Belgian cyclist
Gerard Debaets (17 April 1898[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] racing cyclist .[ 4] Tour of Flanders in 1924 and 1927 and the Belgian national road race title in 1925.[ 5] track cycling , winning a total of 18 six-day events , including six times the most prestigious Six Days of New York .[ 6] Fair Lawn and North Haledon, New Jersey , where he died in 1959 of a heart attack.[ 7] [ 8]
Major results
Road
Track
1924
1st United States National Track Championships Derny
1925
1st Six Days of New York -2 (with Alfons Goossens )
1927
1st Six Days of Detroit (with Anthony Beckman )
1928
1st Six Days of New York -1 (with Franco Giorgetti )
1st Six Days of Chicago -1 (with Anthony Beckman )
3rd Six Days of Chicago -3 (with George Dempsey )
1929
1st Six Days of New York -2 (with Franco Giorgetti )
1st Six Days of New York -3 (with Franco Giorgetti )
1930
1st Six Days of New York -1 (with Gaetano Belloni )
1st Six Days of Chicago -1 (with Anthony Beckman )
1931
3rd Six Days of New York -2 (with Franco Giorgetti )
3rd Six Days of Chicago -2 (with Franco Giorgetti )
1932
3rd Six Days of Chicago -2 (with Alfred Letourneur )
3rd Six Days of Philadelphia -2 (with Alfred Letourneur )
1933
1st Six Days of Chicago -1 (with Alfred Letourneur )
1934
1st Six Days of New York -2 (with Alfred Letourneur )
1st Six Days of Chicago -2 (with Alfred Letourneur )
1st Six Days of Buffalo -2 (with Alfred Letourneur )
1st Six Days of Philadelphia (with Alfred Letourneur )
1st Six Days of Montreal (with Alfred Letourneur )
1st Six Days of Toronto -1 (with Alfred Letourneur )
1935
2nd Six Days of New York -1 (with Ewald Wissel )
1936
3rd Six Days of New York -2 (with Alvaro Giorgetti )
1937
3rd Six Days of Buffalo -2 (with Tino Reboli )
1938
3rd Six Days of Chicago -1 (with Tino Reboli )
3rd Six Days of Chicago -2 (with Tino Reboli )
3rd Six Days of Chicago -3 (with Marcel Guimbretiere )
References
^ "Heule, Burgerlijke stand akten 1893-1900, 1898 geboorteakte 60" . Belgian State Archives . Retrieved 7 February 2020 .^ Cattebeke, Hannes "Gerard Debaets, de gouden jaren van de koers" . Uitgeverij Kannibaal . Retrieved 7 February 2020 .
^ "Vergeten wielerheld herleeft, boek brengt eerbetoon aan Gerard Debaets" . Het Laatste Nieuws . Retrieved 7 February 2020 .^ "Gérard Debaets" . Pro Cycling Stats . Retrieved 29 April 2014 .^ "Gérard Debaets" . Cycling Archives . Retrieved 29 April 2014 .^ "Gérard Debaets" . FirstCycling.com . 2023.^ Gabriele, Michael C. The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing in New Jersey The History Press , 2011. ISBN 9781596294271 . "Following his retirement in 1945, he opened a bicycle shop in Paterson and resided in Fair Lawn and North Haledon."
^ Staff. "Gerard Debaets Is Dead at 61; Won 18 Six-Day Bicycle Races" , The New York Times
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