Patrick Sercu
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Patrick Sercu is a former Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 cyclist, best known for his exploits on the tracks
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

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In 1964 aged 19 he competed as the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club
Manchester Wheelers' Club
-Formation and early history:The club was formed on 7 July 1883, as Manchester Athletic Bicycle Club, the name being changed to Manchester Wheelers' Club in 1890.The Manchester Wheelers are the most successful cycling club in Britain having produced countless international riders and several World...

 Race Meet at the Fallowfield track
Fallowfield Stadium
Fallowfield Stadium was an athletics stadium and velodrome in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. It opened in May 1892 as the home of Manchester Athletics Club after it was forced to move from its home next to Old Trafford Cricket Ground...

 in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

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He won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

 in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

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Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race
Six-day racing
A six or six-day is a track cycling race that lasts six days. Six-day races started in Britain, spread to many regions of the world, were brought to their modern style in the United States and are now mainly a European event. Initially, individuals competed alone, the winner being the individual...

 victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts. Several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx
Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...

.

Sercu was a top performer on the tracks, being twice World Champion in the Sprint discipline, and a popular competitor in the Madison
Madison (cycling)
The madison is a team event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.-History:...

 in addition to his Olympic victory.

In road races Sercu also performed well, as he won the green jersey
Green jersey
The green jersey is a term used in road bicycle racing and Grand Tour stage races in particular. The green jersey is a distinctive racing jersey worn by the leader in a subsidiary competition....

 in the 1974 Tour de France
1974 Tour de France
The 1974 Tour de France was the 61st Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 21, 1974. It consisted of 22 stages over 4098 km, ridden at an average speed of 35.241 km/h...

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He is now competition director of the Six Days of Ghent
Six Days of Ghent
The Six Days of Ghent is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium.It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's Citadelpark.The 2006 event from 21 November to 26 November was marred by the death of one of the riders...

 and the former Six Days of Hasselt.

Palmarès

  • Olympic kilometre 1964
  • Olympic sprint 1963, 1967, 1969 (2e: 1968)
  • 500 m flying start record: 1964 (29" 66)
  • Kilometre standing start record: 1964, 1972 (1' 06" 76)
  • Kilometre flying start record: 1967 (1' 02" 46), 1973 (1' 02" 40)
  • European omnium champion: 11 wins (2nd: 1979)
  • European madison
    Madison (cycling)
    The madison is a team event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.-History:...

     champion: six wins
  • European derny
    Derny
    A Derny is a motorized bicycle for motor-paced cycling events such as during six-day and Keirin racing, or motor-paced road races. It is driven by a 98cc Zurcher two-stroke engine and by being pedalled through a fixed gear, typically of 70 teeth on the front chainring and 11 on the sprocket on the...

     champion: one win
  • National sprint champion: seven wins
  • National omnium champion: 15 wins
  • National madison champion: 14 wins (seven with Eddy Merckx
    Eddy Merckx
    Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...

    , one with Rik van Looy
    Rik Van Looy
    Henri van Looy is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period, nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals...

    )
  • National derny champion: one win
  • Flanders road champion: 1972
  • West Flanders road champion: 1975
  • Tour of Sardinia: 1970
  • Cagliari-Sassari: 1972
  • Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne: 1977
  • Criterium Zolder: 1965
  • Criterium Bourcefranc: 1966
  • Criterium Tortoretto: 1971
  • Criterium Lignano 1972
  • Criterium Rouergue: 1974
  • Criterium Nantes : 1976
  • Criterium Mol : 1980
  • Criterium Hank: 1978
  • Memorial Tom Simpson: 1967
  • Grand Prix de la Banque: 1971
  • Grand Prix Union de Dortmund : 1979
  • Circuit of Central Flanders: 1968
  • Circuit de la Vallée de la Lys: 1969
  • Circuit des 11 Villes: 1973
  • Circuit of the Flemish Ardennes: 1975
  • Circuit du port de Dunkerque: 1975
  • Circuit des Régions Frontières: 1978
  • Circuit of South-West Flanders: 1980
  • 6 stages Tour de France
  • 7 stages Tour of Italy
  • Points Tour de France: 1974
  • Points Tour Méditerranéen: 1977
  • Points Dauphiné Libéré: 1977

Six-day wins

Nr.YearRacePartner
1 1965 Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...

Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx
Edouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx , better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional cyclist. The French magazine Vélo called him "the most accomplished rider that cycling has ever known." The American publication, VeloNews, called him the greatest and most successful cyclist of all...

2 1966 Frankfurt Klaus Bugdahl
3 1967 Cologne Klaus Bugdahl
4 1967 Montréal Emile Severeyns
5 1967 Ghent Eddy Merckx
6 1967 Münster Klaus Bugdahl
7 1967 Charleroi Ferdinand Bracke
Ferdinand Bracke
Ferdinand Bracke is a former Belgian professional road and track cyclist who is most famous for holding the World Hour Record and winning the overall title at the 1971 Vuelta a España in front of Wilfried David of Belgium and Luis Ocaña of Spain...

8 1968 Rotterdam Peter Post
Peter Post
Peter Post was a Dutch professional cyclist whose career lasted from 1956 to 1972. Post competed in road and track racing. As a rider he is best remembered for Six-day racing, having competed in 155 races and won 65. Because of this success he was known as “De Keizer van de Zesdaagse” or “The...

9 1968 London Peter Post
10 1968 Frankfurt Rudi Altig
Rudi Altig
Rudi Altig is a former professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. He is now a television commentator.-Amateur career:...

11 1968 Dortmund Rudi Altig
12 1969 Bremen Peter Post
13 1969 Antwerp Peter Post and Rik van Looy
Rik Van Looy
Henri van Looy is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period, nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals...

14 1969 London Peter Post
15 1969 Dortmund Peter Post
16 1969 Frankfurt Peter Post
17 1969 Charleroi Norbert Seeuws
18 1970 Cologne Peter Post
19 1970 Bremen Peter Post
20 1970 London Peter Post
21 1970 Ghent Jean-Pierre Monseré
Jean-Pierre Monseré
Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré was a Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world....

22 1971 Rotterdam Peter Post
23 1971 London Peter Post
24 1971 Berlin Peter Post
25 1971 Frankfurt Peter Post
26 1971 Ghent Roger de Vlaeminck
Roger De Vlaeminck
Roger De Vlaeminck is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as '"The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation"...

27 1972 London Tony Gowland
Tony Gowland
Anthony J Gowland, known as Tony Gowland is an English competitive track cyclist, and a former six-day rider. He was a professional cyclist between 1968 and 1978....

28 1972 Dortmund Alain Van Lancker
29 1972 Ghent Julien Stevens
Julien Stevens
Julien Stevens is a retired Belgian cyclist who raced from 1963 to 1977. Stevens spent most part of his career employed to help other riders, such as Rik van Steenbergen, Rik van Looy and Eddy Merckx...

30 1973 Cologne Alain Van Lancker
31 1973 Milan Julien Stevens
32 1973 Dortmund Eddy Merckx
33 1973 Grenoble Eddy Merckx
34 1973 Ghent Graeme Gilmore
35 1974 Antwerp Eddy Merckx
36 1974 London René Pijnen
René Pijnen
Marinus "René" Augustinus Josephus Pijnen is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100k team time-trial in the 1968 Summer Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog and Jan Krekels.A professional from 1969 to 1987, Pijnen was a capable track cyclist winning the...

37 1974 Dortmund René Pijnen
38 1975 Bremen René Pijnen
39 1975 Antwerp Eddy Merckx
40 1975 Berlin Dietrich Thurau
Dietrich Thurau
Dietrich Thurau is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning the one-day classic, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, his home country's Deutschland Tour and surprising the field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stages and holding the yellow...

41 1975 Grenoble Eddy Merckx
42 1975 Ghent Eddy Merckx
43 1975 Zürich Günter Haritz
Günter Haritz
Günter Haritz is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Udo Hempel...

44 1976 Rotterdam Eddy Merckx
45 1976 Antwerp Eddy Merckx
46 1976 Milan Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser
Francesco Moser , nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" , is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the dominant riders from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, and won the 1984 Giro d'Italia, the 1977 world road racing championship and six victories in three of the five Monuments...

47 1976 Dortmund Freddy Maertens
Freddy Maertens
Freddy Maertens is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and twice World Road Race Champion.- Career :...

48 1976 Maastricht Graeme Gilmore
49 1977 Copenhagen Ole Ritter
Ole Ritter
Ole Ritter is a former Danish racing cyclist.-Amateur years:As an amateur he rode for ABC Denmark....

