Yvan Goor
Yvan Goor , also Ivan Goor , (born November 30, 1884 in Verviers , † March 20, 1958 in Liège ) was a Belgian cyclist and motorcycle racer .
Career
Cycling
Yvan Goor started cycling on the initiative of his father; this was also his manager and supervisor: "Even if Papa Goor is not an extremely strict father, he does not even remotely allow his son to do what modern racing drivers claim, although it usually turns them to ruin." As Goor himself Concentrated in the stalker race , the father also acted as a pacemaker . In a race in Magdeburg in 1906 Goor sen. difficult and was out for the rest of the season.
Twice, in 1910 and 1911, Yvan Goor was the Belgian stay-up champion, in 1908, 1912 and 1914 he took second place. In 1921 Goor ended his career as a professional racing driver after he was unable to build on his earlier successes after the end of the First World War . As a member of the "RC Pesant Club Liégeois" he campaigned for an aid fund for racing cyclists.
Motorcycling
In 1924, at the age of 40, Yvan Goor successfully turned to motorcycle racing. He was European champion twice in the 175 cm³ class: in 1930 he prevailed against the British Eric Fernihough on a DKW ARe 175 in Spa-Francorchamps, and in 1934 the Belgian won the European Championship on Benelli on the Circuit van Drenthe in Assen, the Netherlands. Run, which was held as part of the X. Dutch TT , in front of his compatriots "Dickwell" and Maurice van Geert . In 1931 he was also runner-up behind Fernihough on a 175 DKW. In 1937, Yvan Goor - nicknamed "Bobby" - won a Belgian championship title for the third and last time at the age of 53 .
In addition to his sporting activities, he worked as an entrepreneur; he was married and the father of three children.
successes
Cycling
- 1910 - Belgian standing master
- 1911 - Belgian standing master
Motorcycling
- 1930 - 175 cc European champion on DKW
- 1932 - Belgian 175 cm³ champion on DKW
- 1934 - 250 cm³ European champion on Benelli
- 1934 - Belgian 175 cc champion on Benelli
- 1937 - Belgian 250cc champion on Benelli
References
literature
- Steffen Ottinger: DKW motorcycle sport 1920–1939 . From the first victories of the Zschopau two-stroke model at track races to the European championship successes. 1st edition. HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028611-7 .
Web links
- Yvan Goor in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sport-Album der Rad-Welt 1906 , Berlin 1907, p. 35
- ↑ Le Royal Cyclist's Pesant Club Liegeois on pesant.liege (French)
1925 : Mario Vaga | 1926 : René Milhoux | 1927 : Willi Henkelmann | 1928 : Alfredo Panella | 1929 : Josef Klein | 1930 : Yvan Goor | 1931 : Eric Fernihough | 1932 : Carlo Baschieri | 1934 : Yvan Goor
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 | Goor, Yvan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goor, Ivan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist and motorcycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Verviers |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1958 |
| Place of death | Liege |