924) Pé Verhaegen (1925) Henri Moerenhout (1926) Jean Meeuwis (1927) Jules Goedhuys (1928) Georges Ronsse (1929–1930) Jules Goedhuys (1931) Jef Demuysere (1932) Maurice Seynaeve (1933–1937) Omer Thys (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Richard Blendeman (1941) Eugeen Jacobs (1942–1943) Frans Van Hellemont (1944) Georges Vandermeirsch (1945–1947) Frans De Coster (1948) Georges Vandermeirsch (1949) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1950) Georges Vandermeirsch (1951) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1952) Georges Furnière (1953) Frans Feremans (1954) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1955–1956) René De Rey (1957) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1958) René De Rey (1959)
1960–1979	(1960) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1961) (1962) Albert Van Damme (1963) (1964) Albert Van Damme (1965–1966) Erik De Vlaeminck (1967) Albert Van Damme (1968) Erik De Vlaeminck (1969) Albert Van Damme (1970) Erik De Vlaeminck (1971–1972) Albert Van Damme (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc De Block (1976–1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978) Jan Teugels (1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980–1989) Danny De Bie (1990–1992) Paul Herygers (1993) Peter Van Den Abeele (1994) Marc Janssens (1995) Erwin Vervecken (1996) Paul Herygers (1997) Marc Janssens (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Sven Nys (2000) Mario De Clercq (2001–2002) Sven Nys (2003) Bart Wellens (2004) Sven Nys (2005–2006) Bart Wellens (2007) Sven Nys (2008–2010) Niels Albert (2011) Sven Nys (2012) Klaas Vantornout (2013) Sven Nys (2014) Klaas Vantornout (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2018) Toon Aerts (2019)
2020–2039	Laurens Sweeck (2020) Wout van Aert (2021–2022) Michael Vanthourenhout (2023) Eli Iserbyt (2024) Thibau Nys (2025)