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Historic Overview Frans Melckenbeeck

Rider

Overall Rank965
NameFrans MELCKENBEECK
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth15-Nov-1940 - Lede (Oost-Vlaanderen)
Date of death28-Oct-2025 - Erpe-Mere (Oost-Vlaanderen)

Biography

Frans Melckenbeeck

Frans Melckenbeeck (15 November 1940 – 28 October 2025) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the Tour de France, and in 1963 he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He won four stages in the 1964 and 1965 Vuelta a España. Melckenbeeck also competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

In total, Melckenbeeck collected 240 victories, 64 of which as a professional rider. He also achieved success on the cycling tracks.

A cycling race, the Grand Prix Frans Melckenbeek, is organized every year in his hometown of Lede. In 2018, Melckenbeeck became an honorary citizen of the municipality.

Melckenbeeck died on 28 October 2025, at the age of 84.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

4 17

Major Victories

Liège - Bastogne - Liège 1963
Omloop Het Volk / Het Nieuwsblad 1964
G.P. de Fourmies 1964
G.P. d'Isbergues 1964
Grote 1 Mei-Prijs Hoboken 1963
Tour de France - stages 1963 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 1964 (3), 1965 (1)
Paris - Nice - stages 1964 (1)
4 Jours de Dunkerque - stages 1962 (1), 1963 (1)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1962 (1)
Tour du Sud-Est - stages 1963 (3)
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Seasons

Frans Melckenbeeck - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1961 Individual 79 443
2. 1962 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 761 89
3. 1963 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 1813 17
4. 1964 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 1823 17
5. 1965 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 399 146
6. 1966 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 199 240
7. 1967 Tibetan - Pull Over Centrale 260 195
8. 1968 Pull Over Centrale - Tasmanie - Novy 209 204
9. 1969 Pull Over Centrale - Tasmanie - Novy 141 296
10. 1970 Goldor - Fryns - Elvé 151 264
11. 1971 Goldor 158 265
12. 1972 Goldor - Ijsboerke 3 837
Overall: 5996 965