Edward Sels Explained

Edward Sels
Fullname:Edward Sels
Nickname:Ward
Birth Date:1941 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Vorselaar, Belgium
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Sprinter
Proyears1:1963
Proteam1:Libertas
Proyears2:1964–66
Proteam2:Solo–Superia
Proyears3:1967
Proteam3:Flandria–De Clerck
Proyears4:1968–69
Proteam4:Bic
Proyears5:1970
Proteam5:Willem II–Gazelle
Proyears6:1971
Proteam6:Möbel Märki-Bonanza
Proyears7:1971
Proteam7:Bika-Milupa
Proyears8:1972
Proteam8:Goldor–Ijsboerke
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

10 individual stages (1964, 1965, 1966)

Giro d'Italia

1 individual stage (1968)

Vuelta a España

2 individual stages (1964), (1969)One-day races and Classics

Tour of Flanders (1966)

Paris–Brussels (1965)

Schaal Sels (1966, 1968)

Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen (1984)

Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stages in the Tour de France and one in the Giro d'Italia. He wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1964 Tour de France. His sister, Rosa Sels, was a cyclist too.[1]

Major results

Source:[2]

1961
  • 1st Belgian Military Road Champion
    1962
  • 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
  • 1st Bruxelles–Zepperen, Sint-Lenaerts
  • 3rd
    1963
  • 1st (semi-professionals)
  • 1st
  • 1st Antoing, Hoogstraten, Machelen, Sint-Lenaerts
    1964
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • Tour de France
  • 1st stages 1, 11, 14 and 19
  • Held after Stages 1–2
  • Vuelta a España
  • 1st stage 1a
  • 8th Overall Paris–Nice
  • 1st stage 1 & 9
  • 1st stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg
  • 1st stage 2 Paris–Luxembourg
  • 1st Heusden Koers
  • 1st Auvelais, Braine-le-Comte, Dendermonde, Herentals, Oostrozebeke, Opwijk, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Waregem
  • 2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 2nd Omloop van Limburg
  • 2nd Critérium des As
  • 2nd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman
  • 3rd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
  • 3rd Bruxelles–Meulebeke
  • 4th Tour of Flanders
  • 8th Milan–San Remo
  • 8th Omloop Het Volk
    1965
  • 1st Paris–Brussels
  • Tour de France
  • 1st stage 7
  • 1st stage 2 Giro di Sardegna
  • 1st stage 3 Tour of Belgium
  • 3rd Overall Paris–Luxembourg
  • 1st stage 4
  • 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
  • 1st Ath, Eeklo, Issoire, Lebbeke, Lokeren, Londerzeel, Mol, Saint-Claud, Westerlo, Zwevegem
  • 2nd 1965 Paris–Roubaix
  • 2nd Tour of Flanders
  • 3rd Omloop Leiedal
  • 3rd Super Prestige Pernod
  • 5th 1965 Gent–Wevelgem
    1966
  • Tour of Flanders
  • 1st Schaal Sels
  • 1st GP Roeselare
  • 1st Aalst
  • 1st Herentals
  • 1st Laarne
  • 1st Libramont
  • Tour de France
  • 1st stages 6 and 22a
  • 1st Schaal Sels
  • 1st Mol, Rumbeke, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Stabroek
  • 2nd Elfstedenronde
  • 3rd
    1967
  • 1st Road race, National Interclubs Championships
  • 1st Ronde van Limburg
  • Vuelta a Andalucía
  • 1st stage 1, 3, 4 & 7
  • 1st stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
  • 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
  • 1st stage 2a & 5a Grand Prix Sul
  • 1st GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman
  • 1st Circuit des Frontières
  • 1st Antwerpse pijl, Breendonk, Essen, Garancières-en-Beauce, Kalmthout, Stekene, Tessenderlo, Westerlo
  • 3rd Omloop Het Volk
  • 3rd 1965 Gent–Wevelgem
  • 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
  • 5th 1965 Paris–Roubaix
  • 10h Bordeaux–Paris
    1968
  • 1st stage 4 Giro d'Italia
  • 1st stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
  • 1st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen
  • 1st Schaal Sels
  • 1st Auvelais, Herne, Honselersdijk, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Sint-Niklaas
  • 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Tropez
  • 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
  • 3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël
  • 4th Milan–San Remo
  • 4th 1965 Paris–Roubaix
    1969
  • Vuelta a España
  • 1st stage 6
  • 3rd
    1970
  • 1st Knokke
  • 3rd Omloop van de Fruitstreek

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 30 April 2019 . Ces Belges qui ont porté le maillot jaune: Edward Sels . rtbf.be . fr.
    2. Web site: 8 December 2023 . Edward Sels . en.

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