Rik Van Steenbergen

Rik Van Steenbergen , born the September 9th in sport 1924, with Arendonk, deceased in May 2003 with Antwerp.

Its course

Prestigious runner the traditional ones, its prize list is impressive: it gained on the whole 322 races, 52 races amateurs, 270 professional races (y.c. 40 stages of the large Turns), which does of him one of the largest champions cycles of all times, all confused generations.

Rik Imperator , or `' Rik I'' still disputed races of Six-Jours at 43 years, after 23 years of professional path of 1943 to 1966.

It was three times world champion into 1949,1956 and 1957.

By gaining Paris-Roubaix in 1948 to 43,612 km/h of average it receives the yellow Ruban which honors the cyclist holder with the speed records on the races with + of 200 km. It keeps this record until 1955, year when it is détroné by Jacques Dupont.

Detailed prize list

World champion on road: 1949,1956,1957 (3rd: 1946)
Champion of American Europe: 1958,1959,1960,1961 (with Severeyns)
Champion of Belgium on road: 1943,1945,1954
Champion of Belgium Omnium: 1944,1955,1961,1963
Champion of Belgium of continuation: 1944
Champion of American Belgium: 1955,1961,1962
Champion of Flandres: 1943
Paris-Roubaix: 1948,1952 (2nd: 1957)
Turn of Flandres: 1944,1946
Walloon Arrow: 1949,1958
Milan-San Remo: 1954 (2nd: 1959)
Paris-Brussels: 1950
Critérium of the Aces: 1948,1952,1955,1957,1958
Wheel of Gold: 1952,1954,1956
Turn of Argentina: 1952
Turn of Limbourg: 1949
Rome-Naples-Rome: 1952
Circuit of the Flemish Areas: 1944
Saint-Trond-Waregem: 1945
Brussels-Ingoigem: 1945
Turn of the Four Cantons: 1946
Turn of the West: 1951
Circuit of the Three Provinces: 1948
Circuit of Limbourg: 1949,1955,1956
Critérium of the Echo of Oran: 1950
Hesbignonne Arrow: 1951
Grand Prix of Bali: 1958 (Germany)
Eleven cities: 1961
Grand Prix of Braschaat: 1950,1959
Grand Prix of Basle: 1951
Circuit of the Alder: 1952
Grand Prix of Brussels: 1954,1955
Grand Prix of Woluve: 1955,1956,1957,1958
Grand Prix of Antwerp: 1957
Grand Prix of Alost: 1958,1959,1960
Eight Chaam: 1956,1958,1960
15 stages of the Turn of Italy
6 stages of the Turn of Spain
4 stages of the Tour de France

40 races of Six-Jours, of which:

Six-Jours of Brussels: 1948,1949,1951,1955,1956,1960,1962
Six-Jours of Antwerp: 1950,1955,1958,1963
Six-Jours of Paris: 1952
Six-Jours of Ghent: 1954,1955,1957,1959
Six-Jours of Copenhagen: 1958,1960
Six-Jours of Dortmund: 1959,1961
Six-Jours of Berlin: 1957,1961
Six-Jours of Zurich: 1961
Six-Jours of Frankfurt: 1962
Six-Jours of Madrid: 1962,1964
Six-Jours of Aarhus: 1962
Six-Jours of Milan: 1962,1964
Six-Jours of Bremen: 1964
Six-Jours of Toronto: 1964

Points score of the Turn of Spain: 1956

2nd Turn of Italy: 1951

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