Patrick Sercu
Sercu in 2008
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| Personal information |
| Full name |
Patrick Sercu |
| Born |
(1944-06-27) 27 June 1944 (age 80)
Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Height |
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight |
76 kg (168 lb) |
| Team information |
| Current team |
Retired |
| Discipline |
Track and road |
| Role |
Rider |
| Rider type |
Sprinter |
| Major wins |
| Tour de France green jersey winner 1974 |
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Infobox last updated on
19 June 2007 |
Patrick Sercu (born 27 June 1944) is a retired Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint, in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx.[1] He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d’Italia.[2][3]
Biography
In 1962, aged 18, Sercu won his first national titles, in the sprint and madison events. Two years later he was the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester.[4]
After retiring from competitions Sercu became organizer of road races[2] and director of the Six Days of Ghent and the former Six Days of Hasselt.[5][6]
Palmarès
- Olympic kilometre 1964
- Olympic sprint 1963, 1967, 1969 (2e: 1968)
- 500 m flying start record: 1964 (29" 66)
- Kilometre standing start record: 1964, 1972 (1' 06" 76)
- Kilometre flying start record: 1967 (1' 02" 46), 1973 (1' 02" 40)
- European omnium champion: 11 wins (2nd: 1979)
- European madison champion: six wins
- European derny champion: one win
- National sprint champion: seven wins
- National omnium champion: 15 wins
- National madison champion: 14 wins (seven with Eddy Merckx, one with Rik van Looy)
- National derny champion: one win
- Flanders road champion: 1972
- West Flanders road champion: 1975
- Tour of Sardinia: 1970
- Cagliari-Sassari: 1972
- Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne: 1977
- Criterium Zolder: 1965
- Criterium Bourcefranc: 1966
- Criterium Tortoretto: 1971
- Criterium Lignano 1972
- Criterium Rouergue: 1974
- Criterium Nantes : 1976
- Criterium Mol : 1980
- Criterium Hank: 1978
- Memorial Tom Simpson: 1967
- Grand Prix de la Banque: 1971
- Grand Prix Union de Dortmund : 1979
- Circuit of Central Flanders: 1968
- Circuit de la Vallée de la Lys: 1969
- Circuit des 11 Villes: 1973
- Circuit of the Flemish Ardennes: 1975
- Circuit du port de Dunkerque: 1975
- Circuit des Régions Frontières: 1978
- Circuit of South-West Flanders: 1980
- 6 stages Tour de France
- 7 stages Tour of Italy
- Points Tour de France: 1974
- Points Tour Méditerranéen: 1977
- Points Dauphiné Libéré: 1977
Six-day wins
| Nr. |
Year |
Race |
Partner |
| 1 |
1965 |
Ghent |
Eddy Merckx |
| 2 |
1966 |
Frankfurt |
Klaus Bugdahl |
| 3 |
1967 |
Cologne |
Klaus Bugdahl |
| 4 |
1967 |
Montréal |
Emile Severeyns |
| 5 |
1967 |
Ghent |
Eddy Merckx |
| 6 |
1967 |
Münster |
Klaus Bugdahl |
| 7 |
1967 |
Charleroi |
Ferdinand Bracke |
| 8 |
1968 |
Rotterdam |
Peter Post |
| 9 |
1968 |
London |
Peter Post |
| 10 |
1968 |
Frankfurt |
Rudi Altig |
| 11 |
1968 |
Dortmund |
Rudi Altig |
| 12 |
1969 |
Bremen |
Peter Post |
| 13 |
1969 |
Antwerp |
Peter Post and Rik van Looy |
| 14 |
1969 |
London |
Peter Post |
| 15 |
1969 |
Dortmund |
Peter Post |
| 16 |
1969 |
Frankfurt |
Peter Post |
| 17 |
1969 |
Charleroi |
Norbert Seeuws |
| 18 |
1970 |
Cologne |
Peter Post |
| 19 |
1970 |
Bremen |
Peter Post |
| 20 |
1970 |
London |
Peter Post |
| 21 |
1970 |
Ghent |
Jean-Pierre Monseré |
| 22 |
1971 |
Rotterdam |
Peter Post |
| 23 |
1971 |
London |
Peter Post |
| 24 |
1971 |
Berlin |
Peter Post |
| 25 |
1971 |
Frankfurt |
Peter Post |
| 26 |
1971 |
Ghent |
Roger de Vlaeminck |
| 27 |
1972 |
London |
Tony Gowland |
| 28 |
1972 |
Dortmund |
Alain Van Lancker |
| 29 |
1972 |
Ghent |
Julien Stevens |
| 30 |
1973 |
Cologne |
Alain Van Lancker |
| 31 |
1973 |
Milan |
Julien Stevens |
| 32 |
1973 |
Dortmund |
Eddy Merckx |
| 33 |
1973 |
Grenoble |
Eddy Merckx |
| 34 |
1973 |
Ghent |
Graeme Gilmore |
| 35 |
1974 |
Antwerp |
Eddy Merckx |
| 36 |
1974 |
London |
René Pijnen |
| 37 |
1974 |
Dortmund |
René Pijnen |
| 38 |
1975 |
Bremen |
René Pijnen |
| 39 |
1975 |
Antwerp |
Eddy Merckx |
| 40 |
1975 |
Berlin |
Dietrich Thurau |
| 41 |
1975 |
Grenoble |
Eddy Merckx |
| 42 |
1975 |
Ghent |
Eddy Merckx |
| 43 |
1975 |
Zürich |
Günter Haritz |
| 44 |
1976 |
Rotterdam |
Eddy Merckx |
| 45 |
1976 |
Antwerp |
Eddy Merckx |
| 46 |
1976 |
Milan |
Francesco Moser |
| 47 |
1976 |
Dortmund |
Freddy Maertens |
| 48 |
1976 |
Maastricht |
Graeme Gilmore |
| 49 |
1977 |
Copenhagen |
Ole Ritter |
| 50 |
1977 |
Antwerp |
Freddy Maertens |
| 51 |
1977 |
London |
René Pijnen |
| 52 |
1977 |
Berlin |
Eddy Merckx |
| 53 |
1977 |
Munich |
Eddy Merckx |
| 54 |
1977 |
Ghent |
Eddy Merckx |
| 55 |
1977 |
Zürich |
Eddy Merckx |
| 56 |
1977 |
Maastricht |
Eddy Merckx |
| 57 |
1978 |
Berlin |
Dietrich Thurau |
| 58 |
1978 |
Frankfurt |
Dietrich Thurau |
