Achiel Bruneel

Achiel Bruneel

Personal information
Full name	Ludovicus Achilles Bruneel
Born	(1918-10-19)19 October 1918 Herenthout, Belgium
Died	5 June 2008(2008-06-05) (aged 89)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1939	Alcyon-Dunlop
1940-1942	Individual
1943	Europe-Dunlop
1944-1946	Individual
1947	Dayton
1948-1955	Individual
Medal record Representing Belgium Men's track cycling European Championships 1949 Brussels Madison 1950 Zürich Madison 1953 Zürich Madison 1954 Zürich Madison

Achiel Bruneel (19 October 1918 – 5 June 2008) was a professional track cyclist from Herenthout, Belgium.

He rode different Six-days events of which he eventually won 12, remarkably with 9 different teammates.

Major results

1940

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Jef Scherens)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger Deneef)

1942

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Karel Kaers)

1946

1st Prix Raynaud-Dayen Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)

3rd Six Days of Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)

1947

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Omer De Bruycker)

1st Six Days of Paris (with Robert Naeye)

1948

1st Six Days of Ghent (with Camile Dekuysscher)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Camile Dekuysscher)

1949

1st Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie)

2nd European Track Championships – Madison (with Camile Dekuysscher)

1950

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne (with Guy Lapébie)

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)

1st Prix Dupré-Lapize Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)

2nd European Track Championships – Madison (with Guy Lapébie)

2nd Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie)

3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Albert Bruylandt)

1951

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)

3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)

1952

1st Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Lucien Acou)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1953

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Oscar Plattner)

1st Six Days of Ghent (with Arsène Rijckaert)

2nd Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lucien Acou)

3rd European Track Championships – Madison (with Arsene Ryckaert)

1954

1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Lucien Acou)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Lucien Acou)

3rd European Track Championships – Madison (with Lucien Acou)