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Historic Overview Frans Melckenbeeck

Rider

Overall Rank1002
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

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

Seasons

Frans Melckenbeeck - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1961 Individual 78 447
2. 1962 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 800 89
3. 1963 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 1839 18
4. 1964 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 1810 19
5. 1965 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 441 140
6. 1966 Mercier - BP - Hutchinson 200 245
7. 1967 Tibetan - Pull Over Centrale 261 196
8. 1968 Pull Over Centrale - Tasmanie - Novy 209 204
9. 1969 Pull Over Centrale - Tasmanie - Novy 141 299
10. 1970 Goldor - Fryns - Elvé 151 269
11. 1971 Goldor 158 266
12. 1972 Goldor - Ijsboerke 3 837
Overall: 6091 1002