René Van Meenen

René Van Meenen (born January 14, 1931 in Drongen , Belgium ) is a former Belgian cyclist .

He was a professional from 1956 to 1967.

Van Meenen won the Tour of Egypt in 1954 and the Tour of North Holland in 1955 . In the Tour of Spain in 1961 , he was able to win a stage.

He started his career as a professional driver with the French team Mercier - BP - Hutchinson and switched to other teams several times. He stayed with the Belgian team ' Wiel's - Gancia - Groene Leeuw ' from 1962 to 1966. In 1967 he ended his career with the Belgian team ' Goldor - Gerka '. After he was not very successful as a professional driver, he worked as a mechanic in Geel near Antwerp .

Palmarès

Summary
year	success		run
1952	3.		National Championship, Road, Belgium
1953	2.	07th stage	Ronde van België
1954	winner	Overall rating	Egypt tour
	winner	06th stage	Peace ride
	winner	12th stage
	3.	Overall rating
	3.	08th stage	Ronde van België
1955	winner		Ronde van Noord-Holland
	2.	Overall rating	National Championship, Road, Belgium
1956	winner		Strijpen (Belgium)
1958	6th		Liège – Bastogne – Liège
	3.	02nd stage	Ronde van België
1961	2.	5th stage	Vuelta a España
	winner	7th stage
1962	winner		Zonnegem (Belgium)
	winner		Zellik (Belgium)
1963	winner		Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (Belgium)
	winner		East Flanders Tour (Belgium)
1964	winner		Mere (Belgium)
	2.		East Flanders Tour (Belgium)
	winner		Geel (Belgium)
1965	winner		Olen (Belgium)
1966	winner		Omloop van Midden-België
1967	winner		Gentbrugge (b) (Belgium)

Web links

• René Van Meenen in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Organization office of the XVI. Friedensfahrt (Ed.): XVI Course de la Paix . Berlin 1963, p. 11 .