Benoni Beheyt (born 27 September 1940) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968.[1] Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 World Cycling Championships Road Race and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France.[2] He also competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3]
 Benoni Beheyt in 1964 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Benoni Beheyt | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1940 Zwijnaarde, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| 1963 World Champion 1 stage 1964 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
edit- 1962 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 1st Brussel–Ingooigem
- 2nd Overall Tour du Nord
- 1st stage 1
- 1st stage 2 Tour de Picardie
- 1st Melle
- 2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1963 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 1st Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Antwerpen - Ougrée
- 1st St-Andries
- 1st Bruxelles-Alsemberg
- 1st Gavere
- 2nd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
- 2nd La Roue d'Or (with Noël Foré)
- 3rd Grand Prix de Denain
- 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 3rd Boulogne
- 1964 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 49th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 22a (Orléans – Versailles, 118.5 km)
- 1st Overall Tour of Belgium
- Circuit du Provençal
- 1st stage 1a and 2b
- 1st La Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence
- 1st Bourcefranc
- 1st Callac
- 1st Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 2nd GP du Tournaisis
- 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
- 3rd Paris-Brussels
- 1965 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
- 1st Plumeliau
- 1st Trelissac
- 2nd Brussels-Ingooigem
- 3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
- 1966 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 1967 – Tibetan-Pullover Centrale
- 1968 – Pullover Centrale-Motte
Tour de France record
editReferences
edit- ^ "Palmarès de Benoni Beheyt (Bel)". Mémoire du Cyclisme.
- ^ "Benoni Beheyt". Procyclingstats. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Benoni Beheyt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
External links
edit- Benoni Beheyt at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for Benoni Beheyt
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