- Jean Aerts
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Jean Aerts
fullname = Jean Aerts
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dateofbirth = birth date|1907|09|08
dateofdeath = death date and age|1992|06|15|1907|09|08
country = BEL
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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proyears = 1929 1930 1931–1939 1940–1943
proteams = Elvish-Fontan Fontan-Wolber Alcyon individual
majorwins = 1935 World Cycling Champion 11 stages Tour de France
updated =June 30 ,2008 MedalTableTopJean Aerts (
Laken ,8 September 1907 –Bruges ,15 June 1992 ) was a Belgianroad bicycle racer who specialized as a sprinter. Aerts became the first man to win both the world amateur (1927) and professional (1935) road race championships. In 1935, Aerts captured first place and the gold medal at the professional World Cycling Championship inFloreffe , Belgium.In 1927, professional and amateur riders rode concurrently at the
Nürburgring in Germany and Aerts finished 5th, the highest ranked amateur.Although he lacked climbing ability for major tours, he used his sprint to win 11 stages of the
Tour de France , including six in 1933.Major achievements
;1927: flagiconUCI World Cycling Championships Road Race (Amateur) : BEL National Road Race Championship (Amateur);1928: BEL National Road Race Championship (Amateur);1929:
Volta a Catalunya :: Winner stages 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7::2nd place overall classification:Tour du Sud-Ouest;1930:Tour de France::: Winner stage 6;1931:Paris-Brussels ;1932:Tour de France:: 13th place Overall classification:: Winner stage 1;1933:Tour of Belgium ::: Overall winner:: Winner stages 2, 3 and 5:Tour de France:: 9th place Overall classification:: Winner stages 4, 15, 17, 19, 20 and 21: 1 stageParis-Nice ;1934: 1 stageTour de Suisse :Paris - Boulogne-sur-Mer;1935: flagiconUCIWorld Cycling Championships Road Race: Tour de France:: Winner stages 4, 8, 10 and 19:: 29th place overall classification:Paris - Vichy;1936: BEL National Road Race Championship;1937:Six days of Brussels (with
Omer De Bruycker ):Six days of Paris (withOmer De Bruycker );1941:BEL national track stayers championships;1942:BEL national track stayers championshipsExternal links
* [http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/aerts_jean.php Palmares fr icon]
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* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/2483.html Official Tour de France results for Jean Aerts] Persondata
NAME=Aerts, Jean
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1907-09-08
PLACE OF BIRTH=Laken
DATE OF DEATH=1992-06-15
PLACE OF DEATH=Brugge
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