Louis Hardiquest Explained

Louis Hardiquest
Fullname:	Louis Hardiquest
Birth Date:	15 December 1910
Birth Place:	Hoegaarden, Belgium
Death Place:	Hoegaarden, Belgium
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	1933
Proteam1:	Oscar Egg
Proyears2:	1934
Proteam2:	La Française-Dunlop
Proyears3:	1935-1936
Proteam3:	De Dion-Bouton
Proyears4:	1937
Proteam4:	Dilecta-Wolber
Proyears5:	1938-1940
Proteam5:	De Dion-Bouton
Majorwins:	One-day races and Classics Tour of Flanders (1936)

Louis Hardiquest (15 December 1910 – 20 January 1991) was a Belgian cyclist who won the Tour of Flanders in 1936. He finished in 8th place in the 1934 Paris–Roubaix^[1] and in 2nd place in the 1938 Paris–Roubaix.^[2]

Major results

Source:^[3]

1st Ronde van Limburg

1932

1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya

1st Ronde van Haspengouw

1st Tour d'Hesbaye

3rd Bruxelles–Liège

5th Schaal Sels

1933

1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

1st Tour de Corrèze

2nd Overall Paris–Nice

2nd Scheldeprijs

3rd Tour du Vaucluse

1934

1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

1st Circuit du Morbihan

2nd Ronde van Haspengouw

8th Paris–Roubaix

1935

1st Paris–Belfort

1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ouest

2nd Paris–Brussels

2nd Circuit de Paris

2nd Paris–Rennes

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1936

1st Tour of Flanders

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Paris–Brussels

3rd Marseille–Lyon

6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1937

1st Paris–Boulogne-sur-Mer

1st Ronde van Haspengouw

3rd Paris–Limoges

3rd Tour of Flanders

1938

1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt

2nd Paris–Roubaix

2nd Circuit de Paris

2nd GP Stad Zottegem

4h Tour of Flanders

7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1939

2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde

1940

3rd Ransart-Beaumont-Ransart

1949

2nd Schaal Sels

Notes and References

Web site: 35th Paris – Roubaix, 1934 . 10 April 2015 . bikeraceinfo.
Web site: 39th Paris – Roubaix, 1938 . 10 April 2015 . bikeraceinfo.
Web site: 15 March 2024 . Louis Hardiquest . FirstCycling.com . en.