Emile Severeyns

Emile Severeyns (born August 28, 1931 in Schoten ; † November 30, 1979 in Antwerp ) was a Belgian cyclist .

In 1941, Emile Severeyns became the Belgian junior champion in road racing, and the following year Belgian junior champion in the sprint on the track .

Severeyns was a professional cyclist from 1953 to 1971 . Although he continued to drive road races - he won the Briek Schotte GP in 1957 - he was mainly active on the track . He started in a total of 121 six-day races, of which he won 21. His standard partner was Rik Van Steenbergen , with whom he formed a team 62 times and won 18 times. Severeyns and Van Steenbergen have also been European champions four times in two-man team driving and Belgian champions once. After Van Steenbergen's retirement from cycling, Severeyns started mainly in six-day races in Canada . In 1979 he suddenly died of a heart attack.

Remarks

↑ The European championships before the founding of the " European Cycling Union " (UEC) in 1995 are considered unofficial, since up to that point they were usually invitation races in which non-European riders could also take part.

literature

Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de night. 100 years of zesdaagsen. De Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-67-X , p. 246

Web links

Emile Severeyns in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Severeyns, Emile
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 28, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pods
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 1979
Place of death	Antwerp

[1] The European championships before the founding of the " European Cycling Union " (UEC) in 1995 are considered unofficial, since up to that point they were usually invitation races in which non-European riders could also take part.