Jef Planckaert
Joseph "Jef" Planckaert (born May 5, 1934 in Poperinge , Belgium ; † May 22, 2007 in Otegem , Belgium) was a professional cyclist . He is considered to be one of the best Belgian cyclists of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Immediately after his victory in the amateurs race from Brussels to Liège in 1954, he became a professional driver. Planckaert won during his eleven-year career from 1954 to 1965 the cycling classics Liège – Bastogne – Liège and Paris – Nice and the semi-classics Omloop Het Volk once and Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne twice. His greatest success was the second place in the overall classification of the Tour de France 1962 , in which he wore the yellow jersey for seven days . He was also able to win a stage in the 1961 Tour de France and finished the tour six times among the top 20 riders. In total, he was able to celebrate over 50 successes in his career. He had his best season in 1962 when he finished second in the Super Prestige Pernod classification , a predecessor of the Cycling World Cup .
The Flemish died on May 22, 2007 at the age of 73 after a long and serious illness.
successes
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1954 1955 1957 1958 1959 1960 |
1961
1962
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Web links
- Jef Planckaert in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c RIDER BIOGRAPHIES Joseph Planckaert on cyclinghalloffame.com
- ^ Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Verlag Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1487 (Flemish).
1894 Léon Houa | 1895, 1896 Henri Luyten | 1897, 1898 Henri Bertrand | 1899 Jules Degeetere | 1900 Mathieu Quoidbach | 1901 Paul Burger | 1902 Jules Defrance | 1903 Arthur Vanderstuyft | 1904 Jules Sales | 1905 Dieudonné Jamar | 1907, 1908 Francois Verstraeten | 1909 Cyrille Van Hauwaert | 1910 Henri Hanlet | 1911 Odiel Defraeye | 1912 Omer Verschoore | 1913 Joseph Vandaele | 1914 Victor Dethier | 1919 Jean Rossius | 1920, 1921 Jules Vanhevel | 1922, 1924 René Vermandel | 1923, 1926 Félix Sellier | 1925 Gerard Debaets | 1927 August Mortelmans | 1928 Jef Dervaes | 1929, 1930 Joseph Wauters | 1931 Alfons Schepers | 1932 Georges Lemaire | 1933 Louis Duerloo | 1934 Louis Roels | 1935 Gustave Danneels | 1936 Jean Aerts | 1937 Karel Kaers | 1938 Petrus Van Theemsche | 1939 Marcel Kint | 1940 Odiel Van Den Meersschaut | 1941 André Defoort | 1942 André Maelbrancke | 1943, 1945, 1954 Rik Van Steenbergen | 1946, 1947 Émile Masson junior | 1948 Achiel Buysse | 1949 Valère Ollivier | 1950 Albert Ramon | 1951 Lode Anthonis | 1952 Jozef Schils | 1953 Alois Vansteenkiste | 1955 Emiel Van Cauter | 1956, 1957 André Vlayen | 1958, 1963 Rik Van Looy | 1959 Petrus Oellibrandt | 1960 Frans De Mulder | 1961 Michel Van Aerde | 1962 Jef Planckaert | 1964 Edward Sels | 1965, 1972 Walter Godefroot | 1966 Guido Reybrouck | 1967 Jozef Boons | 1968 Julien Stevens | 1969, 1981 Roger De Vlaeminck | 1970 Eddy Merckx | 1971 Herman Van Springel | 1973 Frans Verbeeck | 1974 Roger Swerts | 1975 Willy Teirlinck | 1976 Freddy Maertens | 1977, 1978 Michel Pollentier | 1979 Gery Verlinden | 1980 Jos Jacobs | 1982 Frank Hoste | 1983 Lucien Van Impe | 1984 Eric Vanderaerden | 1985 Paul Haghedooren | 1986 Marc Sergeant | 1987 Ferdi Van Den Haute | 1988 Etienne De Wilde | 1989 Carlo Bomans | 1990 Claude Criquielion | 1991 Benjamin Van Itterbeeck | 1992, 1996 Johan Museeuw | 1993 Alain Van Den Bossche | 1994, 1995 Wilfried Nelissen | 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004 Tom Steels | 1999 Ludo Dierckxsens | 2000 Axel Merckx | 2001 Ludovic Capelle | 2003 Geert Omloop | 2005 Serge Baguet | 2006 Niko Eeckhout | 2007, 2010, 2013 Stijn Devolder | 2008 Jürgen Roelandts | 2009, 2012 Tom Boonen | 2011, 2016 Philippe Gilbert | 2014 Jens Debusschere | 2015 Preben Van Hecke | 2017 Oliver Naesen | 2018 Yves Lampaert | 2019 Tim Merlier
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| SURNAME | Planckaert, Jef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Planckaert, Joseph (real name); Planckaert, Jozef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poperinge , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 2007 |
| Place of death | Otegem , Belgium |