Cyrille van Hauwaert

Cyrille Van Hauwaert
Van Hauwaert in 1907
Personal information
Full nameCyrille Van Hauwaert
Born(1883-12-16)16 December 1883
Moorslede, Belgium
Died15 February 1974(1974-02-15) (aged 90)
Zellik, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1907Alcyon-Dunlop & La Française-Persan
1908-10Alcyon-Dunlop
1911-13La Française-Diamant
1914La Française-Hutchinson
1915Individual
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1909)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1909)
Bordeaux–Paris (1907, 1909)
Milan–San Remo (1908)
Paris–Roubaix (1908)

Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Moorslede, 16 December 1883 – Zellik, 15 February 1974) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, known for winning classics as Bordeaux–Paris (1907 and 1909), Milan–San Remo and Paris–Roubaix (both 1908).[1] He was the first Belgian cyclist to win a stage in the Tour de France in 1909, also leading the general classification for one day.[2]

In 1908, prior to winning Milan–San Remo, Van Hauwaert had traveled by bike from Belgium to the start in Milan, by means of training.[3]

  1. ^ "Palmarès de Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Cyrille Van Hauwaert". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  3. ^ "5 aprile 1908 - Milano-Sanremo". museociclismo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2016.