Léon Vanderstuyft

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Léon Vanderstuyft

Mauricius Carolus Leo "Léon" Vanderstuyft (born May 5, 1890 in Ieper , † February 26, 1964 in Paris ) was a Belgian cyclist and world champion.

Léon Vanderstuyft came from a cycling family. His father Fritz had already finished third in the Belgian road championships in 1899; his brother Arthur , who was seven years older, was also a successful cyclist.

In 1908 Léon Vanderstuyft was third among the amateur stayers at the World Railroad Championships in Leipzig-Lindenau . In 1910 he became vice world champion among the professionals in Brussels . In 1922 he finally became world champion in Paris . During his career, however, he did not manage to become Belgian stay-up champion once: he was runner-up behind his rival Victor Linart six times .

Léon Vanderstuyft achieved particular fame when he set a new hour record behind a motorized pacemaker on a yellow Opel bike, a so-called ZR3, at the Autodrome in Montlhéry near Paris on September 29, 1928 . This sensational record was to last for decades.

In later years Léon Vanderstuyft was a pacemaker. He led the Briton Joe Bunker to third place at the track world championships in 1954 on the cycling track in the stadium at the zoo in Wuppertal-Elberfeld .

Works

  • Léon Vanderstuyft / Andrè Ravaud: Sur Piste Demi-Fond , Paris 1929

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Autodino.de: "80 years ago: Léon Vanderstuyft's standing record" ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 May 8, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.autodino.de

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SURNAME Vanderstuyft, Léon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vanderstuyft, Mauricius Carolus Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Ieper
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1964
Place of death Paris