Patrick Sercu

Patrick Sercu
	Sercu in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Sercu
Born	27 June 1944 (age 80); Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Track and road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Major wins
	Tour de France green jersey winner 1974
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
World Championships

Patrick Sercu (born 27 June 1944) is a retired Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint, in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx.^[1] He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d’Italia.^[2]^[3]

Biography

In 1962, aged 18, Sercu won his first national titles, in the sprint and madison events. Two years later he was the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester.^[4]

After retiring from competitions Sercu became organizer of road races^[2] and director of the Six Days of Ghent and the former Six Days of Hasselt.^[5]^[6]

Career achievements

Major results

Olympic kilometre 1964
Olympic sprint 1963, 1967, 1969 (2nd: 1968)
500 m flying start record: 1964 (29" 66)
Kilometre standing start record: 1964, 1972 (1' 06" 76)
Kilometre flying start record: 1967 (1' 02" 46), 1973 (1' 02" 40)
European omnium champion: 11 wins (2nd: 1979)
European madison champion: six wins
European derny champion: one win
National sprint champion: seven wins
National omnium champion: 15 wins
National madison champion: 14 wins (seven with Eddy Merckx, one with Rik Van Looy)
National derny champion: one win
Flanders road champion: 1972
West Flanders road champion: 1975
Tour of Sardinia: 1970
Cagliari-Sassari: 1972
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne: 1977
Criterium Zolder: 1965
Criterium Bourcefranc: 1966
Criterium Tortoretto: 1971
Criterium Lignano 1972
Criterium Rouergue: 1974
Criterium Nantes : 1976
Criterium Mol : 1980
Criterium Hank: 1978
Memorial Tom Simpson: 1967
Grand Prix de la Banque: 1971
Grand Prix Union de Dortmund : 1979
Circuit of Central Flanders: 1968
Circuit de la Vallée de la Lys: 1969
Circuit des 11 Villes: 1973
Circuit of the Flemish Ardennes: 1975
Circuit du port de Dunkerque: 1975
Circuit des Régions Frontières: 1978
Circuit of South-West Flanders: 1980
6 stages Tour de France
11 stages Giro d'Italia
Points Tour de France: 1974
Points Tour Méditerranéen: 1977
Points Dauphiné Libéré: 1977

Six-day wins

Nr.	Year	Race	Partner
1	1965	Ghent	Eddy Merckx
2	1966	Frankfurt	Klaus Bugdahl
3	1967	Cologne	Klaus Bugdahl
4	1967	Montréal	Emile Severeyns
5	1967	Ghent	Eddy Merckx
6	1967	Münster	Klaus Bugdahl
7	1967	Charleroi	Ferdinand Bracke
8	1968	Rotterdam	Peter Post
9	1968	London	Peter Post
10	1968	Frankfurt	Rudi Altig
11	1968	Dortmund	Rudi Altig
12	1969	Bremen	Peter Post
13	1969	Antwerp	Peter Post and Rik Van Looy
14	1969	London	Peter Post
15	1969	Dortmund	Peter Post
16	1969	Frankfurt	Peter Post
17	1969	Charleroi	Norbert Seeuws
18	1970	Cologne	Peter Post
19	1970	Bremen	Peter Post
20	1970	London	Peter Post
21	1970	Ghent	Jean-Pierre Monseré
22	1971	Rotterdam	Peter Post
23	1971	London	Peter Post
24	1971	Berlin	Peter Post
25	1971	Frankfurt	Peter Post
26	1971	Ghent	Roger de Vlaeminck
27	1972	London	Tony Gowland
28	1972	Dortmund	Alain Van Lancker
29	1972	Ghent	Julien Stevens
30	1973	Cologne	Alain Van Lancker
31	1973	Milan	Julien Stevens
32	1973	Dortmund	Eddy Merckx
33	1973	Grenoble	Eddy Merckx
34	1973	Ghent	Graeme Gilmore
35	1974	Antwerp	Eddy Merckx
36	1974	London	René Pijnen
37	1974	Dortmund	René Pijnen
38	1975	Bremen	René Pijnen
39	1975	Antwerp	Eddy Merckx
40	1975	Berlin	Dietrich Thurau
41	1975	Grenoble	Eddy Merckx
42	1975	Ghent	Eddy Merckx
43	1975	Zürich	Günter Haritz
44	1976	Rotterdam	Eddy Merckx
45	1976	Antwerp	Eddy Merckx
46	1976	Milan	Francesco Moser
47	1976	Dortmund	Freddy Maertens
48	1976	Maastricht	Graeme Gilmore
49	1977	Copenhagen	Ole Ritter
50	1977	Antwerp	Freddy Maertens
51	1977	London	René Pijnen
52	1977	Berlin	Eddy Merckx
53	1977	Munich	Eddy Merckx
54	1977	Ghent	Eddy Merckx
55	1977	Zürich	Eddy Merckx
56	1977	Maastricht	Eddy Merckx
57	1978	Berlin	Dietrich Thurau
58	1978	Frankfurt	Dietrich Thurau
59	1978	Grenoble	Dietrich Thurau
60	1978	Munich	Gregor Braun
61	1978	Ghent	Gerrie Knetemann
62	1979	Cologne	Gregor Braun
63	1979	Rotterdam	Albert Fritz
64	1979	Hanover	Albert Fritz
65	1979	London	Albert Fritz
66	1979	Berlin	Dietrich Thurau
67	1979	Dortmund	Dietrich Thurau
68	1979	Munich	Dietrich Thurau
69	1979	Zürich	Albert Fritz
70	1979	Bremen	Albert Fritz
71	1980	Copenhagen	Albert Fritz
72	1980	Copenhagen	Albert Fritz
73	1980	Berlin	Gregor Braun
74	1980	Dortmund	Gregor Braun
75	1980	Ghent	Albert Fritz
76	1980	Herning	Gert Frank
77	1981	Cologne	Albert Fritz
78	1981	Copenhagen	Albert Fritz
79	1981	Milan	Francesco Moser
80	1981	Grenoble	Urs Freuler
81	1981	Ghent	Gert Frank
82	1982	Rotterdam	René Pijnen
83	1982	Copenhagen	René Pijnen
84	1982	Antwerp	Roger de Vlaeminck
85	1982	Berlin	Maurizio Bidinost
86	1982	Munich	René Pijnen
87	1983	Rotterdam	René Pijnen
88	1983	Copenhagen	Gert Frank

