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Stan Ockers : biography

3 February 1920 – 1 October 1956

Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920, Borgerhout – 1 October 1956, Antwerp) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.

He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the Classic "Ardennes double" by winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same year. At this time the races were run on successive days as "Le Weekend Ardennais". He also won the World Cycling Championship that year.

Stan Ockers died after crashing during a track race in Antwerp in 1956. A year later a monument was built in Les Forges, Sprimont, in the south of Belgium.

Palmarès

  • Challenge Desgrange-Colombo 1955, 2nd 1956, 3rd (1952, 1953)
  • Trophée Gentil: 1955
  • World road champion 1955
  • Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1955
  • Flèche Wallonne 1953, 1955
  • Weekend Ardennais 1955
  • Tour of Belgium 1948
  • Rome–Naples–Rome 1956
  • Grand Prix de l’Escaut 1941, 1946
  • 3 stages Tour de France
  • 20px Points Classification Tour de France 1955, 1956
  • 2nd Tour de France 1950
  • 2nd Paris–Roubaix 1954
  • 2nd Tour of Flanders 1956
  • 2nd Bordeaux–Paris 1956
  • 2nd Tour de Suisse 1955
  • 2nd Bruxelles-Couvin 1956
  • 2nd Critérium des As 1952, 1953
  • 2nd Circuit des Ardennes Flamandes 1948
  • 2nd Grand Prix Martini 1955, 1956