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Patrick Sercu : biography

27 June 1944 –

Patrick Sercu (born 27 June 1944 in Roeselare, West Flanders) is a former Belgian cyclist, best known for his exploits on the tracks.

In 1964 aged 19 he competed as the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers’ Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester.

He won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts. Several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx. Gives information on record number of six day wins.

Sercu was a top performer on the tracks, being twice World Champion in the Sprint discipline, and a popular competitor in the Madison in addition to his Olympic victory.

In road races Sercu also performed well, as he won the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France.

He is now competition director of the Six Days of Ghent and the former Six Days of Hasselt. from britishcycling.org.uk – sport.be (in Dutch)

Teams

  • 1964 – Solo-Superia
  • 1964 – Bertin-Porter 39-Milremo
  • 1965 – Solo-Superia
  • 1966 – Solo-Superia
  • 1967 – Flandria-Declerck
  • 1968 – Faema
  • 1969 – Faema
  • 1970 – Dreher
  • 1971 – Dreher
  • 1972 – Dreher
  • 1973 – Brooklyn
  • 1974 – Brooklyn
  • 1975 – Brooklyn
  • 1976 – Brooklyn
  • 1977 – FIAT France
  • 1978 – Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia
  • 1979 – Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia
  • 1980 – Marc-Carlos-VRD
  • 1981 – IWC-IMEX
  • 1982 – IWC-IMEX
  • 1983 – IMEX-Neuhaus

Six-day wins

Nr. Year Race Partner
1 1965 Ghent Eddy Merckx
2 1966 Frankfurt Klaus Bugdahl
3 1967 Cologne Klaus Bugdahl
4 1967 Montréal Emile Severeyns
5 1967 Ghent Eddy Merckx
6 1967 Münster Klaus Bugdahl
7 1967 Charleroi Ferdinand Bracke
8 1968 Rotterdam Peter Post
9 1968 London Peter Post
10 1968 Frankfurt Rudi Altig
11 1968 Dortmund Rudi Altig
12 1969 Bremen Peter Post
13 1969 Antwerp Peter Post and Rik van Looy
14 1969 London Peter Post
15 1969 Dortmund Peter Post
16 1969 Frankfurt Peter Post
17 1969 Charleroi Norbert Seeuws
18 1970 Cologne Peter Post
19 1970 Bremen Peter Post
20 1970 London Peter Post
21 1970 Ghent Jean-Pierre Monseré
22 1971 Rotterdam Peter Post
23 1971 London Peter Post
24 1971 Berlin Peter Post
25 1971 Frankfurt Peter Post
26 1971 Ghent Roger de Vlaeminck
27 1972 London Tony Gowland
28 1972 Dortmund Alain Van Lancker
29 1972 Ghent Julien Stevens
30 1973 Cologne Alain Van Lancker
31 1973 Milan Julien Stevens
32 1973 Dortmund Eddy Merckx
33 1973 Grenoble Eddy Merckx
34 1973 Ghent Graeme Gilmore
35 1974 Antwerp Eddy Merckx
36 1974 London René Pijnen
37 1974 Dortmund René Pijnen
38 1975 Bremen René Pijnen
39 1975 Antwerp Eddy Merckx
40 1975 Berlin Dietrich Thurau
41 1975 Grenoble Eddy Merckx
42 1975 Ghent Eddy Merckx
43 1975 Zürich Günter Haritz
44 1976 Rotterdam Eddy Merckx
45 1976 Antwerp Eddy Merckx
46 1976 Milan Francesco Moser
47 1976 Dortmund Freddy Maertens
48 1976 Maastricht Graeme Gilmore
49 1977 Copenhagen Ole Ritter
50 1977 Antwerp Freddy Maertens
51 1977 London René Pijnen
52 1977 Berlin Eddy Merckx
53 1977 Munich Eddy Merckx
54 1977 Ghent Eddy Merckx
55 1977 Zürich Eddy Merckx
56 1977 Maastricht Eddy Merckx
57 1978 Berlin Dietrich Thurau
58 1978 Frankfurt Dietrich Thurau
59 1978 Grenoble Dietrich Thurau
60 1978 Munich Gregor Braun
61 1978 Ghent Gerrie Knetemann
62 1979 Cologne Gregor Braun
63 1979 Rotterdam Albert Fritz
64 1979 Hanover Albert Fritz
65 1979 London Albert Fritz
66 1979 Berlin Dietrich Thurau
67 1979 Dortmund Dietrich Thurau
68 1979 Munich Dietrich Thurau
69 1979 Zürich Albert Fritz
70 1979 Bremen Albert Fritz
71 1980 Copenhagen Albert Fritz
72 1980 Copenhagen Albert Fritz
73 1980 Berlin Gregor Braun
74 1980 Dortmund Gregor Braun
75 1980 Ghent Albert Fritz
76 1980 Herning Gert Frank
77 1981 Cologne Albert Fritz
78 1981 Copenhagen Albert Fritz
79 1981 Milan Francesco Moser
80 1981 Grenoble Urs Freuler
81 1981 Ghent Gert Frank
82 1982 Rotterdam René Pijnen
83 1982 Copenhagen René Pijnen
84 1982 Antwerp Roger de Vlaeminck
85 1982 Berlin Maurizio Bidinost
86 1982 Munich René Pijnen
87 1983 Rotterdam René Pijnen
88 1983 Copenhagen Gert Frank