Georges Van Coningsloo
 Van Coningsloo after winning 1967 Gullegem Koerse | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 October 1940 Wavre, Belgium |
| Died | 7 April 2002 (aged 61) Grez-Doiceau, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1963 | Solo–Terrot |
| 1964–1970 | Peugeot–BP–Englebert |
| 1971–1972 | Molteni |
| 1973 | Watney–Maes Pils |
| 1974 | Robot–Gazelle |
Georges Van Coningsloo (27 October 1940 – 7 April 2002) was a Belgian racing cyclist.[1]
Career
[edit]Van Coningsloo was a professional from 1963 to 1974. In 1967, he won Bordeaux–Paris, after a 370 kilometer breakaway.
He rode in four Grand Tours in his career: three editions of the Tour de France, and the 1970 Vuelta a España, but failed to finish all of the races.[2]
His son Philippe was also a high level cyclist. He died, however, before turning professional, after suffering a heart attack during a race. In his honor, a race called the Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo is held in July. His other son, Olivier, was also a professional cyclist, who rode for two seasons before ending his career.
Major results
[edit]- 1958
- 1st Overall Liège–La Gleize
- 1963
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1964
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1965
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium
- 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 1966
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 9th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1967
- 1st Bordeaux–Paris
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2nd Overall Paris–Luxembourg
- 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 1968
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 1969
- 1st Stage 2B Tour de l'Oise
- 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 4th Bordeaux–Paris
- 7th Paris–Tours
- 8th Milan–San Remo
- 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1970
- 2nd Ronde van Limburg
- 1971
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Brabantse Pijl
- 1972
- 1st Flèche Hesbignonne
- 1973
- 2nd Flèche Hesbignonne
References
[edit]- ^ "Georges Van Coningsloo". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Tour de France 1966". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
External links
[edit]- Georges Van Coningsloo at Cycling Archives (archive)
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