Willy De Bosscher
Willy De Bosscher (born February 14, 1943 in Ghent ) is a former Belgian cyclist .
In 1968 Willy De Bosscher started in the team pursuit on the track at the Olympic Games in Mexico City . In 1969 he became three-time Belgian amateur champion in the 1000-meter time trial , tandem race (with Dirk Baert ) and two-man team driving (with Ernest Bens ). Then he became a professional .
De Bosscher started in races on the road as well as on the track , but was more successful on the track. Several times he took podium places at Belgian rail championships in various disciplines. In 1977 he was two-time champion in the sprint and in the standing race . In addition, he started in 147 six-day races, four of which were won by “gekke Willy”, who was popular with the six-day audience for his funny inserts.
In connection with rumors about alleged motor doping in the summer of 2010, the Danish cyclist René Wenzel reported that De Bosscher had won the elimination round of the six-day race in Grenoble in 1979 on a “Vélo à moteur”. When the other drivers found out, she wanted to beat him up, which the Belgian six-day star Patrick Sercu prevented. It is possible that the “six day clown” De Bosscher thought this use of a motorized bicycle was a “joke”.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Willy De Bosscher in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Willy De Bosscher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1894, 1895 Emile Huet | 1898, 1905–1909 Charles Van Den Born | 1899 Louis Grogna | 1900 Claude Leclercq | 1904 Ernest Massart | 1910 Albert Herent | 1911 Hubert Wilmots | 1912, 1914, 1926 Émile Otto | 1913, 1919, 1920 Jozef Van Bever | 1921 Jules Dossche | 1922–1925, 1927–1929 Alois De Graeve | 1930 Jacques Arlet | 1931–1939, 1941, 1942, 1944–1946 Jef Scherens | 1940 Frans Cools | 1943, 1951–1956 Emile Gosselin | 1948 Frans Van Looveren | 1949, 1950 Raymond Pauwels | 1957–1963, 1966 Jos De Bakker | 1964 Leo Sterckx | 1965, 1967–1969 Patrick Sercu | 1970–1974, 1976 Robert Van Lancker | 1975 Raphael Constant | 1981, 1982 Michel Vaarten | 1993–1995 Erik Schoefs | 1997 Mario Ghyselinck | 1998 Luc De Duytsche | 1999 Wim Van Rengen | 2000-2003 Dimitri De Fauw | 2004 Dominique Perissi | 2012 Kim Van Leemput | 2015 Matthias Oseï Vertez | 2016 Robin Venneman | 2017, 2018 Ayrton De Pauw | 2019 Gerald Nys
The sprint championship was not held continuously.
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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Bosscher, Willy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ghent |