Emile Daems Explained

Emile Daems
Fullname:	Emile Daems
Birth Date:	1938 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Genval, Belgium
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	Sprinter
Proyears1:	1960–1962
Proyears2:	1963–1965
Proyears3:	1966
Majorwins:	Grand Tours Tour de France 4 individual stages (1961, 1962) Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (1960)Other stage races Giro di Sardegna (1961)One-day races and Classics Giro di Lombardia (1960) Milan–San Remo (1962) Paris–Roubaix (1963) Giro dell'Appennino (1960) Giro del Ticino (1961, 1962)

Emile Daems (born 4 April 1938) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist.^[1]

He began his professional career in 1959. Daems, rather small in stature, was very adept at sprinting.

In the 1962 Tour de France, he distinguished himself with three victories, first in Saint-Malo and then in Aix-en-Provence, each time solo. But it was especially during the mountainous 18th stage, between Juan-les-Pins and Briançon, that he impressed. Although he was mainly a classics rider, he managed to join the leading group on the col de l'Izoard (last climb of the day), twenty seconds behind Federico Bahamontes. He finally won in Briançon in a sprint of seven riders, ahead of Bahamontes, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor and the yellow jersey Joseph Planckaert.^[2]

Major results

As Amateur

1956

1st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race

2nd Brussels-Nivelles

1957

1st Hoeilaert-Louvain-Hoeilaert

1st Brussels-La Louvière-Brussels

1st Rund um den Sachsenring

3rd Rund um die Hainleite

1958

1st Overall Tour de Berlin

Winner 4 stages

1st Overall GP Général Patton Juniors

1st GP Victor Bodson

1st Tour des Quatre-Cantons

1st Namur-Namêche

1st Bruxelles-La Louvière-Bruxelles

1959

1st Tour of Flanders indepentents

As Professional

1960

1st Giro di Lombardia

1st Giro dell'Appennino

1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs

1st Stages 9a and 19 Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 16 Roma–Napoli–Roma

1st Tour de l'Ouest

1st Trofeo Longines (TTT)

2nd Ronde van Brabant

3rd Heistse Pijl

3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Willy Vannitsen)

1961

1st Overall Giro di Sardegna

1st Stage 3 Tour de France

1st Giro del Ticino

1st GP Eugeen Roggeman

1st GP Brabant Wallon

3rd Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé

4th Tour of Flanders

1962

1st Milan–San Remo

1st Stage 2a Paris–Nice

13th Overall Tour de France

1st Stages 5, 16 and 18

2nd points classification

1st Stage 5 Giro di Sardegna

1st Giro del Ticino

1st Flèche Halloise

1st Omloop van Limburg

3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)

1963

1st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st Stages 5 and 7 Mi-Août en Bretagne

1st Vilvoorde- Houtem

1st Boucles Roquevairoises

3rd Brabantse Pijl

1964

1st Omloop der Zennevallei

2nd Gullegem Koerse

1965

1st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race

1st Circuit du Tournaisis

2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde

3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

3rd Tour of Leuven

Notes and References

Web site: 2022 . Emile Daems . FirstCycling.com . en.
Web site: Palmarès d'Emile Daems (Bel) . 31 December 2021 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.