Adolph Verschueren

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Dolf Verschueren (1957)

Adolph ("Dolf" or "Dolph") Verschueren (born June 10, 1922 in Deurne ; † April 30, 2004 there ) was a Belgian cyclist and three-time stayer world champion.

During the Second World War , Adolph Verschueren began his racing career with victories in smaller road races in Belgium. In 1942 he won the Tour of Flanders in the independent class. In 1949 he took part in the Tour de Suisse and won the sixth stage. In 1947 Verschueren was second at Paris-Roubaix and in 1949 he finished second at Liège-Bastogne-Liège .

From 1950, Verschueren increasingly turned to the standing sport and became Belgian and European champion in the same year. In total he was nine times Belgian champion of the professional stayers and behind the Derny and four times European champion until 1960. In 1954 he also set a new hour record with 58.586 kilometers behind Derny's leadership in the Antwerp Sports Palace. When the new Westfalenhalle in Dortmund opened in February 1952 , Verschueren was one of the stars: "The Belgian was one of the most dazzling figures in this profession, a daredevil who could drive the audience to storms of enthusiasm, but also to white heat."

In 1952 Adolph Verschueren became world champion of the stayers, twice more, in 1953 and 1954 , he was able to repeat this success. At the standing final run of the UCI track world championships in 1961 , however, Verschueren caused disagreement: the three-time world champion, who was annoyed about a supposed disability, threatened with his fist, left the role of his lead machine, zigzagged the track and thus endangered the other drivers and their pacemakers. The commissioners, the former world champions Victor Linart and Georges Paillard , only managed to get him off the track with great difficulty. Then he was still involved in fights in the interior.

In 1963 Verschueren ended his active cycling career.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westfalenhallen.de: “From the checkered history of a classic bike”, accessed on May 11, 2010
  2. ^ Cycling , September 5, 1961

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personal data
SURNAME Verschueren, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verschueren, Dolf; Verschueren, Dolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Deurne
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 2004
Place of death Deurne