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Éloi Meulenberg

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Eloi Meulenberg
Meulenberg in 1939
Personal information
Born(1912-09-22)22 September 1912
Jumet, Belgium
Died26 February 1989(1989-02-26) (aged 76)
Charleroi, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
1934Independent
Professional teams
1934–40Alcyon-Dunlop
1941–42Individual
1943Helyett-Hutchinson
1944Jordens
1946–47Rochet-Dunlop
1948Peugeot-Dunlop
1948Météore and Elvé-Peugeot
1948Peugeot-Dunlop
1949–50?
Major wins
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
9 individual stages (1936, 1937, 1938)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (1937)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1937)
Grand Prix de Fourmies
Paris–Brussels (1936)
Scheldeprijs (1943)
Ronde van Limburg (1945)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1937 Copenhagen Elite Men's Road Race

Eloi Meulenberg (22 September 1912 – 26 February 1989) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.[1] He is best known for his gold medal in the Elite Race of the 1937 Road World Championships and his nine stage wins in the Tour de France.[2][3]

Meulenberg during the 1936 Tour de France

Major results

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1932
1st Stage 9 Tour of Belgium Independents
1934
1st Brussels-Liège (fr)
1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Ouest
1935
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
2nd 1935 Tour of Flanders
1936
1st Paris–Brussels
Tour de France
1st Stages 6 & 18a
3rd Circuit de Paris [fr]
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
10th La Flèche Wallonne
1937
1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1st GP Stad Vilvoorde
1st Omloop Groot Oostende
1st Bergen op Zoom
1st Critérium de Zürich
Tour de France
1st Stages 11a, 13b, 14a & 14c
1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium
1938
1st G.P d'Auvelais
1st Critérium de Namur
Tour de France
1st Stages 4a, 4b & 5
8th Paris–Brussels
10th Paris–Tours
1939
1st Nancy-Les Vosges-Nancy
1st Championship of Hainaut
1943
1st Scheldeprijs
1st GP Jordens
1st GP d'Ougrée
1st GP Brussels
1942
1st Marcinelle
1st Seraing
1943
1st Championship of Brabant
1945
1st Ronde van Limburg[clarification needed]
1st GP de la Victoire
1st Bonheiden
1st Châtelineau
1st Keumiée
1st Wavre

References

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  1. ^ "Eloi Meulenberg". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. ^ "Palmarès d'Eloi Meulenberg (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Eloi Meulenberg". ProcyclingStats. 2023.
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