Edgard De Caluwé

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Edgard de Caluwé Road cycling
Edgard De Caluwé (1933)
Edgard De Caluwé (1933)
To person
Date of birth July 1, 1913
date of death May 16, 1985
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Street
End of career 1947
Last updated: May 7, 2020

Edgard De Caluwé (born July 1, 1913 in Denderwindeke , † May 16, 1985 in Geraardsbergen ) was a Belgian cyclist.

Athletic career

In 1933 Edgard De Caluwé won the Tour of Belgium in the Independent (driver without contract) category. The following year got a contract with Dilecta-Wolber . In the same year he won the one-day race Paris – Brussels and the 178 kilometer race Bordeaux – Paris . In 1934 and 1935 De Caluwé competed in the Tour de France . In 1935 he finished second on two stages, but did not make it to Paris on either occasion. In 1936 he won a Tour de Nord stage and was third in the overall standings, in 1937 he won two stages and finished second. Also in 1937 he won a stage of the International Tour of Germany and was eighth, and he was seventh at Paris – Roubaix . In 1938 he won the Tour of Flanders , in which he came second again the following year.

The Second World War prevented further significant successes for De Caluwé. In 1945 he won the GP Victor Standaert , in 1947 he ended his cycling career and opened a car dealership in Ninove. De Caluwé belonged to a group of cyclists who named themselves after the cyclist Kamiel Beeckman De Beeckmanvrienden , from which the Denderclub Ninove emerged , which organizes the Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé every year .

De Caluwè died in 1985 at the age of 71 of a heart attack while cycling at the foot of the Geraardsbergen wall , which is part of the Tour of Flanders . In Ninove, a monument commemorates the moment of his victory on this tour in 1938.

successes

1933
1935
1936
1937
1938
1945

Teams

  • 1934-1947 Wolber

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edgard De Caluwe En zones. In: data.be. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Ontstaan. In: denderclubninove.be. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Summer things change nooit. In: stuyfssportverhalen.com. April 1, 2010, accessed May 11, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ Cycling monument in Ninove in honor of Edgard De Caluwé. In: imago-images.de. April 5, 2009, accessed May 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME De Caluwé, Edgard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Dender winch
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1985
Place of death Geraardsbergen