Ernest Sterckx

Ernest Sterckx

Personal information
Born	(1922-12-01)1 December 1922 Westerlo, Belgium
Died	3 February 1975(1975-02-03) (aged 52) Leuven, Belgium
Team information
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1943	Individual
1944	A. Trialoux-Wolber
1945	Alcyon-Dunlop
1946	La Française-Dunlop
1947-1948	Alcyon-Dunlop
1949	Ganna
1950	Allegro
1951	Terrot-Wolber
1952	Peugeot-Dunlop
1955-1958	L'Avenir
Major wins
Stage races Tour of Belgium (1949) One-day races and Classics Gent–Wevelgem (1946) La Flèche Wallonne (1947) Paris–Brussels (1947) Scheldeprijs (1951) Omloop Het Volk (1952, 1953, 1956)

Ernest Sterckx (1 December 1922 – 3 February 1975) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.^[1] He won the 1946 Gent-Wevelgem and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 1952, 1953 and 1956.^[2]

In 2023, a statue of him was erected in Heultje, Belgium.^[3]

Major results

Source:^[4]

1943

1st GP Frans Melckenbeeck [nl]

3rd Schaal Sels

5th La Flèche Wallonne

1944

1st Ronde van Limburg

1946

1st Gullegem Koerse

1st Gent–Wevelgem

2nd Scheldeprijs

1947

1st La Flèche Wallonne

1st Brussel–Ingooigem

1st Heistse Pijl

1st Paris–Brussels

1st Stages 2 & 3 GP Prior

1948

1st De Drie Zustersteden

1st Omloop van Midden-België

3rd National Championships, road race

1949

1st Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Nokere Koerse

3rd Schaal Sels

3rd Scheldeprijs

4th Tour of Flanders

6th Omloop Het Volk

8th Milan–San Remo

1950

1st Schaal Sels

1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

3rd Scheldeprijs

3rd GP Marcel Kint

1951

1st Scheldeprijs

1st Ronde van Limburg

1st Bruxelles-Bost [fr]

8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1952

1st Omloop Het Volk

1st Omloop van Midden-België

1st GP Benego

1st Bruxelles-Bost [fr]

1st Circuit de Hesbaye-Condroz

2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde

3rd Schaal Sels

3rd Scheldeprijs

3rd Antwerpse Havenpijl

3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

3rd Ronde van Limburg

1953

1st Omloop Het Volk

1st Stage 2 & 4 Tour of Belgium

1st GP Raymond Impanis

1st Ronde van Brabant

3rd Heistse Pijl

1954

2nd GP Beeckman

3rd Scheldeprijs

3rd Gent–Wevelgem

5th Omloop Het Volk

1955

1st Ronde van Limburg

1st Ronde van Haspengouw

2nd Flèche Hesbignonne

3rd Antwerpse Havenpijl

5th National Championships, road race

6th Paris–Roubaix

9th Gent–Wevelgem

1956

1st Omloop Het Volk

1st Stage 2 Dwars door België

9th Gent–Wevelgem

9th Tour of Flanders

1957

2nd Hoegaarden–Antwerpen–Hoegaarden

References

1. "Ernest Sterckx". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
2. "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
3. "Wielerlegende Nest Sterckx krijgt standbeeld in "zijn" Heultje: "De Koning der Kermiskoersen"". vrt.be (in Dutch). 17 September 2023.
4. "Ernest Sterckx". FirstCycling.com. 15 December 2023.

External links

• Ernest Sterckx at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Ernest Sterckx at ProCyclingStats