Ernest Sterckx was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who won 42 races between 1943 and 1958. He specialized in competing in the one-day classic cycle races

Classic cycle races

The classic cycle races are one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Most of the events, all run in western Europe, have been fixtures on the professional calendar for decades and the oldest ones date back to the 19th Century. They are normally held at roughly the same...

 and has won such races as La Flèche Wallonne

La Flèche Wallonne

La Flèche Wallonne is a major men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Belgium.The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège...

, Gent–Wevelgem, Paris–Brussels and is a record three-time winner of the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Volk.

Major wins and sponsors

1943 - Individuele sponsor
1944 - Trialoux
1945 - Alcyon
1946 - Alcyon-Dunlop

• Gent–Wevelgem

1947 - Alcyon-Dunlop

• La Flèche Wallonne
  La Flèche Wallonne
  La Flèche Wallonne is a major men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Belgium.The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège...
  
  
• Paris–Brussels

1948 - Elve-Peugeot
1949 - Alcyon-Dunlop

• Tour of Belgium
  Tour of Belgium
  The Tour of Belgium is a four-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium.It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several of races were not organised and none at all during the decade 1991 to 2001...
  
  
• Nokere Koerse

1950 - Terrot-Wolber
1951 - Terrot-Wolber

• Grote Scheldeprijs
  Grote Scheldeprijs
  The Scheldeprijs is a Flanders Classics cycling race which starts in Antwerp and finishes in Schoten. The event, ranked at 1.HC on the UCI European calendar, is seen as a race for sprinters, held on flat roads over roughly 200 kilometres. The race is one circuit of 155 kilometres into the...
  
  

1952 - Peugeot-Dunlop

• Omloop Het Volk

1953 - Peugeot-Dunlop

• Omloop Het Volk
• Stage 2 – Tour of Belgium
• Stage 4 – Tour of Belgium

1954 - Peugeot-Dunlop
1955 - l'Avenir
1956 - Gitane-Hutchinson

• Omloop Het Volk