Cyrille van Hauwaert explained

Cyrille Van Hauwaert
Fullname:Cyrille Van Hauwaert
Birth Date:1883 12, df=yes
Death Place:Zellik, Belgium
Birth Place:Moorslede, Belgium
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:1907
Proteam1:Alcyon-Dunlop & La Française-Persan
Proyears2:1908-10
Proteam2:Alcyon-Dunlop
Proyears3:1911-13
Proteam3:La Française-Diamant
Proyears4:1914
Proteam4:La Française-Hutchinson
Proyears5:1915
Proteam5:Individual
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

1 individual stage (1909)One-day races and Classics

Bordeaux–Paris (1907, 1909)

Milan–San Remo (1908)

Paris–Roubaix (1908)

Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Moorslede, 16 December 1883  - Zellik, 15 February 1974) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, known for winning classics as Bordeaux–Paris (1907 and 1909), Milan–San Remo and Paris–Roubaix (both 1908).[1] He was the first Belgian cyclist to win a stage in the Tour de France in 1909, also leading the general classification for one day.[2]

In 1908, prior to winning Milan–San Remo, Van Hauwaert had traveled by bike from Belgium to the start in Milan, by means of training.[3]

Major results

1907
  • 1st Bordeaux–Paris
  • 2nd Paris–Roubaix
  • 4th Paris–Brussels
    1908
  • 1st Milan–San Remo
  • 1st Paris–Roubaix
  • 2nd Bordeaux–Paris
  • 2nd Paris–Brussels
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    1909
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Bordeaux–Paris
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
  • 1st Stages 2 & 4
  • 4th Paris–Roubaix
  • 4th Milan–San Remo
  • 5th Overall Tour de France
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 6th Giro di Lombardia
    1910
  • 1st Paris–Menin
  • 2nd Paris–Roubaix
  • 3rd Paris–Brussels
  • 4th Overall Tour de France
    1911
  • 2nd Paris–Tours
  • 3rd Milan–San Remo
  • 3rd Paris–Roubaix
  • 3rd Giro di Lombardia
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Paris–Brest–Paris
    1912
  • 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Arthur Vanderstuyft)
  • 10th Paris–Brussels
    1913
  • 2nd Paris–Brussels
  • 2nd Bordeaux–Paris
    1914
  • 1st Six Days of Brussels (with John Stol)
  • 3rd Bordeaux–Paris
  • 6th Paris–Roubaix
    1915
  • 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Joseph Van Bever)

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Palmarès de Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel) . 18 September 2023 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.
    2. Web site: 2023 . Cyrille Van Hauwaert . FirstCycling.com . en.
    3. Web site: 5 aprile 1908 - Milano-Sanremo. museociclismo.it. 27 February 2016. it.