Six Days of Charleroi

The Six Days of Charleroi was a short-lived six-day track cycling race held annually in Charleroi, Belgium.[1]

Six Days of Charleroi
Race details
DateMid-December
RegionCharleroi, Belgium
Local name(s)Six Jours de Charleroi (in French)
DisciplineTrack
TypeSix-day racing
History
First edition1967 (1967)
Editions3
Final edition1969
First winner Patrick Sercu (BEL)
 Ferdinand Bracke (BEL)
Most wins Patrick Sercu (BEL)
 Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) (2 wins)
Final winner Patrick Sercu (BEL)
 Norbert Seeuws (BEL)

It took place on a dismountable velodrome, especially installed for the event in the Charleroi Exhibition Centre. Three editions were organized from 1967 to 1969, of which Patrick Sercu and Ferdinand Bracke won two.[2]

Winners

Year Winner Second Third
1967 Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Ferdinand Bracke
Belgium Norbert Seeuws
Belgium Théo Verschueren
Italy Giuseppe Beghetto
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
1968 Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Ferdinand Bracke
Belgium Robert Lelangue
Belgium Julien Stevens
Belgium Rik Van Looy
Belgium Patrick Sercu
1969 Belgium Norbert Seeuws
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Julien Stevens
West Germany Rudi Altig
Belgium Ferdinand Bracke

References

  1. "6 jours de Charleroi (Belgique)". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Charleroi Six-days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.


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