Edward Sels

Edward Sels
	Sels at the 1964 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Edward Sels
Nickname	Ward
Born	27 August 1941 (age 83); Vorselaar, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Sprinter
Professional teams
1963	Libertas
1964–66	Solo–Superia
1967	Flandria–De Clerck
1968–69	Bic
1970	Willem II–Gazelle
1971	Möbel Märki-Bonanza
1971	Bika-Milupa
1972	Goldor–Ijsboerke
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 7 individual stages (1964, 1965, 1966) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1968) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (1964), (1969) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1964) Tour of Flanders (1966) Paris–Brussels (1965) Schaal Sels (1966, 1968) Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen (1968)

Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stages in the Tour de France and one in the Giro d'Italia. He wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1964 Tour de France. His sister, Rosa Sels, was a cyclist too.^[1]