Peter Post and Romain De Loof (right) 1969
Romain De Loof (born March 6, 1941 in Eeklo ) is a former Belgian cyclist and three-time world champion.
Romain De Loof was one of the most successful track cyclists in Belgium in the 1960s , from 1964 to 1975 as a professional. He was Belgian champion nine times in various track disciplines alone , in the single pursuit , in the two-man team , in the derny race and as a stalker .
In 1962 De Loof was world champion of the amateurs in Milan ; He was able to repeat this success the following year at the World Championships in Rocourt . After moving to the pros, he won another World Cup in Frankfurt am Main in 1966 .
From 1965 to 1970 Romain De Loof also started in 56 six-day races. In 1965 he won in Milan with Rik Van Steenbergen ; this victory was the 40th and last for Van Steenbergen. In 1969 he won in Amsterdam and Rotterdam , both times together with Peter Post . After a fall in the Gent-Wevelgem race , he suffered a triple pelvic fracture in 1970 and had to take a year off. "Frivole levenswandel beknotte zijn carriére." (Flemish = "Frivolous way of life shortened his career"). After the end of his active career, he worked as a sports director.
In February 2010 Romain De Loof received the Belgian medal for services to the city of Eeklo in the presence of Patrick Sercu and Eddy Merckx .
Individual evidence
↑ Roger De Maertelaere: Mannen van de night , Eeklo 2000 S. 203rd
↑ Romain De Loof krijgt stadsmedaille. In: eeklo.be. December 22, 2015, accessed January 4, 2016 (Dutch).
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1893 Laurens Smitz Meintjes | 1894 Wilhelm Henie | 1895 Mathieu Cordang | 1896 Fernand Ponscarme | 1897 Edward Gould | 1898 Albert John Cherry | 1899 John Nelson | 1900 Louis Bastien | 1901 Heinrich Sievers | 1902 Alfred Görnemann | 1903 Edmond Audemars / Werner Krüger | 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1913 Leon Meredith | 1906 Maurice Bardonneau | 1909 Leon Meredith / Franz Hofmann | 1910 Henri Hens | 1914 Cor Blekemolen / Gustav Wittig | 1915–1957 not held | 1958 Lothar Meister I / Horst Aurich | 1959 Arie van Houwelingen / Frits Wiersma | 1960 Georg Stoltze / Fritz Erdenberger | 1961 Leendert van der Meulen / Albertus de Graaf | 1962, 1963 Romain De Loof / August Meuleman | 1964 Jacob Oudkerk / August Meuleman | 1965 Miguel Mas | 1966, 1967 Piet de Wit / Norbert Koch | 1968 Giuseppe Grassi / August Meuleman | 1969 Albertus Boom / Bruno Walrave | 1970 Cees Stam / Joop Stakenburg | 1971, 1972 Horst Gnas / Bruno Walrave | 1973 Horst Gnas / Hans Käb | 1974 Jean Breuer / Dieter Durst | 1975–1977, 1980, 1982 Gaby Minneboo / Bruno Walrave | 1978, 1983 Rainer Podlesch / Dieter Durst | 1979, 1981 Mattheus Pronk / Norbert Koch | 1984 Jan de Nijs / Bruno Walrave | 1985 Roberto Dotti / Domenico De Lillo | 1986, 1987 Mario Gentili / Walter Corradin | 1988 winner disqualified | 1989–1991 Roland Königshofer / Karl Igl | 1992 Carsten Podlesch / Dieter Durst
As far as known, with details of the pacemaker . From 1993 professionals and amateurs started together, see world champions of the stayers (professionals)