| 59 |
1978 |
Grenoble |
Dietrich Thurau |
| 60 |
1978 |
Munich |
Gregor Braun |
| 61 |
1978 |
Ghent |
Gerrie Knetemann |
| 62 |
1979 |
Cologne |
Gregor Braun |
| 63 |
1979 |
Rotterdam |
Albert Fritz |
| 64 |
1979 |
Hanover |
Albert Fritz |
| 65 |
1979 |
London |
Albert Fritz |
| 66 |
1979 |
Berlin |
Dietrich Thurau |
| 67 |
1979 |
Dortmund |
Dietrich Thurau |
| 68 |
1979 |
Munich |
Dietrich Thurau |
| 69 |
1979 |
Zürich |
Albert Fritz |
| 70 |
1979 |
Bremen |
Albert Fritz |
| 71 |
1980 |
Copenhagen |
Albert Fritz |
| 72 |
1980 |
Copenhagen |
Albert Fritz |
| 73 |
1980 |
Berlin |
Gregor Braun |
| 74 |
1980 |
Dortmund |
Gregor Braun |
| 75 |
1980 |
Ghent |
Albert Fritz |
| 76 |
1980 |
Herning |
Gert Frank |
| 77 |
1981 |
Cologne |
Albert Fritz |
| 78 |
1981 |
Copenhagen |
Albert Fritz |
| 79 |
1981 |
Milan |
Francesco Moser |
| 80 |
1981 |
Grenoble |
Urs Freuler |
| 81 |
1981 |
Ghent |
Gert Frank |
| 82 |
1982 |
Rotterdam |
René Pijnen |
| 83 |
1982 |
Copenhagen |
René Pijnen |
| 84 |
1982 |
Antwerp |
Roger de Vlaeminck |
| 85 |
1982 |
Berlin |
Maurizio Bidinost |
| 86 |
1982 |
Munich |
René Pijnen |
| 87 |
1983 |
Rotterdam |
René Pijnen |
| 88 |
1983 |
Copenhagen |
Gert Frank |
| Number |
Partner |
| 15 |
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| 14 |
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| 10 |
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| 8 |
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| 7 |
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| 4 |
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| 3 |
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| 2 |
- Rudi Altig
- Roger de Vlaeminck
- Alain van Lancker
- Julien Stevens
- Graeme Gilmore
- Francesco Moser
- Freddy Maertens
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Championships
Italian classics
Non-Italian classics
Stage races
Other races
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1982 |
1983 |
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| Cagliari-Sassari |
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| Circuito degli Assi di Pavullo |
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| Circuito di Cotignola |
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| Circuit of the Port of Dunkirk |
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| Circuit of South-West Flanders |
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| Tour of the Vallée de la Lys |
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| Tour of the Flemish Ardennes |
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| Tour des Régions Frontières |
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| Circuito delle 11 città |
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| Coppa Bernocchi |
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| Coppa Sabatini |
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| Criterium degli Assi di Nogaro |
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5° |
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| Criterium Bourcefranc |
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1° |
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| Criterium Callac |
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| Criterium Hank |
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| Criterium Lignano |
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| Criterium Nantes |
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| Criterium Rouergue |
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| Criterium Tortoretto |
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| Criterium Zolder |
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| Freccia Mosana |
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| Giro del Limburgo |
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| Giro di Calabria |
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| Giro di Reggio di Calabria |
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| Giro di Sardegna |
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| Giro di Sicilia |
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| Gran Premio de la Banque |
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| GP Union Dortmund |
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6° |
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| Het Volk |
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| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne |
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| Memorial Tom Simpson |
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Track
| Races |
1964 |
1965 |
1966 |
1967 |
1968 |
1969 |
1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
| Omnium Cherbourg |
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| Amsterdam six |
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3° |
