List of career achievements by Rik Van Steenbergen explained

Majorwins:	Grand Tours Tour de France 4 individual stages (1949, 1952, 1955) Giro d'Italia Sprints classification (1954, 1957) 15 individual stages (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1957) Vuelta a España Points classification (1956) 6 individual stages (1956)Stage races Tour de l'Ouest (1951) Vuelta a la Argentina (1952)One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1949, 1956, 1957) National Road Race Championships (1943, 1945, 1954) Tour of Flanders (1944, 1946) Dwars door Vlaanderen (1945) Paris–Roubaix (1948, 1952) La Flèche Wallonne (1949, 1958) Paris–Brussels (1950) Milan–San Remo (1954)Other Ruban Jaune (1948->1955) Critérium des As (1948, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1958)Track Championships National Track Championships Madison (1955, 1961) Omnium (1944, 1955, 1961, 1963) Men's Individual Pursuit (1944) Derny (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964) European Track Championships Madison (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963) Omnium (1959)
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This is a list of career achievements by Rik Van Steenbergen, a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1942 and 1966. Van Steenbergen is noted as one of the best sprinters of his generation and is a winner of a number of one-day races and stage races. Van Steenbergen won 25 Grand Tour stages during his career; four at the Tour de France, fifteen at the Giro d'Italia and six at the Vuelta a España. As a track cyclist, he won a record of 1,314 races, of which national and European titles in different disciplines and forty six-day races.^[1]

Major results

Road

1942

1st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race

1st Antwerp provincial championship

1st in 3 stages of Omloop van Vlaanderen

1943

National Road Championships

1st Road race

1st Interclubs road race

1st Championship of Flanders

1st Brussels, Charleroi, Eke, Erpe-Mere, Herk-de-Stad, Herstal, La Louvière, Liège-Coronmeuse, Mol, Niel, Oedelem, Waregem

1944

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

1st Charleroi, Liège, Verviers

1945

1st National Road Championships - Road race

1st Dwars door België

1st Brussels–Ingooigem

1st Charleroi, Heusden, La Louvière, Mol, Neerpelt, Nieuwerkerken, Retie

1946

3rd UCI Road World Championships Road race

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Tour des Quatre-Cantons (fr)

1st Brussels, Genève, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lausanne, Marchienne-au-Pont, Neuchâtel, Retie, Saint-Gall, Schoenerwerd, Terkmerenbos, Turnhout, Waregem, Westerlo, Zürich

1947

Tour de Luxembourg

1st Stage 4

1st GP de Soignies

1st Antwerp, Brussels, Grobbendonk, Tesenderlo, Turnhout, Zwijndrecht

1948

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st Omloop der drie Provinciën

1st Critérium des As

1st Charleroi, Doornik, Jumet, Kessel-Lo, Overpelt, Sint-Niklaas, Stabroek, Turnhout

1949

1st UCI Road World Championships, Road race

Tour de France

1st Stages 12 & 21

1st La Flèche Wallonne

1st Tour of Limburg

1st Barvaux, Berlaar, Brussels, Charleroi, Croisé-Laroche, Halluin, Houthalen, Mechelen, Pâturages

1950

1st Paris–Brussels

1st Grand Prix d'Europe

1st Bordighera, Kortrijk, Mortsel, Oude God, Ronse, 's-Hertogenbosch, Saint-Amand les Eux

1951

2nd Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 1 & 15

Held after Stages 1, 7, & 13–17

1st Best foreign rider

1st Overall Tour de l'Ouest

1st Stage 2, 4 and 7

1st Grand Prix d'Europe

1st Niel–St Truiden

1st Bâle, Mauberge, Recanati, Sain-Méen le Grand, Zonhoven

2nd Critérium des As

3rd Paris–Roubaix

1952

Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 6, 9 & 10

Tour de France

1st Stage 1

Held after Stages 1–2

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st Overall Vuelta a la Argentina

1st Stages 1, 8, 12 & 13

Roma–Napoli–Roma

1st Stage 4

1st Critérium des As

1st Boucles de l'Aulne

1st Stage 4 Roma–Napoli–Roma

1st Amiens, Charlieu, Jambes, Jemappes, Recanati, Roue d'Or

1953

Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 9

1st Haumont, Lille, Pleurtuit, Troyes

1954

1st National Road Championships - Road race

Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 5, 16, 17 & 22

1st sprints classification

1st Milan–San Remo

1st Alessandria, Arendonck, Bâle

3rd Roma–Napoli–Roma

1955

Tour de France

1st Stage 16

1st Critérium des As

1st Stage 1b (TTT) Driedaagse van Antwerpen

1st Omloop van Limburg

1st Antwerp, Auch, Bâle, Brussels, Ede, Peer, Sint-Michiels

3rd Tour of Flanders

1956

1st UCI Road World Championships, Road race

5th Overall Vuelta a España

1st Stages 1, 7, 8, 11, 14 & 17

1st Points classification

Tour de l'Ouest

1st Stage 8

1st Omloop van Limburg

1st Acht van Chaam

1st Hanret, Lokeren, Turnhout, Virton, Zingem

2nd Critérium des As

3rd Paris-Brussels

1957

1st UCI Road World Championships, Road race Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 1, 11, 17b, 20 & 21

