Stan Ockers
Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 in Borgerhout – 1 October 1956 in Antwerp) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.
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| Full name | Constant Ockers | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 February 1920 Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 October 1956 (aged 36) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1941 | Individual | ||||||||||||||||
| 1942 | Helyett–Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||||
| 1943–1945 | Métropole | ||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Metropole–Dunlop | ||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Groene Leeuw | ||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1949 | Mondia and Garin–Wolber | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Metropole–Dunlop and Terrot–Wolber | ||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | Girardengo and Terrot–Wolber | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1954 | Peugeot–Dunlop and Girardengo–Clement | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | Elvé–Peugeot | ||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Girardengo–Icep | ||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||||
| Tour de France green jersey (1955, 1956) World Road Championship (1955) La Flèche Wallonne (1953, 1955) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1955) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Career achievements
Major results
- 1941
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1943
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1944
- 4th Overall Omloop van België
- 1946
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st Heist-op-den-Berg
- 1st Bruxelles–Saint-Trond
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1947
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1948
- 1st
- 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen
- 1949
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 1950
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 7th Road race, UCI World Road Championships
- 8th Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
- 1951
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 6th Bordeaux–Paris
- 1952
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 1st Stage 4a
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Argentina
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 10th Road race, UCI World Road Championships
- 1953
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 2nd Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 3rd
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 4th Bordeaux–Paris
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1954
- 1st Schaal Sels
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Bordeaux–Paris
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 11
- 6th Milan–San Remo
- 1955
- 1st
- 1st Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
- 1st Overall Weekend Ardennais
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Trophée Gentil
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Driedaagse van Antwerpen
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Grand Prix Martini
- 2nd De Drie Zustersteden
- 2nd Bruxelles–Couvin
- 3rd Critérium des As
- 5th Paris–Brussels
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 9th Paris–Tours
- 1956
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1b, 3b, 4b, 5a & 5b
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 2nd Bordeaux–Paris
- 2nd Grand Prix Martini
- 3rd Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
- 4th Road race, UCI World Road Championships
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1st
- 1st Stage 19
- 1st
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stages 5 & 9
- 10th Milan–San Remo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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— | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
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11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 6 | 8 | 8 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
External links
- Stan Ockers at Cycling Archives
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