Jean Aerts

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Jean Aerts (1929)

Jean Aerts (born September 8, 1907 in Laken , † June 15, 1992 in Bruges ) was a Belgian cyclist .

As early as 1927, Jean Aerts won the Belgian championship for amateurs, then he became world champion among the amateurs at the road cycling world championships held at the Nürburgring . However, he was not nominated by his association for the World Cup and traveled at his own expense. In 1928 he was third at the World Road Championships for amateurs. In the same year he started at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam and finished eleventh in the road race and fourth with the team. He also started in the 1000 meter time trial on the track , but retired early.

In 1930 Aerts, now a professional , won a stage in the Tour de France for the first time , namely the sixth from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bordeaux . In 1932 he won a stage and wore the yellow jersey for one day , and in 1933 he was ninth in the Tour overall standings. In 1931 he won the Paris-Brussels long-distance cycle tour and the Tour of Belgium two years later . What he already achieved with the amateurs in 1927, he made up for with the professionals in 1935, where he was also able to achieve the world championship title. In 1936 he and Camille Dekuysscher won the Prix ​​Dupré-Lapize rail competition in Paris . Towards the end of his career, Aerts also drove six-day and standing races and was two Belgian standing champions.

Jean Aerts was a nephew of the cyclist Emile Aerts .

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SURNAME Aerts, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Laken , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1992
Place of death Bruges , Belgium