1st sprints classification

Roma–Napoli–Roma

1st Stages 1b and 5b

1st Critérium des As

1st Stage 3 Driedaagse van Antwerpen

1st Antwerp, Chambéry, Dendermonde, Elisabethville, Hanret, Herenthals, Léopoldville, Londerzeel, Mellebeke, Namur, Ruisbroek, Turnhout, Wavre, Willebroek

2nd Paris-Roubaix

1958

1st La Flèche Wallonne

Tour of the Netherlands

1st Stage 4a

1st Acht van Chaam

1st Critérium des As

1st Overall GP Bali

1st Stage 1

1st Aalst, Aarschot, Arlon, Brest, Chambéry, Charleroi, Châteauneuf, Hanret, Montignes-en-Goële, Saint-Pierre le Moutier, Sllanches, Woluwé

1959

1st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race

Tour de l'Ouest

1st Stage 3

1st Flèche Halloise

1st Aalst, Amiens, Belsele, Brasschaat, Charleroi, Cremone, De Panne, Geneve, Halle, Hanret, Heldesheim, Leuze, Locarno, Leuven, Zandhoven

2nd Milan-San Remo

1960

1st Acht van Chaam

1st Aalst, Dendermonde, Deurne, Eizer, Hanret, Londerzeel, Mol, Neuvic, Overijse, Vergt

2nd Critérium des As

1961

1st National Road Championships - Interclubs team time trial

1st Elfstedenronde

1st Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas

1st Bourcefranc, Bree, Daumesnil, Houthalen, Knokke, Riom, Rodez, Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges, Tongeren, Tothout, Woluwe

2nd Tour d'Hesbaye

2nd Critérium des As

1962

1st National Road Championships - Interclubs team time trial

1st Bourcefranc, De Panne, Dendermonde, Deurne, Lokeren, Made, Pleslin, Roim, Zwijdrecht

1963

1st Arendonk, Herenthals, Lokeren

1964

1st Bacaldo

1965

Track

1942

1st National Track Championships juniors – Men's sprint

1st Madison in Brussels

1st Omnium in Antwerp, Brussels

1943

1st Madison in Antwerp (x2), Brussels, Maldegem, Rocourt

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x5), Brussels, Ghent (x2), Maldegem

1st Pursuit in Ghent (x5)

1st Sprint in Antwerp, Brussels

2nd National Track Championships – Omnium

1944

National Track Championships

1st Omnium

1st Men's individual pursuit

1st Madison in Montaigu (x2), Rocourt, Sint-Niklaas, Zwartberg

1st Omnium in Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels (x3), Paris, Sint-Niklaas (x3), Zwartberg

1st Pursuit in Antwerp, Brussels

1st Sprint in Zwartberg

1945

1st Madison in Ghent, Zwartberg

1st Omnium in Brussels (x5)

2nd National Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit

1946

1st Madison in Bruges, Ghent, Genève, Ostend, Paris, Zürich

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Bruges (x2), Brussels (x7), Ghent (x3), Ostend, Paris (x2), Rocourt, Zürich

1st Pursuit in Brussels (x2), Ghent (x3)

1st Sprint in Maldegem

1st Prix Hourlier-Comès (with Marcel Kint)

1947

1st Madison in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent (x2), Herne Hill, Luxembourg, Ostend, Zürich

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Bruges, Brussels (x3), Ghent (x3), Ostend, Paris

1st Pursuit in Antwerp (x3), Brussels, Ghent (x3)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Naeye)

1948

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Marcel Kint)

1st Madison in Bruges, Brussels (x2), Ostend

1st Omnium in Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Ghent, Genève, Heist-op-den-Berg, Marcinelle, Milan, Mons-Crotteux, Paris, Rocourt

1st Pursuit in Antwerp, Paris

1st Sprint in Bruges, Genève

2nd Prix du Salon (with Marcel Kint)

3rd National Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit

3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Stan Ockers)

1949

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Marcel Kint)

