List of career achievements by Rik Van Steenbergen
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This is a list of career achievements by Rik Van Steenbergen, a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 1942 and 1966. Van Steenbergen is noted as one of the best sprinters of his generation and is a winner of a number of one-day races and stage races. Van Steenbergen won 25 Grand Tour stages during his career; four at the Tour de France, fifteen at the Giro d'Italia and six at the Vuelta a España. As a track cyclist, he won a record of 1,314 races, of which national and European titles in different disciplines and forty six-day races.[1]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 1942
- 1st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race
- 1st Antwerp provincial championship
- 1st in 3 stages of Omloop van Vlaanderen
- 1943
- National Road Championships
- 1st Championship of Flanders
- 1st Brussels, Charleroi, Eke, Erpe-Mere, Herk-de-Stad, Herstal, La Louvière, Liège-Coronmeuse, Mol, Niel, Oedelem, Waregem
- 1944
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
- 1st Charleroi, Liège, Verviers
- 1945
- 1st National Road Championships - Road race
- 1st Dwars door België
- 1st Brussels–Ingooigem
- 1st Charleroi, Heusden, La Louvière, Mol, Neerpelt, Nieuwerkerken, Retie
- 1946
- 3rd UCI Road World Championships Road race
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Tour des Quatre-Cantons (fr)
- 1st Brussels, Genève, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Lausanne, Marchienne-au-Pont, Neuchâtel, Retie, Saint-Gall, Schoenerwerd, Terkmerenbos, Turnhout, Waregem, Westerlo, Zürich
- 1947
- Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st GP de Soignies
- 1st Antwerp, Brussels, Grobbendonk, Tesenderlo, Turnhout, Zwijndrecht
- 1948
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Omloop der drie Provinciën
- 1st Critérium des As
- 1st Charleroi, Doornik, Jumet, Kessel-Lo, Overpelt, Sint-Niklaas, Stabroek, Turnhout
- 1949
- 1st UCI Road World Championships, Road race
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 12 & 21
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Tour of Limburg
- 1st Barvaux, Berlaar, Brussels, Charleroi, Croisé-Laroche, Halluin, Houthalen, Mechelen, Pâturages
- 1950
- 1st Paris–Brussels
- 1st Grand Prix d'Europe
- 1st Bordighera, Kortrijk, Mortsel, Oude God, Ronse, 's-Hertogenbosch, Saint-Amand les Eux
- 1951
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Ouest
- 1st Stage 2, 4 and 7
- 1st Grand Prix d'Europe
- 1st Niel–St Truiden
- 1st Bâle, Mauberge, Recanati, Sain-Méen le Grand, Zonhoven
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 1952
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 6, 9 & 10
- Tour de France
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Overall Vuelta a la Argentina
- 1st Stages 1, 8, 12 & 13
- Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Critérium des As
- 1st Boucles de l'Aulne
- 1st Stage 4 Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 1st Amiens, Charlieu, Jambes, Jemappes, Recanati, Roue d'Or
- 1953
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 9
- 1st Haumont, Lille, Pleurtuit, Troyes
- 1954
- 1st National Road Championships - Road race
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 5, 16, 17 & 22
- 1st sprints classification
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Alessandria, Arendonck, Bâle
- 3rd Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 1955
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 16
- 1st Critérium des As
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Driedaagse van Antwerpen
- 1st Omloop van Limburg
- 1st Antwerp, Auch, Bâle, Brussels, Ede, Peer, Sint-Michiels
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 1956
- 1st UCI Road World Championships, Road race
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 1, 7, 8, 11, 14 & 17
- 1st Points classification
- Tour de l'Ouest
- 1st Stage 8
- 1st Omloop van Limburg
- 1st Acht van Chaam
- 1st Hanret, Lokeren, Turnhout, Virton, Zingem
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 3rd Paris-Brussels
- 1957
- 1st UCI Road World Championships, Road race
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 1, 11, 17b, 20 & 21
- 1st sprints classification
- Roma–Napoli–Roma
- 1st Stages 1b and 5b
- 1st Critérium des As
- 1st Stage 3 Driedaagse van Antwerpen
- 1st Antwerp, Chambéry, Dendermonde, Elisabethville, Hanret, Herenthals, Léopoldville, Londerzeel, Mellebeke, Namur, Ruisbroek, Turnhout, Wavre, Willebroek
- 2nd Paris-Roubaix
- 1958
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- Tour of the Netherlands
- 1st Stage 4a
- 1st Acht van Chaam
- 1st Critérium des As
- 1st Overall GP Bali
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Aalst, Aarschot, Arlon, Brest, Chambéry, Charleroi, Châteauneuf, Hanret, Montignes-en-Goële, Saint-Pierre le Moutier, Sllanches, Woluwé
