Georges Van Coningsloo Explained
| Georges Van Coningsloo |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Wavre, Belgium |
| Death Place: | Grez-Doiceau, Belgium |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Proyears1: | 1963 |
| Proyears2: | 1964–1970 |
| Proyears3: | 1971–1972 |
| Proyears4: | 1973 |
| Proyears5: | 1974 |
Georges Van Coningsloo (27 October 1940 - 7 April 2002) was a Belgian racing cyclist.[1]
Career
Van Coningsloo was a professional from 1963 to 1974. In 1967, he won Bordeaux–Paris, after a 370 kilometer breakaway.
He rode in four Grand Tours in his career: three editions of the Tour de France, and the 1970 Vuelta a España, but failed to finish all of the races.[2]
His son Philippe was also a high level cyclist. He died, however, before turning professional, after suffering a heart attack during a race. In his honor, a race called the Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo is held in July. His other son, Olivier, was also a professional cyclist, who rode for two seasons before ending his career.
Major results
- 1958
1st Overall Liège–La Gleize
- 1963
4th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1964
1st Paris–Brussels
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th Tour of Flanders
5th Milan–San Remo
5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1965
1st Ronde van Limburg
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium
2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
2nd Brabantse Pijl
3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
5th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Paris–Roubaix
- 1966
5th Overall Tour of Belgium
9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1967
1st Bordeaux–Paris
2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
2nd Overall Paris–Luxembourg
3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
5th Milan–San Remo
- 1968
4th Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 1969
1st Stage 2B Tour de l'Oise
2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
4th Bordeaux–Paris
7th Paris–Tours
8th Milan–San Remo
9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1970
2nd Ronde van Limburg
- 1971
1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
4th Tour of Flanders
6th Brabantse Pijl
- 1972
1st Flèche Hesbignonne
- 1973
2nd Flèche HesbignonneNotes and References
- Web site: Georges Van Coningsloo . 24 July 2017 . Cycling Archives.
- Web site: Tour de France 1966 . 24 July 2017 . Cycling Archives.
