Raymond Impanis

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Raymond Impanis (born October 19, 1925 in Berg, Kampenhout , † December 31, 2010 in Vilvoorde ) was a Belgian cyclist .

Career

Raymond Impanis, known as "Bakkertje van Berg", was a professional racing driver from 1947 to 1963. During this time, he won numerous classics as well as stages in large tours.

In 1949 Impanis won across Flanders , in 1952 and 1953 Gent – ​​Wevelgem , in his best year 1954 Paris – Roubaix , the Tour of Flanders and Paris – Nice . In 1957 he won the Flèche Wallone and in 1960 a second time at Paris-Nice. Four times he took second place at Liège – Bastogne – Liège (1947, 1948, 1954, 1955) and twice at the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo (1954 and 1957). In the Germany tours in 1951 and 1952 Impanis took third place in the overall ranking.

Raymond Impanis started seven times in the Tour de France ; In 1947 and 1948 he decided one stage each for himself. At the Tour in 1947, he won the longest individual time trial in the history of the tour with a distance of 139 kilometers, almost five minutes ahead of second, Jean Robic , and was sixth overall.

Raymond Impanis held the record of 16 finishings at Paris-Roubaix, in total he was at the start in 17 races; Only in April 2010 this record was set by Servais Knaven .

From 1982 to 1994 as well as 2009 and 2010 the race “Grand Prix Raymond Impanis” was held between Impanis' hometown Kampenhout and Sint-Niklaas . Impanis is also an honorary citizen of Kampenhout. In addition, the “Raymond Impanis fietsroute” runs alongside the community.

Individual evidence

  1. Raymond Impanis dies aged 85 on velonation.com (Engl.)
  2. Ex-wielrenner Raymond Impanis is overleden on standard.at (Dutch)
  3. ^ Pascal Sergent: Paris – Roubaix. Le Dico . Alan Sutton Publishing, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Cedex 2009, ISBN 978-2-84910-964-9 , pp. 83 (French).
  4. eurosport.fr: "Knaven égale Impanis" ( Memento of the original of April 13, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eurosport.fr
  5. kampenhout.be

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