1st Madison in Amsterdam, Antwerp (x2), Bruges, Ghent, Heist-op-den-Berg, Liederkerke, Lommel, Marcinelle, Niedercorn, Rocourt, Rouen, Turin, Zürich

1st Derny in Brussels

1st Omnium in Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Copenhagen, Ghent, Heist-op-den-Berg, Marcinelle (x2), Moorslede, Paris, Rocourt, Zürich

1st Pursuit in Brussels

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Marcel Kint)

3rd Six Days of Paris (with Marcel Kint)

1950

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Achiel Bruneel)

1st Madison in Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Ostend, Walem

1st Derny in Heist-op-den-Berg, Rocourt, Ronse

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x2), Ghent (x3), Heist-op-den-Berg, Luxembourg, Paris, Turin, Walem

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Naeye)

1951

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Stan Ockers)

1st Madison in Alger, Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Montceau-les-Mines, Rocourt (x2), Zwartberg

1st Omnium in Alger, Antwerp (x2), Brussels, Copenhagen, Liederkerke (x2), Ostend, Marcinelle, Rocourt, Zürich (x3), Zwartberg

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Achiel Bruneel)

3rd Six Days of Paris (with Raymond Goussot)

1952

1st Six Days of Paris (with Raymond Goussot)

1st Madison in Alger, Buenos-Aires (x2), Cavaillon, Colmar, Lyon, Milan, Montceau-les-Mines, Montluçon, Rennes, Mans

1st Derny in Paris

1st Omnium in Copenhagen, Lyon Milan, Paris, Rocourt, Zwartberg

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Achiel Bruneel)

3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Gustav Killian)

1953

1st Prix du Salon (with Stan Ockers)

1st Madison in Antwerp, Barcelona, Brussels (x2), Marcinelle, Paris (x2), Rocourt (x2), Toulon

1st Derny in Antwerp, Brussels

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Copenhagen, Milan, Paris, Port-de-Bouc, Rocourt, Saint-Étienne, Zwartberg

1st Sprint in Modena

2nd Six Days of Paris (with Achiel Bruneel)

3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Stan Ockers)

1954

1st Six Days of Ghent (with Stan Ockers)

1st Madison in Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Milan, Roanne, Rocourt, Sint-Amands, Turin, Zwartberg

1st Derny in Lyon, Roanne

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Brussels

1st Pursuit in Milan, Roanne

1st Sprint in Limoges, Saint-Étienne

2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Stan Ockers)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Stan Ockers)

3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Stan Ockers)

1955

National Track Championships

1st Omnium

1st Madison

2nd Men's sprint

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Stan Ockers)

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Madison in Amsterdam, Bayonne, Brussels (x2), Copenhagen (x2), Dortmund, Frankfurt, Ghent, Ostend, Marcinelle, Rocourt (x2), Saint-Omer, Zwartberg

1st Derny in Antwerp

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x4), Brussels (x5), Copenhagen, Grenoble, Le Havre, Padua, Rocourt

1st Pursuit in Brussels

1st Sprint in Antwerp

3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Stan Ockers)

3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Sydney Patterson)

1956

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Madison in Brussels (x2), Copenhagen (x2), Dortmund, Frankfurt, Ghent, Lisbon, Ostend, Tortosa, Zürich

1st Derny in Antwerp, Brussels, Milan, Rocourt

1st Omnium in Brussels, Ghent, Le Havre, Ostend, Milan, Rocourt

1st Pursuit in Zürich

1st Sprint in Antwerp

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Arsène Rijckaert)

1957

1st Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Ghent (with Fred De Bruyne)

1st Madison in Antwerp, Copenhagen (x3), Ghent, Lurcy-Levis. Paris

1st Derny in Antwerp (x4), Brussels (x2)

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x5), Cologne, La Rochelle, Paris, Zürich

1st Sprint in Élisabethville, Ghent, Roubaix

2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd European Track Championships – Omnium

3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Willy Vannitsen)

3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)

1958

1st European Track Championships – Madison (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Reginald Arnold)

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Prix Hourlier-Comès (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Madison in Antwerp, Berlin, Blaton, Bordeaux, Copenhagen (x3), Fougères, Ghent, Paris, Zürich

1st Derny in Antwerp (x2), Ghent (x2)

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x5), Ghent (x2), Paris (x2)

1st Pursuit in Antwerp

1st Sprint in Antwerp

2nd National Track Championships – Men's sprint

2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Prix du Salon (with Emile Severeyns)

1959

European Track Championships

1st Madison (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Omnium

1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Klaus Bugdahl)

1st Six Days of Ghent (with Fred De Bruyne)

1st Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Madison in Aarhus, Berlin, Copenhagen (x3), Zürich

