Karel Verbist

Karel Verbist (16 August 1883-21 July 1909) was Belgian National Stayers Champion in 1908 and 1909.[1][2]

Karel Verbist
Personal information
Born(1883-08-16)16 August 1883
Antwerp, Belgium
Died21 July 1909(1909-07-21) (aged 25)
Brussels, Belgium
Team information
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On July 21, Verbist collided with the motorcycle of Constant Ceurreman (his pacemaker) on the track in Brussels and died almost immediately.[3][4][1] Verbist is the subject of a macabre Flemish folk-poem... "Chareltje, Chareltje Verbist, hadt ge niet gereden op de pist(e), hadt ge niet gelegen in de kist."[5] which roughly translates to "Verbist, if you hadn't ridden your bike, you may not have ended up in a coffin."

Achievements
1907
  • Germany 1st in Grand World Prize, (Munich (b)), Munich (Bayern), Germany
  • Unknown 2nd in World Championship, Track, Stayers, Elite, Paris (Ile-de-France), France
1908
  • Belgium 1st in National Championship, Track, Stayers, Elite, Belgium, Antwerp (Antwerp), Belgium
1909
  • Germany 1st in Breslau, Breslau (Dolnoslaskie), Germany
  • Belgium 1st in National Championship, Track, Stayers, Elite, Belgium, Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region), Belgium[6]

See also

List of racing cyclists and pacemakers with a cycling-related death

References
  1. "Karel Verbist (In Memoriam)". Cycling4Fans. Cycling4Fans. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  2. "Karel Verbist". CyclingArchives. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  3. Sport-Album der Rad-Welt, Vol. 8, 1909, p. 49. Berlin, Verlag Rad-Welt.
  4. "Sportsite van het Jaar Sportwereld". Het Nieuwsblad. November 28, 2006. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
  5. Geldhof, Patrieck (2005). En de broodrenner, hij fietste verder: het wielrennen in België tijdens WO II. ACCO. p. 17. ISBN 978-90-334-5815-6. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  6. "Karel Verbist". Cyclingarchives.com (in Dutch). Retrieved November 7, 2021This reference is for this entire section.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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