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| Full name | Constant Ockers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 October 1956 (aged 36) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948–1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 |
Individual Helyett Metropole Metropole-Dunlop Groene Leeuw and Mondia Mondia and Garin-Wolber Metropole-Dunlop and Terrot-Wolber Girardengo and Terrot-Wolber Peugeot-Dunlop and Girardengo-Clement Peugeot-Dunlop and Girardengo Girardengo-Eldorado and Peugeot-Dunlop Elvé-Peugeot Elvé-Peugeot and Gardengo-Icep |
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| Tour de France green jersey (1955, 1956) La Flèche Wallonne (1955) Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1955) |
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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
- Week-end ardennais 1955
- Tour de Belgique 1948
- Rome-Naples-Rome 1956
- Grand Prix de l'Escaut 1941, 1946
- 3 stages Tour de France
Points Classification Tour de France 1955, 1956
- 2nd Tour de France 1950
- 2nd Paris-Roubaix 1954
- 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen 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
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| Preceded by Louison Bobet |
World Road Racing Champion 1955 |
Succeeded by Rik Van Steenbergen |
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