Number	Partner
15	Eddy Merckx
14	Peter Post
10	Albert Fritz
8	René Pijnen
7	Dietrich Thurau
4	Gregor Braun
3	Klaus Bugdahl Gert Frank
2	Rudi Altig Roger de Vlaeminck Alain van Lancker Julien Stevens Graeme Gilmore Francesco Moser Freddy Maertens

Championships

Champion	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
Olympic: kilometre	1°
World track championships: sprint				1°	2°	1°
World Road Championships											rit.
European Track Championships: madison					3°	1°	1°	3°	2°			1°		3°	1°	1°	3°	3°		1°
European Track Championships: derny														1°		2°
European Track Championships: omnium		1°		1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°			1°	1°		2°	1°	3°
National track championships: madison		1°	1°		1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°
National track championships: derny													1°
National track championships: omnium		1°	1°	1°	1°			1°	1°		1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	1°			1°
National track championships: sprint		1°		1°	1°	1°
National road championship											5°
National road champion points																	2°		4°

Italian classics

Classics	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Giro del Piemonte	4°
Giro della Campania			2°
Giro di Toscana								62°
Milan–San Remo	11°		31°	27°	5°	116°	11°	7°	8°
Milano–Torino			10°					7°
Milan-Vignola		2°	2°		2°		2°

Non-Italian classics

Classics	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974
Flèche Wallonne	15°
Gent–Wevelgem	9°	5°		49°		20°
Tour of Flanders		7°	44°		9°	9°
Paris–Roubaix	8°	18°
Paris–Tours				11°

Stage races

Races (stage races)	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Deutschland Tour											12° (1)
Tour of Belgium		rit.								rit. (1)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré									70° (4)
Tour of the Mediterranean									(2)
Giro d'Italia		90° (1)	69° (2)	rit.	97° (1)	rit. (3)	67° (3)	rit. (3)
Giro di Puglia					(1)			(1)
Tour of Romandy			(1)				(1)
Tour of Sardinia		1° (1)	15° (1)			5° (3)	(1)		3° (2)
Paris–Nice									(2)
Tirreno–Adriatico	(1)	6° (1)		(1)			(1)	(1)
Tour de France						89° (3)			rit. (3)

