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Historic Overview Jos Schils

Rider

Overall Rank791
NameJos SCHILS
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth04-Sep-1931 - Kersbeek Miskom (Brabant)
Date of death03-Mar-2007 - Asse (Vlaams Brabant)
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Biography

Jozef „jef" Schils (4 September 1931, in Kersbeek-Miskom – 3 March 2007, in Liège) was a Belgian cyclist.

In 1952, at the age of 21, Jozef Schils, who had just become a professional racing cyclist and was still in the army, became Belgian road racing champion. He was nominated for the road world championships in Luxembourg in the same year and finished tenth.

Schils rode as a professional until 1965 and won around 40 Belgian criteria during this time . 1953 was his most successful year, in which he won Paris-Tours and the National Sluitingsprijs . In 1955 he won at Nokere Koerse . His nickname was "little Coppi", because Fausto Coppi had praised him. However, he turned down offers to go to Italy. In 1960, however, he switched to the French team " Mercier ", which was led by Antonin Magne and in which Raymond Poulidor drove. At the end of the season he had a hard crash and again in 1961. In 1965, he ended his career.

Then Jozef Schils opened a café in Koekelberg , later a laundry and a bicycle shop. Jozef Schils was the father of the former professional racing cyclist Patrick Schils and was the grandfather of Dominic Schils, also a racing cyclist of note.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

9

Major Victories

Paris - Tours 1953
Nokere Koerse 1955
Tour de Romandie - stages 1952 (1)
Vuelta a Valencia - stages 1958 (1), 1959 (2)
Driedaagse van Antwerpen - stages 1958 (1)
G.P. Marvan - stages 1958 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1958 (1)
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Seasons

Jos Schils - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1950 Individual 36 652
2. 1951 Garin - Wolber 152 261
3. 1952 Garin - Wolber 536 87
4. 1953 Bianchi - Pirelli 520 93
5. 1954 Bianchi - Pirelli 663 72
6. 1955 Girardengo - Eldorado 462 127
7. 1956 Faema - Guerra - Van Hauwaert 478 111
8. 1957 Faema - Guerra 581 90
9. 1958 Faema - Guerra - Clément 1111 36
10. 1959 Faema - Guerra 331 166
11. 1960 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 612 95
12. 1961 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 255 220
13. 1962 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 201 250
14. 1963 Wiel's - Groene Leeuw 80 399
15. 1964 Labo - Dr. Mann 115 312
16. 1965 Lamot - Libertas 35 518
17. 1966 Libertas 0 1381
Overall: 6168 791