Arthur Decabooter Explained

Arthur Decabooter
Fullname:	Arthur Decabooter
Nickname:	El Toro
Birth Date:	3 October 1936
Birth Place:	Welden, Belgium
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	Classics rider
Proyears1:	1959–1961
Proteam1:	Groene Leeuw–SAS–Sinalco
Proyears2:	1962
Proteam2:	Liberia–Grammont–Wolber
Proyears3:	1963–1964
Proteam3:	Solo–Superia
Proyears4:	1965–1967
Proteam4:	Wiel's–Groene Leeuw
Proyears5:	1967
Proteam5:	Tibetan–Pull Over Centrale
Majorwins:	Grand Tours Vuelta a España Points classification (1960) 3 individual stages (1960, 1961)One-day races and Classics Ronde van Vlaanderen (1960) Omloop het Volk (1961) Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1964) Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten (1967)

Arthur Decabooter (3 October 1936 – 26 May 2012) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist, active as a professional between 1959 and 1967.^[1] Cyclist Walter Godefroot is his wife's brother-in-law.

Apart from a few years when he was signed to Libéria-Grammont (1962) and to Solo (1963–1964), he rode for the Groene Leeuw team. His major wins were the 1960 Tour of Flanders and 2 stages and the points classification in the Vuelta a España the same year. Decabooter's other wins include Dwars door België, Omloop Het Volk, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, and a stage in the Tour of Belgium.^[2]

Major Results

Road

1955

1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften

3th Overall Omloop der 9 Provincies

1st Stages 3, 6 (ITT) & 7

1st Grand Prix of Essex

3rd Gent–Wevelgem amateurs

1958

1st GP Gemeente Kortemark

1st GP Erpe-Mere

1st Nokere Koerse

1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Independents

1959

1st Dr. Tistaertprijs Zottegem

1st Omloop van het Houtland

2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

2nd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen

4th Ronde van Vlaanderen

1960

1st Kampioenschap van Oost-Vlaanderen

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Overall Dwars door België

1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

Vuelta a España

1st Points classification

1st Stages 8 & 15

1st Stages 1 & 4 (TTT) of the Tour of Belgium

1st Schelde–Dender–Leie

2nd Omloop van het Houtland

3rd National Road Race Championships

4th Milan–San Remo

1961

1st Omloop Het Volk

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke

1st Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España

1st Grand Prix de Denain

1st GP Briek Schotte

3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

1962

1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen

2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

2nd GP Frans Melckenbeek

3rd Schaal Sels

3rd Ronde van Brabant

1963

1st Omloop der drie Provinciën

1st Omloop Leidedal

2nd Omloop van West-Brabant

3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

1964

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1st Omloop van het Houtland

2nd Omloop Het Volk

2nd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen

2nd GP Roeselare

3rd Halle–Ingooigem

6th Ronde van Vlaanderen

1965

1st Nokere Koerse

1st Geraardsbergen-Viane

1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour du Nord

2nd Circuit des Frontières

2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

3rd National Road Race Championships

3rd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen

5th Paris–Tours

9th Tour of Flanders

1966

1st Stages 6 & 8 of the Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Elfstedenronde

1st Stage 5a of the Four Days of Dunkirk

8th Paris–Roubaix

1967

1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

1st Roubaix-Cassel-Roubaix

2nd Elfstedenronde

9th Paris–Roubaix

Track

1961

3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Klaus Bugdahl)

1962

3rd Belgian National Championships (with Willy Vannitsen)

1963

3rd Belgian National Championships (with Willy Vannitsen)

1961

3rd Six Days of Madrid (with José Manuel López Rodríguez)

External links

- Palmares of Arthur Decabooter

Notes and References

Web site: Decabooter kreeg een hartstilstand tijdens een fietstocht. . sporza: Arthur "Tuur" Decabooter (75) is niet meer . Sporza.be . 2012-05-26.
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