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| Antwerp six |
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2° |
2° |
2° |
3° |
1° |
2° |
rit. |
2° |
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1° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
rit. |
2° |
rit. |
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1° |
2° |
| Berlin six |
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5° |
5° |
3° |
4° |
2° |
2° |
2° |
4° |
rit. |
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1° |
2° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
4° |
1° |
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| Bremen six |
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3° |
5° |
5° |
1° |
2° |
2° |
4° |
3° |
1° |
3° |
2° |
6° |
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1° |
2° |
2° |
2° |
| Brussels six |
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2° |
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rit. |
2° |
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| Charleroi six |
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3° |
1° |
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| Cologne six |
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2° |
2° |
1° |
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2° |
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1° |
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1° |
2° |
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| Copenhagen six |
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1° |
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3° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
| Dortmund six |
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4° |
2° |
3° |
1° |
6° |
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1° |
1° |
1° |
2° |
1° |
3° |
3° |
3° |
1° |
6° |
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| Essen six |
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4° |
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| Frankfurt six |
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1° |
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1° |
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2° |
5° |
1° |
1° |
2° |
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| Ghent six |
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2° |
1° |
2° |
2° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
2° |
1° |
2° |
1° |
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1° |
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| Grenoble six |
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| Groningen six |
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| Hanover six |
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| Herning six |
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| London six |
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1° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
2° |
1° |
2° |
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5° |
1° |
3° |
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| Maastricht six |
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1° |
1° |
4° |
3° |
2° |
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3° |
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| Milan six |
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3° |
2° |
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2° |
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4° |
2° |
1° |
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1° |
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2° |
3° |
1° |
1° |
2° |
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| Monaco six |
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3° |
4° |
rit. |
2° |
2° |
1° |
1° |
1° |
rit. |
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1° |
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| Montréal six |
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2° |
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| Munster six |
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| Rotterdam six |
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1° |
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1° |
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2° |
2° |
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Teams
- 1964 – Solo-Superia
- 1964 – Bertin-Porter 39-Milremo
- 1965 – Solo-Superia
- 1966 – Solo-Superia
- 1967 – Flandria-Declerck
- 1968 – Faema
- 1969 – Faema
- 1970 – Dreher
- 1971 – Dreher
- 1972 – Dreher
- 1973 – Brooklyn
- 1974 – Brooklyn
- 1975 – Brooklyn
- 1976 – Brooklyn
- 1977 – FIAT France
- 1978 – Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia
- 1979 – Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia
- 1980 – Marc-Carlos-VRD
- 1981 – IWC-IMEX
- 1982 – IWC-IMEX
- 1983 – IMEX-Neuhaus
References
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