50 1977 Antwerp Freddy Maertens
51 1977 London René Pijnen
52 1977 Berlin Eddy Merckx
53 1977 Munich Eddy Merckx
54 1977 Ghent Eddy Merckx
55 1977 Zürich Eddy Merckx
56 1977 Maastricht Eddy Merckx
57 1978 Berlin Dietrich Thurau
58 1978 Frankfurt Dietrich Thurau
59 1978 Grenoble Dietrich Thurau
60 1978 Munich Gregor Braun
Gregor Braun
Gregor Braun is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989. He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won the gold medal in the men's individual pursuit, defeating Holland's Herman Ponsteen...

61 1978 Ghent Gerrie Knetemann
Gerrie Knetemann
Gerrie Knetemann was a Dutch road bicycle racer who won the 1978 World Championship....

62 1979 Cologne Gregor Braun
63 1979 Rotterdam Albert Fritz
64 1979 Hanover Albert Fritz
65 1979 London Albert Fritz
66 1979 Berlin Dietrich Thurau
67 1979 Dortmund Dietrich Thurau
68 1979 Munich Dietrich Thurau
69 1979 Zürich Albert Fritz
70 1979 Bremen Albert Fritz
71 1980 Copenhagen Albert Fritz
72 1980 Copenhagen Albert Fritz
73 1980 Berlin Gregor Braun
74 1980 Dortmund Gregor Braun
75 1980 Ghent Albert Fritz
76 1980 Herning Gert Frank
Gert Frank
Gert Frank is a former cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. He won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hansen and Jørn Lund...

77 1981 Cologne Albert Fritz
78 1981 Copenhagen Albert Fritz
79 1981 Milan Francesco Moser
80 1981 Grenoble Urs Freuler
Urs Freuler
Urs Freuler is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 71 victories. He was named Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1982 and 1983.He was born in Bilten...

81 1981 Ghent Gert Frank
82 1982 Rotterdam René Pijnen
83 1982 Copenhagen René Pijnen
84 1982 Antwerp Roger de Vlaeminck
85 1982 Berlin Maurizio Bidinost
86 1982 Munich René Pijnen
87 1983 Rotterdam René Pijnen
88 1983 Copenhagen Gert Frank

NumberPartner
15
  • Eddy Merckx
14
  • Peter Post
  • 10
  • Albert Fritz
  • 8
  • René Pijnen
  • 7
  • Dietrich Thurau
  • 4
  • Gregor Braun
  • 3
  • Klaus Bugdahl
  • 2
  • Rudi Altig
  • Roger de Vlaeminck
  • Alain van Lancker
  • Julien Stevens
  • Graeme Gilmore
  • Francesco Moser
  • Freddy Maertens
  • Gert Frank

  • Championships

    Champion 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
    Olympic
    Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

    : kilometre
                                         
    World track championships
    UCI Track Cycling World Championships
    The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...

    : sprint
                                     
    World Road Championships                     rit.                  
    European Track Championships
    European Track Championships
    The European Track Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the European Cycling Union...

    : madison
                   
    European Track Championships
    European Track Championships
    The European Track Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the European Cycling Union...

    : derny
                                       
    European Track Championships
    European Track Championships
    The European Track Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the European Cycling Union...

    : omnium
                 
    National track championships: madison                
    National track championships: derny                                      
    National track championships: omnium              
    National track championships: sprint                                
    National road championship                                      
    National road champion points                                    

    Italian classics

    Classics 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
    Giro del Piemonte
    Giro del Piemonte
    The Giro del Piemonte is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour...

                                         
    Giro della Campania                                      
    Giro di Toscana
    Giro di Toscana
    The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Winners:...

                            62°              
    Milan – San Remo           11°   31° 27° 116° 11°            
    Milan-Torino               10°                      
    Milan-Vignola               2°                   

    Non-Italian classics

    Classics 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
    Flèche Wallonne           15°                            
    Gent–Wevelgem             49°   20°                  
    Tour of Flanders
    Tour of Flanders
    The Tour of Flanders is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI World Tour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar. It is the most important cycling race in Flanders...

                44°                    
    Paris–Roubaix           18°                          
    Paris–Tours                 11°                      

    Stage races

    Races
    (stage races)
    1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
    Deutschland Tour
    Deutschland Tour
    The Deutschland Tour was the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI ProTour and has been moved to August...

