Edgard Sorgeloos
Edgard Sorgeloos (born December 14, 1930 in Denderhoutem ( Haaltert ), † November 12, 2016 in Oudenaarde ) was a Belgian cyclist .
Athletic career
After a successful tour of Belgium with the amateurs in 1950, Sorgeloos first switched to the independents in 1951 . In this franchise group he won the Omloop Het Volk race . A year later he became a professional driver and for many years was a close assistant to Rik van Looy , whom he followed in various teams. As a classic helper, he didn't have many chances of winning races himself.
Nevertheless, he won a number of Belgian circuit races in particular, but also had more important successes such as a stage win at the Tour de Suisse in 1955 and 1957 (in that year he also won the points classification ). In 1959 he won the Sassari – Cagliari race (as in 1964), in 1962 he won a stage near Paris – Nice and also in 1962 the 2nd stage of the Tour de France . In 1965 he was able to win another stage in the tour. He drove the tour a total of six times, his best result being 61st place in 1964 . He took part in the Giro d'Italia seven times, in 1956 he was 14th. The Vuelta a España also saw him start five times, in 1963 he was 15th in the overall standings. He has contested all the monuments of cycling at least once in his career . In 1959 he had his best result with 6th place in the Tour of Flanders .
Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
- | 22nd | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | 15th | DNF | DNF | - |
 Giro d'Italia
|
- | 14th | 44. | - | 55. | 60. | 46. | DNF | DNF | - | - | - |
|
Tour de France
|
DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | 62. | DNF | 61. | 84. | DNF |
Professional
After his career he ran a thriving pub near the famous Geraardsbergen wall .
Web links
- Edgard Sorgeloos in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Edgard Sorgeloos in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 27/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 14 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sorgeloos, Edgard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denderhoutem ( Haaltert ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2016 |
| Place of death | Oudenaarde |