Benoni Beheyt Explained
| Benoni Beheyt |
| Fullname: | Benoni Beheyt |
| Birth Date: | 27 September 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Zwijnaarde, Belgium |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Majorwins: | 1963 World Champion
1 stage 1964 Tour de France |
Benoni Beheyt (born 27 September 1940) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968.[1] Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 World Cycling Championships Road Race and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France.[2] He also competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3]
Major results
- 1962 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1st Brussel–Ingooigem
2nd Overall Tour du Nord
1st stage 1
1st stage 2 Tour de Picardie
1st Melle
2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
3rd Paris–Tours
3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1963 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
1st Gent–Wevelgem
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Antwerpen - Ougrée
1st St-Andries
1st Bruxelles-Alsemberg
1st Gavere
2nd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
2nd La Roue d'Or (with Noël Foré)
3rd Grand Prix de Denain
3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
3rd Boulogne
- 1964 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
49th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 22a (Orléans – Versailles, 118.5 km)
1st Overall Tour of Belgium
Circuit du Provençal
1st stage 1a and 2b
1st La Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence
1st Bourcefranc
1st Callac
1st Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
2nd Tour of Flanders
2nd Paris–Roubaix
2nd GP du Tournaisis
2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
3rd Paris-Brussels
- 1965 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
1st Plumeliau
1st Trelissac
2nd Brussels-Ingooigem
3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
- 1966 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1967 – Tibetan-Pullover Centrale
1968 – Pullover Centrale-Motte
Tour de France record
- 1963: 49th overall
- 1964: 49th overall and 1 stage win
- 1965: 47th overall
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Palmarès de Benoni Beheyt (Bel) . Mémoire du Cyclisme.
- Web site: Benoni Beheyt . 3 February 2018 . Procyclingstats.
- Benoni Beheyt . 2 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141020043952/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/benoni-beheyt-1.html . 20 October 2014 . dmy-all .
