Roger Baens Explained

Roger Baens
Birth Date:18 August 1933
Birth Place:Molenstede, Belgium
Death Place:Rillaar
Proyears1:1956
Proteam1:Mercier
Proyears2:1957
Proteam2:Carpano
Proyears3:1958
Proteam3:Libertas
Proyears4:1959
Proteam4:Peugeot
Proyears5:1959
Proteam5:Flandria
Proyears6:1960
Proteam6:Philco
Proyears7:1960
Proyears8:1961
Proteam8:Bertin
Proyears9:1962
Proteam9:Faemino–Faema
Proyears10:1962
Proteam10:Faema
Proyears11:1963–1964

Roger Baens (18 August 1933 – 26 March 2020) was a Belgian cyclist.[1] [2]

Major results

1954
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour de Belgique amateurs
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour du Nord
    1955
  • 1st National Amateur Road Race Championships
    1956
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour d'Anvers-Gand
    1957
  • 1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
    1958
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium
  • 1st Ronde van Limburg
  • 1st De Drie Zustersteden
  • 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
    1959
  • 1st Overall Dwars door Vlaanderen
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Tour du Brabant
  • 1st Grand Prix d'Orchies
  • 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Limburg
    1960
  • 1st Grand Prix des Carrières
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour du Brabant
  • 2nd Overall Tour of the Netherlands
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2
    1961
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Netherlands
  • 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix de Denain
    1962
  • 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
  • 3rd Overall Deutschland Tour
  • 1st Stage 3
    1963
  • 1st Stages 9 & 14 Vuelta a España

    Grand Tour Results

    1957
  • 22nd Overall, Vuelta a España
    1959
  • DNF, Vuelta a España
    1962
  • 43rd Overall Tour de France
    1963
  • 22nd Overall, Vuelta a España
  • DNF Tour de France after Stage 10

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Décès à 87 ans de l'ancien coureur Roger Baens, ex-équipier de Rik Van Looy. 28 March 2020. DH Les Sports+. French.
    2. Web site: Ex-profrenner Roger Baens overleden. 29 March 2020. hbvl.be. Dutch.