Other races

Races	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1982
Acht van Chaam											3°
Bellariva-Rimini							3°
Brussels-Ingooigem										1°	5°
Brussels-Meulebeke							4°
Cagliari-Sassari							3°	1°	1°
Circuito degli Assi di Pavullo							4°
Circuito di Cotignola						3°
Circuit of the Port of Dunkirk											1°
Circuit of South-West Flanders																1°
Circuit of Central Flanders				1°
Tour of the Vallée de la Lys					1°
Tour of the Flemish Ardennes										1°	1°
Tour des Régions Frontières														1°
Circuito delle 11 città									1°
Coppa Bernocchi							2°	2°
Coppa Sabatini						2°
Criterium degli Assi di Nogaro										5°
Criterium Bourcefranc		1°
Criterium Callac										9°
Criterium Hank														1°
Criterium Lignano								1°
Criterium Mol																1°
Criterium Nantes												1°
Criterium Rouergue										1°
Criterium Tortoretto							1°
Criterium Zolder	1°
Freccia Mosana									1°
Giro del Limburgo				2°
Giro di Calabria						2°
Giro di Reggio di Calabria						3°
Giro di Sardegna						1°		3°					3°
Giro di Sicilia										2°
Gran Premio Cemab											2°
Gran Premio de la Banque					4°		1°
GP Union Dortmund															1°
Harelbeke-Antwerp-Harelbeke									6°
Het Volk					5°						2°	3°	7°
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne													1°
Memorial Tom Simpson			1°								1°
Paris–Camembert							2°	2°
Petegem-Deinze																	9°

Track

Races	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
Omnium Cherbourg										1°
Amsterdam six		3°
Antwerp six	2°	2°	2°	3°	1°	2°	rit.	2°		1°	1°	1°	1°	rit.	2°	rit.		1°	2°
Berlin six	5°	5°	3°	4°	2°	2°	2°	4°	rit.		1°	2°	1°	1°	1°	1°	4°	1°
Bremen six			3°	5°	5°	1°	2°	2°	4°	3°	1°	3°	2°	6°		1°	2°	2°	2°
Brussels six	2°					rit.	2°
Charleroi six			1°	3°	1°
Cologne six			1°	2°	2°	1°			1°	2°	rit.				1°	3°	1°	2°	5°
Copenhagen six													1°	rit.	3°	1°	1°	1°	1°
Dortmund six		4°	2°	3°	1°	6°		1°	1°	1°	2°	1°	3°	3°	3°	1°	6°	6°
Essen six	4°	4°
Frankfurt six		1°		1°	1°	rit.	1°	4°			2°	5°	1°	1°	2°		rit.
Ghent six	1°	2°	1°	2°	2°	1°	1°	1°	1°	2°	1°	2°	1°	1°	2°	1°	1°
Grenoble six									1°	2°	1°	3°	2°	1°	3°	4°	1°
Groningen six															2°
Hanover six															1°	2°	2°
Herning six													3°	3°		1°	4°	2°
London six				1°	1°	1°	1°	1°	2°	1°	2°		1°	5°	1°	3°
Maastricht six												1°	1°	4°	3°	2°		3°
Milan six		3°	2°		2°		4°	2°	1°			1°		2°	3°	1°	1°	2°	2°
Monaco six								3°	4°	rit.	2°	2°	1°	1°	1°	rit.		1°
Montréal six			1°	2°	2°
Munster six			1°
Rotterdam six				1°			1°		2°	2°	3°	1°	3°	4°	1°	3°	3°	1°	1°
Zurich six		3°	2°	2°	3°		4°	4°	8°		2°	3°	1°	4°	1°	8°	3°	2°

Teams

1964 – Solo-Superia
1964 – Bertin-Porter 39-Milremo
1965 – Solo-Superia
1966 – Solo-Superia
1967 – Flandria-Declerck
1968 – Faema
1969 – Faema
1970 – Dreher
1971 – Dreher
1972 – Dreher
1973 – Brooklyn
1974 – Brooklyn
1975 – Brooklyn
1976 – Brooklyn
1977 – FIAT France
1978 – Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia
1979 – Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia
1980 – Marc-Carlos-VRD
1981 – IWC-IMEX
1982 – IWC-IMEX
1983 – IMEX-Neuhaus

References

^ Patrick Sercu. www.famousbelgians.net. Gives information on record number of six day wins.
^ ^a ^b Patrick Sercu. sports-reference.com
^ Patrick Sercu. cyclingarchives.com
^ "5. The End of an Era". A History of Manchester Wheelers" Club 1883 – 1983 (PDF). manchesterwheelers.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Patrick SercuInterview". Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help). britishcycling.org.uk. March 2004
^ Lotto Zesdaagse – sport.be (in Dutch)

[test1-1] Patrick Sercu. www.famousbelgians.net. Gives information on record number of six day wins.

[r1-2] Patrick Sercu. sports-reference.com

[r2-3] Patrick Sercu. cyclingarchives.com

[Manchester_Wheelers-4] "5. The End of an Era". A History of Manchester Wheelers" Club 1883 – 1983 (PDF). manchesterwheelers.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Patrick SercuInterview". Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help). britishcycling.org.uk. March 2004

[6] Lotto Zesdaagse – sport.be (in Dutch)

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