Gerard Debaets
Personal information
Born(1898-04-17)17 April 1898
Heule, Belgium
Died27 April 1959(1959-04-27) (aged 60)
North Haledon, New Jersey, United States
Team information
RoleRider
Professional teams
1924Labor-Dunlop
1925Individual
1926Alcyon-Dunlop
1927Opel-ZR III / JB Louvet-Wolber
1928Alcyon-Dunlop
1929-40Individual
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championship (1925)
Tour of Flanders (1924, 1927)
Paris–Brussels (1925)

Track Championships

US National Track Championships
Derny (1924)

Gerard Debaets (17 April 1898[1][2][3] 27 April 1959) was a Belgian racing cyclist.[4] He won the Tour of Flanders in 1924 and 1927 and the Belgian national road race title in 1925.[5] He also specialized in track cycling, winning a total of 18 six-day events, including six times the most prestigious Six Days of New York.[6] Debaets was a resident of Fair Lawn and North Haledon, New Jersey, where he died in 1959 of a heart attack.[7][8]

Major results

Road

1923
1st Tour of Flanders independents
1924
1st Tour of Flanders
1st París-Arrás Tour
1st Overall Critérium des Aiglons
1st Stages 1 & 2
2nd Paris–Brussels
2nd Jemeppe–Bastogne–Jemeppe
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
8th Scheldeprijs
10th Paris–Roubaix
1925
1st Road race, National Interclubs Championships
1st Paris–Brussels
2nd Bordeaux–Paris
3rd Sclessin–Houffalize–Sclessin
4th Giro della Provincia di Milano
5th GP Wolber
6th Paris–Roubaix
1926
1st Brussels–Paris
8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1927
1st Tour of Flanders
2nd Hannover–Bremen–Hannover
3rd Sclessin–Houffalize–Sclessin
1928
2nd Criterium des As

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

  1. "Heule, Burgerlijke stand akten 1893-1900, 1898 geboorteakte 60". Belgian State Archives. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. Cattebeke, Hannes "Gerard Debaets, de gouden jaren van de koers". Uitgeverij Kannibaal. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. "Vergeten wielerheld herleeft, boek brengt eerbetoon aan Gerard Debaets". Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. "Gérard Debaets". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. "Gérard Debaets". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  6. "Gérard Debaets". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  7. Gabriele, Michael C. The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing in New Jersey, p. 93. 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."
  8. Staff. "Gerard Debaets Is Dead at 61; Won 18 Six-Day Bicycle Races", The New York Times, 28 April 1959. Accessed 11 September 2015. "North Haledon, N. J., April 27 - Gerard Debaets, a member of NORTH HALEDON, N. J., April 27--Gerard Debaets, a member of winning teams in eighteen six-day bicycle races and the holder of several national bicycle championships, died today of a heart attack at his home, 139 Oakwood Avenue."
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