                                  12° (1)        
    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...

                rit.               rit. (1)          
    Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré                           70° (4)            
    Tour of Mediterranean                           (2)            
    Giro d'Italia
    Giro d'Italia
    The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

                90° (1) 69° (2) rit. 97° (1) rit. (3) 67° (3) rit. (3)              
    Giro di Puglia
    Giro di Puglia
    The Giro di Puglia was a road bicycle racing stage race. It consisted of three or four stages. It was first held in 1972, but last took place in 1998....

                      (1)     (1)              
    Tour of Romandy               (1)       (1)                
    Tour of Sardinia             1° (1) 15° (1)     5° (3) (1)   3° (2)            
    Paris–Nice                           (2)            
    Tirreno–Adriatico           (1) 6° (1)   (1)     (1) (1)              
    Tour de France
    Tour de France
    The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

                        89° (3)     rit. (3)            

    Other races

    Races 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
    Acht van Chaam                                      
    Bellariva-Rimini                                      
    Brussels-Ingooigem                                    
    Brussels-Meulebeke                                      
    Cagliari-Sassari                                  
    Circuito degli Assi di Pavullo                                      
    Circuito di Cotignola                                      
    Circuit of the Port of Dunkirk                                      
    Circuit of South-West Flanders                                      
    Circuit of Central Flanders                                      
    Tour of the Vallée de la Lys                                      
    Tour of the Flemish Ardennes                                    
    Tour des Régions Frontières                                      
    Circuito delle 11 città                                      
    Coppa Bernocchi                                    
    Coppa Sabatini                                      
    Criterium degli Assi di Nogaro                                      
    Criterium Bourcefranc                                      
    Criterium Callac                                      
    Criterium Hank                                      
    Criterium Lignano                                      
    Criterium Mol                                      
    Criterium Nantes                                      
    Criterium Rouergue                                      
    Criterium Tortoretto                                      
    Criterium Zolder                                      
    Freccia Mosana                                      
    Giro del Limburgo                                      
    Giro di Calabria                                      
    Giro di Reggio di Calabria                                      
    Giro di Sardegna
    Giro di Sardegna
    Giro di Sardegna is a stage road bicycle race held on the island of Sardinia, an Italian region. The race returned in 2009 after 11 years. It is now rated 2.1 and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.-Winners:...

                                     
    Giro di Sicilia                                      
    Gran Premio Cemab                                      
    Gran Premio de la Banque                                    
    GP Union Dortmund                                      
    Harelbeke-Antwerp-Harelbeke                                      
    Het Volk
    Het Volk
    Het Volk may refer to:*Het Volk , Flanders, Belgium*Het Volk, also called Omloop Het Volk, a semi-classic one-day bicycle race in Flanders, Belgium, sponsored by the newspaper*Het Volk , Transvaal political party...

                                   
    Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne                                      
    Memorial Tom Simpson                                    
    Paris–Camembert                                    
    Petegem-Deinze                                      

    Track

    Races 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
    Omnium Cherbourg                                      
    Amsterdam six                                      
    Antwerp six   rit.   rit. rit.  
    Berlin six   rit.    
    Bremen six        
    Brussels six           rit.                        
    Charleroi six                                  
    Cologne six           rit.      
    Copenhagen six                           rit.
    Dortmund six        
    Essen six                                    
    Frankfurt six       rit.       rit.    
    Ghent six      
    Grenoble six                      
    Groningen six                                      
    Hanover six                                  
    Herning six                              
    London six                
    Maastricht six                            
    Milan six              
    Monaco six                 rit. rit.    
    Montréal six                                  
    Munster six                                      
    Rotterdam six              
    Zurich six          

    Teams

    • 1964 - Solo-Superia
    • 1964 - Bertin-Porter 39-Milremo
    • 1965 - Solo-Superia
    • 1966 - Solo-Superia
    • 1967 - Flandria-Declerck
    • 1968 - Faema
    • 1969 - Faema
    • 1970 - Dreher
    • 1971 - Dreher
    • 1972 - Dreher
    • 1973 - Brooklyn
    • 1974 - Brooklyn
    • 1975 - Brooklyn
    • 1976 - Brooklyn
    • 1977 - FIAT France
    • 1978 - Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia
    • 1979 - Marc-Zeepcentrale-Superia
    • 1980 - Marc-Carlos-VRD
    • 1981 - IWC-IMEX
    • 1982 - IWC-IMEX
    • 1983 - IMEX-Neuhaus
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