- 1959
- 1st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race
- Tour de l'Ouest
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Flèche Halloise
- 1st Aalst, Amiens, Belsele, Brasschaat, Charleroi, Cremone, De Panne, Geneve, Halle, Hanret, Heldesheim, Leuze, Locarno, Leuven, Zandhoven
- 2nd Milan-San Remo
- 1960
- 1st Acht van Chaam
- 1st Aalst, Dendermonde, Deurne, Eizer, Hanret, Londerzeel, Mol, Neuvic, Overijse, Vergt
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 1961
- 1st National Road Championships - Interclubs team time trial
- 1st Elfstedenronde
- 1st Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas
- 1st Bourcefranc, Bree, Daumesnil, Houthalen, Knokke, Riom, Rodez, Saint-Macaire-en-Mauges, Tongeren, Tothout, Woluwe
- 2nd Tour d'Hesbaye
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 1962
- 1st National Road Championships - Interclubs team time trial
- 1st Bourcefranc, De Panne, Dendermonde, Deurne, Lokeren, Made, Pleslin, Roim, Zwijdrecht
- 1963
- 1st Arendonk, Herenthals, Lokeren
- 1964
- 1st Bacaldo
- 1965
Track
[edit]- 1942
- 1st National Track Championships juniors – Men's sprint
- 1st Madison in Brussels
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp, Brussels
- 1943
- 1st Madison in Antwerp (x2), Brussels, Maldegem, Rocourt
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x5), Brussels, Ghent (x2), Maldegem
- 1st Pursuit in Ghent (x5)
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp, Brussels
- 2nd National Track Championships – Omnium
- 1944
- National Track Championships
- 1st Madison in Montaigu (x2), Rocourt, Sint-Niklaas, Zwartberg
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels (x3), Paris, Sint-Niklaas (x3), Zwartberg
- 1st Pursuit in Antwerp, Brussels
- 1st Sprint in Zwartberg
- 1945
- 1st Madison in Ghent, Zwartberg
- 1st Omnium in Brussels (x5)
- 2nd National Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit
- 1946
- 1st Madison in Bruges, Ghent, Genève, Ostend, Paris, Zürich
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Bruges (x2), Brussels (x7), Ghent (x3), Ostend, Paris (x2), Rocourt, Zürich
- 1st Pursuit in Brussels (x2), Ghent (x3)
- 1st Sprint in Maldegem
- 1st Prix Hourlier-Comès (with Marcel Kint)
- 1947
- 1st Madison in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent (x2), Herne Hill, Luxembourg, Ostend, Zürich
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Bruges, Brussels (x3), Ghent (x3), Ostend, Paris
- 1st Pursuit in Antwerp (x3), Brussels, Ghent (x3)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Naeye)
- 1948
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Marcel Kint)
- 1st Madison in Bruges, Brussels (x2), Ostend
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Ghent, Genève, Heist-op-den-Berg, Marcinelle, Milan, Mons-Crotteux, Paris, Rocourt
- 1st Pursuit in Antwerp, Paris
- 1st Sprint in Bruges, Genève
- 2nd Prix du Salon (with Marcel Kint)
- 3rd National Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit
- 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Stan Ockers)
- 1949
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Marcel Kint)
- 1st Madison in Amsterdam, Antwerp (x2), Bruges, Ghent, Heist-op-den-Berg, Liederkerke, Lommel, Marcinelle, Niedercorn, Rocourt, Rouen, Turin, Zürich
- 1st Derny in Brussels
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Copenhagen, Ghent, Heist-op-den-Berg, Marcinelle (x2), Moorslede, Paris, Rocourt, Zürich
- 1st Pursuit in Brussels
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Marcel Kint)
- 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Marcel Kint)
- 1950
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Achiel Bruneel)
- 1st Madison in Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Ostend, Walem
- 1st Derny in Heist-op-den-Berg, Rocourt, Ronse
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x2), Ghent (x3), Heist-op-den-Berg, Luxembourg, Paris, Turin, Walem
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Naeye)
- 1951
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Stan Ockers)
- 1st Madison in Alger, Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Montceau-les-Mines, Rocourt (x2), Zwartberg
- 1st Omnium in Alger, Antwerp (x2), Brussels, Copenhagen, Liederkerke (x2), Ostend, Marcinelle, Rocourt, Zürich (x3), Zwartberg
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Achiel Bruneel)
- 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Raymond Goussot)
- 1952
- 1st Six Days of Paris (with Raymond Goussot)
- 1st Madison in Alger, Buenos-Aires (x2), Cavaillon, Colmar, Lyon, Milan, Montceau-les-Mines, Montluçon, Rennes, Mans
- 1st Derny in Paris
- 1st Omnium in Copenhagen, Lyon Milan, Paris, Rocourt, Zwartberg
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Achiel Bruneel)
- 3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Gustav Killian)
