Fred De Bruyne

Fred De Bruyne

De Bruyne at the 1956 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Fred De Bruyne
Born	(1930-10-21)21 October 1930 Berlare, Belgium
Died	4 February 1994(1994-02-04) (aged 63) Seillans, France
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Paris–Nice (1956, 1958) Milan–San Remo (1956) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1956, 1958, 1959) Tour of Flanders (1957) Paris–Roubaix (1957) Paris–Tours (1957)

Alfred De Bruyne (21 October 1930 – 4 February 1994) was a Belgian champion cyclist.

He won Milan–San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1956, the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours in 1957, and again Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1958 and 1959.

He also won the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition 3 years running (1956 to 1958). This was the fore-runner of the Super Prestige now in itself replaced by the UCI Ranking Points List.

After his professional cycling career he went on to become a very popular TV sports commentator, a team manager, and finally a spokesman for the

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Major results

1954

Tour de France:

Winner stages 8, 13 and 22

1956

Milan–San Remo

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Paris–Nice

Tour de France:

Winner stages 1, 6 and 10

1957

Tour of Flanders

Paris–Roubaix

Paris–Tours

Six days of Ghent

1958

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Paris–Nice

1959

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Six days of Ghent

1961

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

Books by Fred De Bruyne

Fred de Bruyne wrote following books (in Dutch) about famous cyclists:

• Rik Van Steenbergen, 1963
• Rik Van Looy, 1963
• Patrick Sercu, 1965
• Peter Post, 1965
• De memoires van Fred De Bruyne, 1978

External links

Media related to Fred De Bruyne at Wikimedia Commons

• Fred De Bruyne at Cycling Archives