Frans Melckenbeeck

Frans Melckenbeeck
Melckenbeeck finishing behind Darrigade in the 2nd stage of the 1962 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameFrans Melckenbeeck
Born (1940-11-15) 15 November 1940 (age 83)
Lede, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1962–1966Mercier–BP–Hutchinson
1967–1969Groene Leeuw–Tibetan–Pull Over Centrale
1970–1972Goldor
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1963)
Vuelta a España
4 individual stages (1964, 1965)

One-day races and Classics

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1963)
Omloop Het Volk (1964)
Grand Prix de Fourmies (1964)

Frans Melckenbeeck (born 15 November 1940) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer.[1] In 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the Tour de France, and in 1963 he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[2] He won 4 stages in the 1964 and 1965 Vuelta a España. Melckenbeeck also competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3]

  1. ^ "Frans Melckenbeek". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  2. ^ "Palmarès de Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Frans Melckebeke Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.