1895 Jimmy Michael | 1896 Arthur Chase | 1897 Jack William Stocks | 1898 Richard Palmer | 1899 Harry Gibson | 1900 Constant Huret | 1901, 1902 Thaddäus Robl | 1903 Piet Dickentman | 1904 Robert Walthour / Jan Olieslagers | 1905 Robert Walthour / Franz Hofmann | 1906, 1907 Louis Darragon / Franz Hofmann | 1908 Fritz Ryser / Josef Schwarzer | 1909, 1911 Georges Parent | 1912 George Wiley | 1913 Paul Guignard / Gus Lawson | 1914–1919 not held | 1920 Georges Sérès | 1921, 1924, 1926, 1927 Victor Linart / Arthur Pasquier | 1922 Léon Vanderstuyft | 1923 Paul Suter / Ernest Pasquier | 1925 Robert Grassin / Léon Didier | 1928 Walter Sawall / Ernest Pasquier | 1929, 1932 Georges Paillard / Georges Grolimund | 1930 Erich Möller | 1931 Walter Sawall / Georges Grolimund | 1933, 1935 Charles Lacquehay | 1934 Erich Metze / Karl Saldow | 1936 André Raynaud | 1937 Walter Lohmann / Arnulf Meinhold | 1938 Erich Metze / Maurice Ville | 1939–1945 final or World Cup not held | 1946, 1949 Elia Frosio | 1947, 1950 Raoul Lesueur | 1948 Jean-Jacques Lamboley | 1951 Jan Pronk / Frits Wiersma | 1952, 1953, 1954 Adolph Verschueren / Maurice Ville | 1955, 1962 Guillermo Timoner / Felicien Van Ingelghem | 1956 Graeme French / Georges Grolimund | 1957 Paul Depaepe / Emile Vandenbosch | 1958 Walter Bucher / Georges Grolimund | 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965 Guillermo Timoner / August Meuleman | 1961 Karl-Heinz Marsell / August Meuleman | 1963 Leo Proost / Emile Vandenbosch | 1966 Romain De Loof / Hugo Lorenzetti | 1967, 1968 Leo Proost / Norbert Koch | 1969 Jacob Oudkerk / Albertus de Graaf | 1970 Ehrenfried Rudolph / Bruno Walrave | 1971, 1972 Theo Verschueren / Norbert Koch | 1973, 1974, Cees Stam / Joop Stakenburg | 1975 Dieter Kemper / Dieter Durst | 1976 Wilfried Peffgen / Dieter Durst | 1977 Cees Stam / Bruno Walrave | 1978, 1980 Wilfried Peffgen / Dieter Durst | 1979, 1982 Martin Venix / Norbert Koch | 1981 René Kos / Bruno Walrave | 1983, 1985, 1986 Bruno Vicino / Domenico De Lillo | 1984 Horst Schütz / Christian Dippel | 1987 Max Hürzeler / Ueli Luginbühl | 1988, 1991 Danny Clark / Bruno Walrave | 1989 Giovanni Renosto / Walter Corradin | 1990 Walter Brugna / Mauro Valentini | 1992 Peter Steiger / Ueli Luginbühl | 1993 Jens Veggerby / Bruno Walrave | 1994 Carsten Podlesch / Dieter Durst
As far as known, with details of the pacemaker . No further world championships were held from 1995.
1899 Pierre Califice | 1904, 1912 Arthur Vanderstuyft | 1906 Louis Luycken | 1908, 1909 Karel Verbist | 1910, 1911 Yvan Goor | 1913, 1914 1919–1931 Victor Linart | 1932 Emile Thollembeek | 1933 Henri Wynsdau | 1934–1936 Georges Ronsse | 1937, 1938, 1948 August Meuleman | 1939, 1940, 1943–1947 Willy Michaux | 1941, 1942 Jean Aerts | 1949 André Leliaert | 1950–1956, 1958, 1960 Adolph Verschueren | 1957, 1959, 1961 Paul Depaepe | 1962 Jozef Verachtert | 1963–1968 Leo Proost | 1969–1973 Theo Verschueren | 1974 Romain De Loof | 1975, 1976 Julien Stevens | 1977 Willy De Bosscher | 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991 Constant Tourné
The Belgian stand-up championship for professionals has not been held every year and in 1991 for the last time.
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