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Frans Melckenbeeck

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Frans Melckenbeeck
Melckenbeeck finishing behind Darrigade in the 2nd stage of the 1962 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameFrans Melckenbeeck
Born(1940-11-15)15 November 1940
Lede, German-occupied Belgium
Died28 October 2025(2025-10-28) (aged 84)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1962–1966Mercier–BP–Hutchinson
1967–1969Template:Cycling data Groene Leeuw
1970–1972Goldor
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1963)
Vuelta a España
4 individual stages (1964, 1965)

One-day races and Classics

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1963)
Omloop Het Volk (1964)
Grand Prix de Fourmies (1964)

Frans Melckenbeeck (15 November 1940 28 October 2025) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.[1] In 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the Tour de France, and in 1963 he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[2] He won 4 stages in the 1964 and 1965 Vuelta a España. He also cycled at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3]

Melckenbeeck died on 28 October 2025 at the age of 84.[4]

References

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  1. "Frans Melckenbeek". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  2. "Palmarès de Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. "Frans Melckebeke Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  4. Frans Melckenbeeck, oud-winnaar van Luik-Bastenaken-Luik, overleden op 84-jarige leeftijd (in Dutch)

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