Félicien Vervaecke

Félicien Vervaecke (Dadizele, 11 March 1907 – Brussels, 31 October 1986) was a Belgian professional cyclist from 1930 to 1939. In the Tour de France he showed good results, finishing three times on the podium (second once, third twice). In 1935 and 1937 he won the mountain classification, and overall he won six stages. In the 1936 Tour de France, Vervaecke was on his way to the second place, but bad luck prevented it. First his bicycle broke, and he had to convince a spectator to lend his. Then he suffered a flat tire, and Tour officials forced him to wait for the reserve car. Antonin Magne passed him. When Vervaecke got his tire, he raced back to Magne, and finished 18 seconds behind him. But he still finished third, as he received 10 minutes penalty because his wife had given him drinks during the race, which was not allowed.[1] In the 1937 Tour de France, Vervaecke won the mountain classification despite not finishing the race, something no longer allowed.

Félicien Vervaecke
Personal information
Full nameFélicien Vervaecke
Born(1907-03-11)11 March 1907
Belgium
Died31 October 1986(1986-10-31) (aged 79)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional team
1930–1939Alcyon/Labor
Major wins
Tour de France mountains classification (2x)
Six stages in the Tour de France

He was the first Belgian cyclist to win a stage in the Giro d'Italia.

After his cycling career, Vervaecke started a bicycle shop in Brussels. He was the first manager of Eddy Merckx.

His older brother Julien Vervaecke was also successful, finishing third in the 1927 Tour de France.

Major results
1929
Paris-Lens
Tourcoing-Dunkerque-Tourcoing
1932
Tour de France:
Did not finish
Tour de Corrèze
1934
Tour de France:
Final classification: 4th place
Giro d'Italia: Stage 8
1935
Tour de France
Final classification: 3rd place
Winner Mountains classification
Paris–Nice: Stage 5B
1936
Tour de France
Final classification: 3rd place
Winner of stage 19B
Paris–Nice: Stage 1
1937
Tour de France
did not finish
Winner Mountains classification
Winner stage 10
Paris–Nice: Stage 5A
1938
Tour de France
Final classification: 2nd place
Winner of stage 4C
Winner of stage 8
Winner of stage 10B
Winner of stage 20B
1939
Tour de France
did not finish

Teams
  • 1930: Alcyon
  • 1931: Alcyon and Labor
  • 1932-1933: Labor
  • 1934: Labor and Gamma
  • 1935-1936: Labor and Alcyon
  • 1937-1939: Labor
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References
  1. 'De angst voor de Pyreneeën' - www.tourdefrance.nl Tour Legendes. Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  • Official Tour de France palmares
  • Félicien Vervaecke at Cycling Archives
  • "Palmares of Félicien Vervaecke" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-06-26.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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