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Patrick Sercu

1944 - 2019

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Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Sercu is the 30th most popular cyclist (up from 34th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 295th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Patrick Sercu ranks 30 out of 1,613. Before him are Rik Van Steenbergen, Louis Trousselier, Nicolas Frantz, Rudolph Lewis, Lucien Van Impe, and René Pottier. After him are Marco Pantani, Octave Lapize, Firmin Lambot, Francesco Moser, Jan Janssen, and Ferdinand Kübler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Patrick Sercu ranks 216. Before him are Michel Polnareff, Jim Abrahams, Bernard Tschumi, Rocky Johnson, Péter Eötvös, and Steve Fossett. After him are Mordechai Spiegler, Phillip Allen Sharp, Terry Cooper, Sergei Belov, Jerry Springer, and Dennis Wilson. Among people deceased in 2019, Patrick Sercu ranks 127. Before him are Klaus Kinkel, Josef Kadraba, Georgiy Daneliya, Andrés Gimeno, Anatoly Lukyanov, and Hirokazu Kanazawa. After him are Mike Troy, Dawda Jawara, Prosper Grech, Ken Kercheval, Ken Matthews, and Harold Bloom.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Patrick Sercu ranks 287 out of 1,190. Before him are Patrick Bauchau (1938), Arthur Grumiaux (1921), Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), John Berchmans (1599), and Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573). After him are Bart De Wever (1970), Max Verstappen (1997), James Weddell (1787), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), Violetta Villas (1938), and Rimbert (830).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Patrick Sercu ranks 7. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945), Rik Van Looy (1933), Roger De Vlaeminck (1947), Philippe Thys (1889), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), and Lucien Van Impe (1946). After him are Firmin Lambot (1886), Odile Defraye (1888), Léon Scieur (1888), Walter Godefroot (1943), Sylvère Maes (1909), and Freddy Maertens (1952).

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