1st Derny in Antwerp (x5), Bâle, Brussels, Ghent (x2), Paris

1st Omnium in Aarhus, Berlin, Brussels (x3), Copenhagen (x2), Ghent (x4), Paris (x2)

1st Pursuit in Paris

1st Sprint in Brussels (x2)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd Six Days of Cologne (with Heinz Vöpel)

1960

European Track Championships

1st Madison (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Omnium

1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Madison in Antwerp, Bâle, Brussels (x2), Copenhagen (x3), Ghent, Madrid, Zürich (x2)

1st Derny in Antwerp, Brussels (x4), Cologne, Ghent, Zürich

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Alger, Brussels (x6), Dortmund, Ghent (x3), Paris, Rocourt

1st Pursuit in Antwerp

1st Sprint in Nantes

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Günther Ziegler)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Leo Proost)

1961

European Track Championships

1st Madison (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd Omnium

National Track Championships

1st Omnium

1st Madison (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Derny

1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Berlin (with Klaus Bugdahl)

1st Madison in Bâle, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne (x3), Dortmund, Ghent (x2), Saintes, Saint-Quentin

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x4), Berlin (x2), Brussels (x2) Ghent

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x7), Copenhagen, Ghent (x4), Paris, Rocourt

1st Pursuit in Brussels

1st Sprint in Antwerp, Brussels (2)

2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Gilbert Maes)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd Six Days of Aarhus (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Severeyns)

1962

European Track Championships

2nd Omnium

3rd Madison (with Emile Severeyns)

1st National Track Championships – Derny

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Palle Lykke)

1st Six Days of Madrid (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Cologne (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Madison in Bâle, Berlin, Cologne, Milan

1st Derny in Antwerp (x4), Berlin (x4)

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Brussels (x4), Fresnes, Ghent (x3), Rocourt, Zürich

1st Pursuit in Cologne

1st Sprint in Antwerp, Brussels, Pont-Aven, Zürich

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Palle Lykke)

2nd Six Days of Münster (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Berlin-a (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Berlin-b (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Essen (with Emile Severeyns)

1963

European Track Championships

1st Madison (with Palle Lykke)

2nd Derny

3rd Omnium

National Track Championships

1st Omnium

1st Derny

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke) and Leo Proost)

1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Palle Lykke)

1st Six Days of Madrid (with Joseph De Bakker)

1st Madison in Milan, Zürich

1st Derny in Bâle, Brussels

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Netherlands, Rocourt, Valentigney, Vincennes

1st Sprint in Antwerp (x2), Brussels

2nd Six Days of Essen (with Peter Post)

2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Looy)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Palle Lykke)

3rd Six Days of Cologne (with Palle Lykke)

3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Palle Lykke)

3rd Six Days of Milan (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Rik Van Looy))

1964

National Track Championships

1st Derny

European Track Championships

2nd Derny

1st Six Days of Milan (with Leandro Faggin)

1st Six Days of Madrid (with Federico Bahamontes)

1st Madison in Antwerp (x2), Brussels (x2), Cologne, Dortmund, Milan (x3), Ostend, Zürich

1st Derny in Antwerp, Berlin, Cologne (x2)

1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x2), Dortmund, Madrid, Ostend, Paris, Rocourt

1st Sprint in Antwerp (x2)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Palle Lykke)

2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Palle Lykke)

2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke) and Leo Proost)

3rd Six Days of Essen (with Palle Lykke)

1965

1st Six Days of Bremen (with Leandro Faggin)

1st Six Days of Milan (with Gianni Motta)

1st Six Days of Essen (with Peter Post)

1st Six Days of Toronto (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Quebec (with Emile Severeyns)

1st Six Days of Madrid (with Romain De Loof)

1st Madison in Antwerp, Luçon, Niederborn, Saint-Quentin, Netherlands GP, Ostend

1st Derny in Antwerp, Netherlands GP

1st Omnium in Brussels (x2), Colmar, Ghent, Roubaix

1st Sprint in Antwerp, Ghent (x2)

European Track Championships

2nd Madison (with Palle Lykke)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke) and Freddy Eugen)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Palle Lykke)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)

1966

1st Derny in Antwerp

1st Omnium in Antwerp

European Track Championships

2nd Madison (with Palle Lykke)

2nd Omnium

National Track Championships

2nd Omnium

2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Peter Post)Source:^{[2] [3]}

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Rik Van Steenbergen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rik Van Steenbergen . 17 July 2023 . ProCyclingStats . nl.
2. Web site: 2022 . Rik Van Steenbergen . FirstCycling.com . en.
3. Web site: Palmarès Rik van Steenbergen . 31 December 2021 . Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu . fr.

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