Six Days of Brussels

Six Days of Brussels
Race details
Region	Brussels, Belgium
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
History
First edition	1912
Editions	46 (as of 1971)
Final edition	1971
First winner	Alfred Hill (USA) ; Eddy Root (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]

Rik Van Steenbergen holds the record of victories, winning 8 times.^[2]

Jean-Pierre Monseré and Patrick Sercu during the 1970 Six Days of Brussels

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1912	Alfred Hill Eddy Root	Cyrille Van Hauwaert Arthur Vanderstuyft	Elmer Collins Peter Drobach
1913	René Vandenberghe Octave Lapize	Léon Comès Lucien Petit-Breton	Charles Charron Michel Debaets
1914	Cyrille Van Hauwaert John Stol	Jules Miquel Octave Lapize	Reginald McNamara Jimmy Moran
1915	Cyrille Van Hauwaert Joseph Van Bever	Alfons Spiessens René Vandenberghe	Marcel Buysse Pierre Van De Velde
1916-1918	No race
1919	Marcel Dupuy Philippe Thys	Alfons Spiessens Émile Aerts	Aloïs Persyn Pierre Van De Velde
1920	Marcel Buysse Alfons Spiessens	Marcel Berthet Charles Deruyter	Henri Van Lerberghe Émile Aerts
1921	Marcel Berthet Charles Deruyter	Alfons Spiessens Émile Aerts	Albert Desmedt Jos Van Bever
1922	Piet van Kempen Émile Aerts	Louis Eyckmans Pierre Rielens	Henri Wynsdau Théo Wynsdau
1923	César Debaets Jules Van Hevel	Piet van Kempen Émile Aerts	Maurice Dewolf John Van Ruysseveldt
1924	Pierre Rielens Émile Aerts	Alfons Goossens Victor Standaert	Julien Delbecque Jules Verschelden
1925	Piet van Kempen Émile Aerts	Alfred Grenda Alec McBeath	Maurice Dewolf Philippe Thys
1926	Piet van Kempen Klaas van Nek	Aloïs Degraeve Emile Thollembeeck	Aloïs Persyn Jules Verschelden
1927	Pierre Rielens René Vermandel	Adolphe Charlier Henri Duray	Hilaire Hellebaut Frans Roels
1928	Henri Duray Félix Sellier	Alfons Standaert Victor Standaert	César Debaets Henri Stockelynck
1929	Ferdinand Goris Armand Haesendonck	Roger De Neef Albert Desmedt	Alfons Standaert Victor Standaert
1930	Piet van Kempen Paul Buschenhagen	René Vermandel Joseph Wauters	Pierre Rielens Michel Van Vlockhoven
1931	Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier	Piet van Kempen Jules Van Hevel	Arturo Bresciani André Mouton
1932	Jan Pijnenburg Janus Braspennincx	Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier	Henri Aerts Armand Haesendonck
1933	Jan Pijnenburg Adolf Schön	Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier	Emil Richli Georges Wambst
1934	Jan Pijnenburg Cor Wals	Emil Richli Adolf Schön	Adolphe Charlier Gerard Loncke
1935	Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier	Jan Pijnenburg Cor Wals	Albert Buysse Antonin Magne
1936	Albert Buysse Albert Billiet	Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier	Jean Aerts Adolf Schön
1937	Jean Aerts Omer De Bruycker	Roger Deneef Adolf Schön	Learco Guerra Giuseppe Olmo
1938	No race
1939	Kees Pellenaars Frans Slaats	Albert Buysse Albert Billiet	Omer De Bruycker Karel Kaers
1940	Omer De Bruycker Karel Kaers	Achiel Bruneel Jef Scherens	Robert Naeye Adelin Van Simaeys
1941-1946	No race
1947	Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Boeyen	Maurice Depauw jr Ernest Thyssen	Kamiel Dekuysscher Fernand Spelte
1948	Rik Van Steenbergen Marcel Kint	Achiel Bruneel Kamiel Dekuysscher	Lucien Acou Robert Fruythof
1949	Rik Van Steenbergen Marcel Kint	Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters	Valere Ollivier Ernest Thyssen
1950	Jos De Beuckelaer Achiel Bruneel	Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters	Albert Ramon Ernest Thyssen
1951	Rik Van Steenbergen Stan Ockers	Robert Naeye Ernest Thyssen	Valere Ollivier Gerard Buyl
1952	Lucien Acou Achiel Bruneel	Lucien Gillen Georges Senfftleben	Émile Carrara Dominique Forlini
1953	Hugo Koblet Armin von Büren	Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters	Rik Van Steenbergen Stan Ockers
1954	Georges Senfftleben Dominique Forlini	Rik Van Steenbergen Stan Ockers	Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters
1955	Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns	Jean Brankart Stan Ockers	Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters
1956	Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns	Willy Lauwers Arsene Rijckaert	Lucien Acou Rik Van Looy
1957	Willy Vannitsen Rik Van Looy	Georges Senfftleben Dominique Forlini	Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns
1958	Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns	Reginald Arnold Fred De Bruyne	Gerrit Schulte Jean Brankart
1959	Gerrit Schulte Peter Post	Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns	Klaus Bugdahl Ferdinando Terruzzi
1960	Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns	Rik Van Looy Peter Post	Emile Daems Willy Vannitsen
1961	Rik Van Looy Peter Post	Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns	Klaus Bugdahl Fritz Pfenninger
1962	Rik Van Steenbergen Palle Lykke	Peter Post Willy Vannitsen	Emile Daems Emile Severeyns
1963	Peter Post Fritz Pfenninger	Rik Van Steenbergen Palle Lykke	Rik Van Looy Hugo Scrayen
1964	Peter Post Fritz Pfenninger	Rik Van Steenbergen Palle Lykke	Robert Lelangue Theo Verschueren
1965	Peter Post Tom Simpson	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Rik Van Steenbergen Palle Lykke
1966-1969	No race
1970	Peter Post Jacques Mourioux	Ferdinand Bracke Norbert Seeuws	Julien Stevens Noel Van Clooster
1971	Albert Fritz Sigi Renz	Roger De Vlaeminck Patrick Sercu	Ferdinand Bracke Peter Post

References

^ "6 jours du Bruxells". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ "Brussels Six-Days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.

External links

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

[2] "Brussels Six-Days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.

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