Rik Van Steenbergen

Rik Van Steenbergen
Van Steenbergen in 1967
Personal information
Full nameRik Van Steenbergen
NicknameRik I (Rik II is Rik Van Looy)
The Boss
BornConstant Hendrik Van Steenbergen
(1924-09-09)9 September 1924
Arendonk, Belgium
Died15 May 2003(2003-05-15) (aged 78)
Antwerp, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad/Track
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist, sprinter
Professional teams
1943Alcyon / Europe-Dunlop
1944Trialoux-Wolber
1945-47Mercier
1948Mercier / Bristol
1950-51Mercier / Girardengo-Ursus
1952Mercier / Girardengo-Clement
1953Mercier / Girardengo-Hutchinson
1954Mercier / Girardengo-Eldorado
1955Girardengo-Eldorado / Elvé-Peugeot
1956Girardengo-Icep / Elvé-Peugeot
1957Peugeot-BP-Dunlop / Cora-Elvé
1958Elvé-Peugeot-Marvan
1959-60Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
1961-62Solo-Van Steenbergen
1963Solo-Terrot-Van Steenbergen
1964-66Solo–Superia
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
4 individual stages (1949, 1952, 1955)
Giro d'Italia
Sprints classification (1954, 1957)
15 individual stages (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1957)
Vuelta a España
Points classification (1956)
6 individual stages (1956)

Stage races

Tour de l'Ouest (1951)
Vuelta a la Argentina (1952)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (1949, 1956, 1957)
National Road Race Championships (1943, 1945, 1954)
Tour of Flanders (1944, 1946)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (1945)
Paris–Roubaix (1948, 1952)
La Flèche Wallonne (1949, 1958)
Paris–Brussels (1950)
Milan–San Remo (1954)

Other

Ruban Jaune (1948->1955)
Critérium des As (1948, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958)

Track Championships

National Track Championships
Madison (1955, 1961)
Omnium (1944, 1955, 1961, 1963)
Men's Individual Pursuit (1944)
Derny (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
European Track Championships
Madison (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963)
Omnium (1959)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1949 Copenhagen Professional Road Race
Gold medal – first place 1956 Copenhagen Professional Road Race
Gold medal – first place 1957 Waregem Professional Road Race
Bronze medal – third place 1946 Zürich Professional Road Race
Men's track cycling
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Kopenhagen Madison
Gold medal – first place 1959 Dortmund Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1959 Zürich Madison
Gold medal – first place 1960 Antwerp Madison
Gold medal – first place 1961 Köln Madison
Gold medal – first place 1963 Brussels Madison
Silver medal – second place 1962 Dortmund Omnium
Silver medal – second place 1963 Antwerp Derny
Silver medal – second place 1964 Antwerp Derny
Silver medal – second place 1965 Bremen Madison
Silver medal – second place 1966 Brussels Madison
Silver medal – second place 1966 Köln Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Zürich Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 1961 Kopenhagen Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Zürich Madison
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Köln Omnium

Hendrik "Rik" Van Steenbergen (9 September 1924 – 15 May 2003) was a Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best among the great number of successful Belgian cyclists.