Jean-Pierre Monseré

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Jean-Pierre Monseré (r.) In the basement of the Het Kuipke cycle track in Ghent

Jean-Pierre Monseré (born September 8, 1948 in Roeselare , Belgium , † March 15, 1971 in Retie ) was a Belgian cyclist .

Athletic career

As an amateur , Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré was twice - in 1967 and 1968 - Belgian champion in the team pursuit . Also in 1968 he became Belgian military champion and also took part in the Olympic Games in Mexico , where he finished sixth in the road race. In 1969 he became vice world champion in the street race of amateurs in Brno . Immediately after the World Cup, Monseré turned professional and immediately won the Tour of Lombardy after Gerben Karstens , who initially came first, was disqualified for doping. In the following year, at the age of 21, he was the second youngest world champion in the professional road race and Belgian champion in the omnium on the track . In 1971 he was again Belgian champion, in two-man team driving together with Patrick Sercu , and won the Tour of Andalusia . He also competed in four six-day races, winning Ghent's 1970 with Sercu. Monseré was considered one of the greatest talents of his generation and had great charisma.

On March 15, 1971, during the Retie Grand Prix , Monseré crashed into a car that had driven against the direction of the race and died at the scene of the accident.

Monseré had a close relationship with the boss of his Flandria team , Pol Claeys, to whom he was like a son, as Claeys said in a 2007 interview. Monseré, on the other hand, was in rivalry with his teammate Roger De Vlaeminck ("They didn't let the light in each other's eyes"), which led to great tension in the team and a great burden for Claeys. Claeys later blamed the disputes between the two drivers for Monseré's death, because the latter had his focus on De Vlaeminck's racing behavior and thus caused a lack of attention.

Five years later, on July 17, 1976, Monseré's son Giovanni rode a bike with friends in his father's rainbow jersey. He too was hit by a car and died.

Honors

Since 1970 the "Criterium JP Monseré" has been held in Roeselare. The Nationaal Wielermuseum in his home town of Roeselare has dedicated its own exhibition room to the city's famous son.

successes

1969
1970
1971

References and comments

  1. ↑ The youngest world champion so far was the Belgian Karel Kaers, who became world champion in 1934 at the age of 20.
  2. ^ A b Pieter van der Meer: Pol Claeys en zijniehde voor de Flandria-ploeg. In: Het is Koers! October 10, 2011, accessed August 15, 2015 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Monserézaal on wielermuseum.be ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 6, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wielermuseum.be

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SURNAME Monseré, Jean-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Roeselare
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1971
Place of death Retie