Benoni Beheyt
Benoni Beheyt (born 27 September 1940) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. 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. He also competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1]
Benoni Beheyt in 1964 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Benoni Beheyt | |||||||||||||
Born | Zwijnaarde, Belgium | 27 September 1940|||||||||||||
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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
- 1962 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- Brussel–Ingooigem
- 2e etappe Ronde van Picardië
- 3rd, Paris–Tours
- 1963 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 1st, Gent–Wevelgem
- 1st, Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st (Gold Medal), World Cycling Championships Road Race
- 1st, Tour de Wallonie
- 1964 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 49th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 22a, (Orléans – Versailles, 118.5 km)
- 1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium
- Belgium National road race championship
- 1965 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 1966 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
- 1967 – Tibetan-Pullover Centrale
- 1968 – Pullover Centrale-Motte
References
- 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.
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