3 February 1975(1975-02-03) (aged 52) Leuven, Belgium
Team information
Role
Rider
Professional teams
1943
Individual
1944
A. Trialoux-Wolber
1945
Alcyon-Dunlop
1946
La Française-Dunlop
1947-1948
Alcyon-Dunlop
1949
Ganna
1950
Allegro
1951
Terrot-Wolber
1952
Peugeot-Dunlop
1955-1958
L'Avenir
Major wins
Stage races
Tour of Belgium (1949)
One-day races and Classics
Gent–Wevelgem (1946)
La Flèche Wallonne (1947)
Paris–Brussels (1947)
Scheldeprijs (1951)
Omloop Het Volk (1952, 1953, 1956)
Ernest Sterckx (1 December 1922 – 3 February 1975) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.[1] He won the 1946 Gent-Wevelgem and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 1952, 1953 and 1956.[2]
In 2023, a statue of him was erected in Heultje, Belgium.[3]
^"Ernest Sterckx". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^"Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^"Wielerlegende Nest Sterckx krijgt standbeeld in "zijn" Heultje: "De Koning der Kermiskoersen"". vrt.be (in Dutch). 17 September 2023.
ErnestSterckx (1 December 1922 – 3 February 1975) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He won the 1946 Gent-Wevelgem and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in...
Belgian politician Els Sterckx (born 1972), Belgian-Flemish politician Engelbert Sterckx (1792–1867), Belgian archbishop ErnestSterckx (1922–1975), Belgian...
wheel-change. The record for wins is three, shared by Joseph Bruyère, ErnestSterckx and Peter van Petegem. Bruyère holds the fastest average (43.35 km/h)...
1956 Antwerp track season, Ockers crashed heavily. He didn't see how ErnestSterckx had returned to the track after a mechanical failure, looked back and...
of the race just as the vital break was forming. The victory by Belgian Ernest Mottard in 1930 featured one of the great escapes in the history of the...
March 1952. The race started and finished in Ghent. The race was won by ErnestSterckx. "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2018...
March 1953. The race started and finished in Ghent. The race was won by ErnestSterckx. "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 12 February 2018...
March 1956. The race started and finished in Ghent. The race was won by ErnestSterckx. "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (HC)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 13 February 2018...
Coster Albert Paepe 1948 ErnestSterckx Raymond De Smedt Marcel Rijckaert 1949 René Walschot Henri Van Kerckhove ErnestSterckx 1950 René Walschot Valere...
Dormael 1949 No race 1950 Lode Anthonis Frans Gielen Julien Janssens 1951 ErnestSterckx Edward Peeters Georges Claes 1952 Wim Van Est Frans van der Zande Henk...
Second Third 1952 Jozef De Feyter Frans Loyaerts Lode Elaerts 1953 ErnestSterckx Henri Jochums Désiré Keteleer 1954 Jan De Valk Joseph Plas Jan Storms...
Roger Decorte 1950 Belgium André Pieters Ryssel–Wolber 1951 Belgium ErnestSterckx 1952 Belgium Roger Decorte Alcyon 1953 Netherlands Hans Dekkers 1954...
(2) Jacques Geus Maurice Meersman 1948 Achiel Buysse Briek Schotte ErnestSterckx 1949 Valère Ollivier Raymond Impanis Prosper Depredomme 1950 Albert...
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