Hilaire_Couvreur

Hilaire Couvreur

Hilaire Couvreur

Belgian cyclist

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Hilaire Couvreur (22 September 1924 – 17 February 1998) was a Belgian cyclist.[1]

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Couvreur was winner of the Tour du Maroc in 1953 and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 1958. He also finished third in the 1958 Vuelta a España.[2]

He was born in Sint-Andries near Brugge in Belgium and died in Kortrijk, Belgium.[3]

Major results

Source:[4]

1947
1st stage 4 Ronde van Limburg amateurs
1st stage 5 Tour of Belgium independents
1948
1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen
3rd Gent–Wevelgem
3rd Omloop van de Vlasstreek
1949
1st Overall Tour d'Algérie
1950
1st Overall Tour d'Algérie
1951
1st stage 4 Tour of Belgium
1952
1st Elfstedenronde
2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
2nd Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen
1953
1st Overall Tour du Maroc
1st Stage 4
1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
8th Tour of Flanders
8th Paris–Roubaix
1954
1st Elfstedenronde
1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
2nd Tour d'Europe [fr]
2nd Trofee Luc Van Biesen
3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen
5th Overall Paris–Nice
1955
1st Stage 1b Driedaagse van Antwerpen (TTT)
1956
10th Overall Giro d'Italia
1957
1st Stage 4 Volta a Catalunya
1958
1st Overall Tour of Valencia
1st Stage 3 (TTT)
4th Overall Vuelta a España
1959
1st Stage 4 Tour of Valencia
3rd GP Marcel Kint
7th Overall Vuelta a España
1960
1st Stage 4b Menton–Genova–Roma
1961
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
Winner mountains classification
3rd Roma–Napoli–Roma

References

  1. [1]
    "Hilaire Couvreur". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Hilarie Couvreur". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Hilaire Couvreur Stats". ProcyclingStats. 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Palmarès d'Hilaire Couvreur (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 21 December 2023.


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