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Belgian cyclist
Gerard Debaets (17 April 1898
[1]
[2]
[3] – 27 April 1959) was a Belgian
racing cyclist .
[4] He won the
Tour of Flanders in 1924 and 1927 and the
Belgian national road race title in 1925.
[5] He also specialized in
track cycling , winning a total of 18
six-day events , including six times the most prestigious
Six Days of New York .
[6] Debaets was a resident of
Fair Lawn and
North Haledon, New Jersey , where he died in 1959 of a heart attack.
[7]
[8]
Major results
Road
Track
1924
1st
United States National Track Championships Derny
1925
1st
Six Days of New York -2 (with
Alfons Goossens )
1927
1st
Six Days of Detroit (with
Anthony Beckman )
1928
1st
Six Days of New York -1 (with
Franco Giorgetti )
1st
Six Days of Chicago -1 (with
Anthony Beckman )
3rd
Six Days of Chicago -3 (with
George Dempsey )
1929
1st
Six Days of New York -2 (with
Franco Giorgetti )
1st
Six Days of New York -3 (with
Franco Giorgetti )
1930
1st
Six Days of New York -1 (with
Gaetano Belloni )
1st
Six Days of Chicago -1 (with
Anthony Beckman )
1931
3rd
Six Days of New York -2 (with
Franco Giorgetti )
3rd
Six Days of Chicago -2 (with
Franco Giorgetti )
1932
3rd
Six Days of Chicago -2 (with
Alfred Letourneur )
3rd
Six Days of Philadelphia -2 (with
Alfred Letourneur )
1933
1st
Six Days of Chicago -1 (with
Alfred Letourneur )
1934
1st
Six Days of New York -2 (with
Alfred Letourneur )
1st
Six Days of Chicago -2 (with
Alfred Letourneur )
1st
Six Days of Buffalo -2 (with
Alfred Letourneur )
1st
Six Days of Philadelphia (with
Alfred Letourneur )
1st
Six Days of Montreal (with
Alfred Letourneur )
1st
Six Days of Toronto -1 (with
Alfred Letourneur )
1935
2nd
Six Days of New York -1 (with
Ewald Wissel )
1936
3rd
Six Days of New York -2 (with
Alvaro Giorgetti )
1937
3rd
Six Days of Buffalo -2 (with
Tino Reboli )
1938
3rd
Six Days of Chicago -1 (with
Tino Reboli )
3rd
Six Days of Chicago -2 (with
Tino Reboli )
3rd
Six Days of Chicago -3 (with
Marcel Guimbretiere )
References
^
"Heule, Burgerlijke stand akten 1893-1900, 1898 geboorteakte 60" . Belgian State Archives . Retrieved 7 February 2020 .
^ Cattebeke, Hannes
"Gerard Debaets, de gouden jaren van de koers" . Uitgeverij Kannibaal . Retrieved 7 February 2020 .
^
"Vergeten wielerheld herleeft, boek brengt eerbetoon aan Gerard Debaets" . Het Laatste Nieuws . Retrieved 7 February 2020 .
^
"Gérard Debaets" . Pro Cycling Stats . Retrieved 29 April 2014 .
^
"Gérard Debaets" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 29 April 2014 .
^
"Gérard Debaets" . FirstCycling.com . 2023.
^ Gabriele, Michael C.
The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing in New Jersey , p. 93.
The History Press , 2011.
ISBN
9781596294271 . "Following his retirement in 1945, he opened a bicycle shop in Paterson and resided in Fair Lawn and North Haledon."
^ Staff.
"Gerard Debaets Is Dead at 61; Won 18 Six-Day Bicycle Races" ,
The New York Times , 28 April 1959. Accessed 11 September 2015. "North Haledon, N. J., April 27 - Gerard Debaets, a member of NORTH HALEDON, N. J., April 27--Gerard Debaets, a member of winning teams in eighteen six-day bicycle races and the holder of several national bicycle championships, died today of a heart attack at his home, 139 Oakwood Avenue."
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