Hilaire Couvreur
 Couvreur in 1960 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 September 1924 Bruges, Belgium |
| Died | 17 February 1998 (aged 73) Kortrijk, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1947 | Lygie-Pirelli |
| 1948 | Lygie-Pirelli & Arliguie-Hutchinson |
| 1949 | Lygie-Pirelli |
| 1950-1951 | Terrot-Wolber |
| 1952-1954 | Terrot-Hutchinson |
| 1954-1955 | Girardengo-Eldoarado |
| 1955-1956 | Elvé-Peugeot |
| 1955-1956 | Cora |
| 1957 | Peugeot-Dunlop |
| 1958-1959 | Faema-Guerra-Clément |
| 1960 | Helyett-Leroux-Fynsec-Hutchinson |
| 1961-1962 | Carpano |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
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Hilaire Couvreur (22 September 1924 – 17 February 1998) was a Belgian cyclist.[1]
Couvreur was winner of the Tour du Maroc in 1953 and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 1958. He also finished third in the 1958 Vuelta a España.[2]
He was born in Sint-Andries near Brugge in Belgium and died in Kortrijk, Belgium.[3]
Major results
[edit]Source:[4]
- 1947
- 1st stage 4 Ronde van Limburg amateurs
- 1st stage 5 Tour of Belgium independents
- 1948
- 1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Omloop van de Vlasstreek
- 1949
- 1st
Overall Tour d'Algérie - 1950
- 1st Overall Tour d'Algérie
- 1951
- 1st stage 4 Tour of Belgium
- 1952
- 1st Elfstedenronde
- 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2nd Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen
- 1953
- 1st Overall Tour du Maroc
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 4th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 8th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 1954
- 1st Elfstedenronde
- 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Tour d'Europe
- 2nd Trofee Luc Van Biesen
- 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1955
- 1st Stage 1b Driedaagse van Antwerpen (TTT)
- 1956
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1957
- 1st Stage 4 Volta a Catalunya
- 1958
- 1st Overall Tour of Valencia
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 4th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1959
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Valencia
- 3rd GP Marcel Kint
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1960
- 1st Stage 4b Menton–Genova–Roma
- 1961
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- Winner
mountains classification
- Winner
- 3rd Roma–Napoli–Roma
References
[edit]- ^ "Hilaire Couvreur". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Hilarie Couvreur". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Hilaire Couvreur Stats". ProcyclingStats. 2023.
- ^ "Palmarès d'Hilaire Couvreur (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Hilaire Couvreur at Cycling Archives (archive)
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