Marcel Kint
Marcel Kint (20 September 1914, in Zwevegem – 23 March 2002, in Kortrijk) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won 31 races[1] between 1935 and 1951. His finest year was 1938 when he won the World Cycling Championship, three stages of the Tour de France and the season-long competition equivalent to today's UCI ProTour.
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| Full name | Marcel Kint | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 1914 Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 2002 (aged 87) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1935 | Independent (semi-professional) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1936 | Mercier–Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Fr. Pélissier | ||||||||||||||||
| 1937–1938 | Mercier–Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||||
| 1938–1939 | Fr. Pélissier | ||||||||||||||||
| 1939–1951 | Mercier–Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1951 | Girardengo | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1938 World Road Race championships | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He specialized in one-day classic cycle races and won Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem, Paris–Brussels. He was the only three-time consecutive winner of La Flèche Wallonne until 2016 when Alejandro Valverde won his third consecutive race and fourth overall.
Major results
- 1933
- 1st
- 1935
- 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Luxembourg
- 1936
- 1st Antwerpen–Gent–Antwerpen
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium
- 4th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 19
- 1937
- 1st Gent–Ieper
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Paris–Lille
- 6th Paris–Brussels
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1938
- 1st
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st GP d'Espéraza
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 7th Paris–Tours
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stages 15, 16 & 18
- 1939
- 1st Antwerpen–Gent–Antwerpen
- 1st Stages 8A & 18B Tour de France
- 1st
- 1st GP Stad Zottegem
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Paris–Brussels
- 5th Bordeaux–Paris
- 1943
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Paris–Tours
- 1944
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Grand Prix Jules Lowie
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 1945
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen Ichtegem
- 1946
- 2nd Road race, World Road Championships
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 1949
- 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1950
- 8th Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 1951
- 1st Elfstedenronde
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
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References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2006.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Velopalmares: Sterckx
External links
- Marcel Kint at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Marcel Kint
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