Melckenbeeck finishing behind Darrigade in the 2nd stage of the 1962 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name
Frans Melckenbeeck
Born
(1940-11-15) 15 November 1940 (age 83) Lede, Belgium
Team information
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Professional teams
1962–1966
Mercier–BP–Hutchinson
1967–1969
Groene Leeuw–Tibetan–Pull Over Centrale
1970–1972
Goldor
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1963)
Vuelta a España
4 individual stages (1964, 1965)
One-day races and Classics
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1963)
Omloop Het Volk (1964)
Grand Prix de Fourmies (1964)
Frans Melckenbeeck (born 15 November 1940) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer.[1] In 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the Tour de France, and in 1963 he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[2] He won 4 stages in the 1964 and 1965 Vuelta a España. Melckenbeeck also competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3]
^"Frans Melckenbeek". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
^"Palmarès de Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^"Frans Melckebeke Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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