Cyrille van Hauwaert

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Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Moorslede, 16 December 1883 – Zellik, 15 February 1974) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, known for winning classics as Bordeaux–Paris (1907 and 1909), Milan–San Remo and Paris–Roubaix (both 1908).[1] He was the first Belgian cyclist to win a stage in the Tour de France in 1909, also leading the general classification for one day.[2]

Cyrille Van Hauwaert
Van Hauwaert in 1907
Personal information
Full nameCyrille Van Hauwaert
Born(1883-12-16)16 December 1883
Moorslede, Belgium
Died15 February 1974(1974-02-15) (aged 90)
Zellik, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1907Alcyon-Dunlop & La Française-Persan
1908-10Alcyon-Dunlop
1911-13La Française-Diamant
1914La Française-Hutchinson
1915Individual
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1909)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1909)
Bordeaux–Paris (1907, 1909)
Milan–San Remo (1908)
Paris–Roubaix (1908)

In 1908, prior to winning Milan–San Remo, Van Hauwaert had traveled by bike from Belgium to the start in Milan, by means of training.[3]

Major results

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Cyrille van Hauwaert in 1908
 
Van Hauwaert arriving in the Parc des Princes at the 1909 Bordeaux-Paris
1907
1st Bordeaux–Paris
2nd Paris–Roubaix
4th Paris–Brussels
1908
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Paris–Roubaix
2nd Bordeaux–Paris
2nd Paris–Brussels
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
1909
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Bordeaux–Paris
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stages 2 & 4
4th Paris–Roubaix
4th Milan–San Remo
5th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 1
6th Giro di Lombardia
1910
1st Paris–Menin
2nd Paris–Roubaix
3rd Paris–Brussels
4th Overall Tour de France
1911
2nd Paris–Tours
3rd Milan–San Remo
3rd Paris–Roubaix
3rd Giro di Lombardia
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Paris–Brest–Paris
1912
2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Arthur Vanderstuyft)
10th Paris–Brussels
1913
2nd Paris–Brussels
2nd Bordeaux–Paris
1914
1st Six Days of Brussels (with John Stol)
3rd Bordeaux–Paris
6th Paris–Roubaix
1915
1st Six Days of Brussels (with Joseph Van Bever)

References

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  1. ^ "Palmarès de Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Cyrille Van Hauwaert". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  3. ^ "5 aprile 1908 - Milano-Sanremo". museociclismo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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