Eloi Meulenberg (22 September 1912 – 26 February 1989) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.[1] He is best known for his gold medal in the Elite Race of the 1937 Road World Championships and his nine stage wins in the Tour de France.[2][3]
 Meulenberg in 1939 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 22 September 1912 Jumet, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 February 1989 (aged 76) Charleroi, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur team | |||||||||||||||
| 1934 | Independent | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1934–40 | Alcyon-Dunlop | ||||||||||||||
| 1941–42 | Individual | ||||||||||||||
| 1943 | Helyett-Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||
| 1944 | Jordens | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–47 | Rochet-Dunlop | ||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Peugeot-Dunlop | ||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Météore and Elvé-Peugeot | ||||||||||||||
| 1948 | Peugeot-Dunlop | ||||||||||||||
| 1949–50 | ? | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Major results
edit- 1932
- 1st Stage 9 Tour of Belgium Independents
- 1934
- 1st Brussels-Liège (fr)
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Ouest
- 1935
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2nd 1935 Tour of Flanders
- 1936
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 6 & 18a
- 3rd Circuit de Paris
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1937
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde
- 1st Omloop Groot Oostende
- 1st Bergen op Zoom
- 1st Critérium de Zürich
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 11a, 13b, 14a & 14c
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium
- 1938
- 1st G.P d'Auvelais
- 1st Critérium de Namur
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 4a, 4b & 5
- 8th Paris–Brussels
- 10th Paris–Tours
- 1939
- 1st Nancy-Les Vosges-Nancy
- 1st Championship of Hainaut
- 1943
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st GP Jordens
- 1st GP d'Ougrée
- 1st GP Brussels
- 1942
- 1st Marcinelle
- 1st Seraing
- 1943
- 1st Championship of Brabant
- 1945
- 1st Ronde van Limburg[clarification needed]
- 1st GP de la Victoire
- 1st Bonheiden
- 1st Châtelineau
- 1st Keumiée
- 1st Wavre
References
edit- ^ "Eloi Meulenberg". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Palmarès d'Eloi Meulenberg (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Eloi Meulenberg". ProcyclingStats. 2023.
External links
edit- Éloi Meulenberg at Cycling Archives (archived)
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