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Patrick Sercu

Patrick Sercu
Patrick Sercu.jpg
Sercu in 2008
Personal information
Full namePatrick Sercu
Born27 June 1944
Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
Died19 April 2019 (aged 74)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineTrack and road
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Major wins
Tour de France green jersey winner 1974

Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019)[1] was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint, in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx.[2] He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d'Italia.[3][4]

Biography

In 1962, aged 18, Sercu won his first national titles, in the sprint and madison events. Two years later he was the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester.[5]

After retiring from competitions Sercu became organizer of road races[3] and director of the Six Days of Ghent and the former Six Days of Hasselt.[6][7] Sercu died on 19 April 2019, aged 74.[8]

Career achievements

Major results

Sercu in 1967
Sercu with wife in 1967
Sercu in 1998
  • Olympic kilometre 1964
  • World Championships sprint 1963 (amateur), 1967, 1969 (2nd: 1968)
  • 500 m flying start record: 1964 (29" 66)
  • Kilometre standing start record: 1964, 1972 (1' 06" 76)
  • Kilometre flying start record: 1967 (1' 02" 46), 1973 (1' 02" 40)
  • European omnium champion: 11 wins (2nd: 1979)
  • European madison champion: six wins
  • European derny champion: one win
  • National sprint champion: seven wins
  • National omnium champion: 15 wins
  • National madison champion: 14 wins (seven with Eddy Merckx, one with Rik Van Looy)
  • National derny champion: one win
  • Flanders road champion: 1972
  • West Flanders road champion: 1975
  • Tour of Sardinia: 1970
  • Cagliari-Sassari: 1972
  • Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne: 1977
  • Criterium Zolder: 1965
  • Criterium Bourcefranc: 1966
  • Criterium Tortoretto: 1971
  • Criterium Lignano 1972
  • Criterium Rouergue: 1974
  • Criterium Nantes : 1976
  • Criterium Mol : 1980
  • Criterium Hank: 1978
  • Memorial Tom Simpson: 1967
  • Grand Prix de la Banque: 1971
  • Grand Prix Union de Dortmund : 1979
  • Circuit of Central Flanders: 1968
  • Circuit de la Vallée de la Lys: 1969
  • Circuit des 11 Villes: 1973
  • Circuit of the Flemish Ardennes: 1975
  • Circuit du port de Dunkerque: 1975
  • Circuit des Régions Frontières: 1978
  • Circuit of South-West Flanders: 1980
  • 6 stages Tour de France
  • 11 stages Giro d'Italia
  • Points Tour de France: 1974
  • Points Tour Méditerranéen: 1977
  • Points Dauphiné Libéré: 1977

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
Number Partner
15
  • Eddy Merckx
14
  • Peter Post
10
  • Albert Fritz
8
  • René Pijnen
7
  • Dietrich Thurau
4
  • Gregor Braun
3
  • Klaus Bugdahl
  • Gert Frank
2
  • Rudi Altig
  • Roger de Vlaeminck
  • Alain van Lancker
  • Julien Stevens
  • Graeme Gilmore
  • Francesco Moser
  • Freddy Maertens

Championships

Champion 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Olympic: kilometre
World track championships: sprint
World Road Championships rit.
European Track Championships: madison
European Track Championships: derny
European Track Championships: omnium
National track championships: madison
National track championships: derny
National track championships: omnium
National track championships: sprint
National road championship
National road champion points

Italian classics

Classics 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Giro del Piemonte
Giro della Campania
Giro di Toscana 62°
Milan–San Remo 11° 31° 27° 116° 11°
Milano–Torino 10°
Milan-Vignola

Non-Italian classics

Classics 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Flèche Wallonne 15°
Gent–Wevelgem 49° 20°
Tour of Flanders 44°
Paris–Roubaix 18°
Paris–Tours 11°

Stage races

Races
(stage races)
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Deutschland Tour 12° (1)
Tour of Belgium rit. rit. (1)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 70° (4)
Tour of the Mediterranean (2)
Giro d'Italia 90° (1) 69° (2) rit. 97° (1) rit. (3) 67° (3) rit. (3)
Giro di Puglia (1) (1)
Tour of Romandy (1) (1)
Tour of Sardinia 1° (1) 15° (1) 5° (3) (1) 3° (2)
Paris–Nice (2)
Tirreno–Adriatico (1) 6° (1) (1) (1) (1)
Tour de France 89° (3) rit. (3)

Other races

Races 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Acht van Chaam
Bellariva-Rimini
Brussels-Ingooigem
Brussels-Meulebeke
Cagliari-Sassari
Circuito degli Assi di Pavullo
Circuito di Cotignola
Circuit of the Port of Dunkirk
Circuit of South-West Flanders
Circuit of Central Flanders
Tour of the Vallée de la Lys
Tour of the Flemish Ardennes
Tour des Régions Frontières
Circuito delle 11 città
Coppa Bernocchi
Coppa Sabatini
Criterium degli Assi di Nogaro
Criterium Bourcefranc
Criterium Callac
Criterium Hank
Criterium Lignano
Criterium Mol
Criterium Nantes
Criterium Rouergue
Criterium Tortoretto
Criterium Zolder
Freccia Mosana
Giro del Limburgo
Giro di Calabria
Giro di Reggio di Calabria
Giro di Sardegna
Giro di Sicilia
Gran Premio Cemab
Gran Premio de la Banque
GP Union Dortmund
Harelbeke-Antwerp-Harelbeke
Het Volk
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Memorial Tom Simpson
Paris–Camembert
Petegem-Deinze

Track

Races 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Omnium Cherbourg
Amsterdam six
Antwerp six rit. rit. rit.
Berlin six rit.
Bremen six
Brussels six rit.
Charleroi six
Cologne six rit.
Copenhagen six rit.
Dortmund six
Essen six
Frankfurt six rit. rit.
Ghent six
Grenoble six
Groningen six
Hanover six
Herning six
London six
Maastricht six
Milan six
Monaco six rit. rit.
Montréal six
Munster six
Rotterdam six
Zurich six

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

References

  1. ^ "Olympisch wielerkampioen Sercu (74) overleden". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 19 April 2019. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ Patrick Sercu Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. www.famousbelgians.net. Gives information on record number of six day wins.
  3. ^ a b Patrick Sercu Archived 27 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  4. ^ Patrick Sercu Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. cyclingarchives.com
  5. ^ "5. The End of an Era". A History of Manchester Wheelers" Club 1883 – 1983 (PDF). manchesterwheelers.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Patrick SercuInterview". Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2013.. britishcycling.org.uk. March 2004
  7. ^ Lotto Zesdaagse Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – sport.be (in Dutch)
  8. ^ Zesdaagsekoning en olympisch kampioen Patrick Sercu overleden Archived 19 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, sporza.be, 19 April 2019 (in Dutch)
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