Emiel Faignaert | |
Birth Date: | 10 March 1919 |
Birth Place: | Sint-Martens-Lierde |
Death Place: | Ghent |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | 1943 |
Proteam1: | Europe-Dunlop |
Proyears2: | 1944 |
Proteam2: | Lucien Michard-Hutchinson |
Proyears3: | 1945 |
Proteam3: | Groene Leeuw |
Proyears4: | 1946-1947 |
Proteam4: | Dilecta-Wolber |
Proyears5: | 1948 |
Proteam5: | Dilecta-J.B. Louvet-Wolber |
Proyears6: | 1949 |
Proteam6: | Dilecta-Wolber |
Proyears7: | 1950 |
Proteam7: | Groene Leeuw |
Majorwins: | Tour of Flanders (1947) |
Emiel Faignaert (10 March 1919, in Sint-Martens-Lierde – 10 May 1980, in Ghent) was a Belgian cyclist.
He was professional from 1940 to 1950. In 1943, Faignaert won Antwerp-Ghent-Antwerp. His biggest success was in 1947 when he won the Tour of Flanders. Overall, he won 27 races.
In Faignaert's home town, a monument of him was erected in 2007.
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