- 1953
- 1st Prix du Salon (with Stan Ockers)
- 1st Madison in Antwerp, Barcelona, Brussels (x2), Marcinelle, Paris (x2), Rocourt (x2), Toulon
- 1st Derny in Antwerp, Brussels
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Copenhagen, Milan, Paris, Port-de-Bouc, Rocourt, Saint-Étienne, Zwartberg
- 1st Sprint in Modena
- 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Achiel Bruneel)
- 3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Stan Ockers)
- 1954
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Stan Ockers)
- 1st Madison in Antwerp, Brussels (x2), Milan, Roanne, Rocourt, Sint-Amands, Turin, Zwartberg
- 1st Derny in Lyon, Roanne
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Brussels
- 1st Pursuit in Milan, Roanne
- 1st Sprint in Limoges, Saint-Étienne
- 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Stan Ockers)
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Stan Ockers)
- 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Stan Ockers)
- 1955
- National Track Championships
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Stan Ockers)
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Madison in Amsterdam, Bayonne, Brussels (x2), Copenhagen (x2), Dortmund, Frankfurt, Ghent, Ostend, Marcinelle, Rocourt (x2), Saint-Omer, Zwartberg
- 1st Derny in Antwerp
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x4), Brussels (x5), Copenhagen, Grenoble, Le Havre, Padua, Rocourt
- 1st Pursuit in Brussels
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Stan Ockers)
- 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Sydney Patterson)
- 1956
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Madison in Brussels (x2), Copenhagen (x2), Dortmund, Frankfurt, Ghent, Lisbon, Ostend, Tortosa, Zürich
- 1st Derny in Antwerp, Brussels, Milan, Rocourt
- 1st Omnium in Brussels, Ghent, Le Havre, Ostend, Milan, Rocourt
- 1st Pursuit in Zürich
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Arsène Rijckaert)
- 1957
- 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Fred De Bruyne)
- 1st Madison in Antwerp, Copenhagen (x3), Ghent, Lurcy-Levis. Paris
- 1st Derny in Antwerp (x4), Brussels (x2)
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x5), Cologne, La Rochelle, Paris, Zürich
- 1st Sprint in Élisabethville, Ghent, Roubaix
- 2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)
- 3rd European Track Championships – Omnium
- 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Willy Vannitsen)
- 3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1958
- 1st European Track Championships – Madison (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Reginald Arnold)
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Prix Hourlier-Comès (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Madison in Antwerp, Berlin, Blaton, Bordeaux, Copenhagen (x3), Fougères, Ghent, Paris, Zürich
- 1st Derny in Antwerp (x2), Ghent (x2)
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x5), Ghent (x2), Paris (x2)
- 1st Pursuit in Antwerp
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp
- 2nd National Track Championships – Men's sprint
- 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Prix du Salon (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1959
- European Track Championships
- 1st Madison (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Klaus Bugdahl)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Fred De Bruyne)
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Madison in Aarhus, Berlin, Copenhagen (x3), Zürich
- 1st Derny in Antwerp (x5), Bâle, Brussels, Ghent (x2), Paris
- 1st Omnium in Aarhus, Berlin, Brussels (x3), Copenhagen (x2), Ghent (x4), Paris (x2)
- 1st Pursuit in Paris
- 1st Sprint in Brussels (x2)
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Emile Severeyns)
- 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns)
- 3rd Six Days of Cologne (with Heinz Vöpel)
- 1960
- European Track Championships
- 1st Madison (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Madison in Antwerp, Bâle, Brussels (x2), Copenhagen (x3), Ghent, Madrid, Zürich (x2)
- 1st Derny in Antwerp, Brussels (x4), Cologne, Ghent, Zürich
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Alger, Brussels (x6), Dortmund, Ghent (x3), Paris, Rocourt
- 1st Pursuit in Antwerp
- 1st Sprint in Nantes
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Günther Ziegler)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Leo Proost)
- 1961
- European Track Championships
- 1st Madison (with Emile Severeyns)
- 3rd Omnium
- National Track Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Madison (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Derny
- 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Klaus Bugdahl)
- 1st Madison in Bâle, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne (x3), Dortmund, Ghent (x2), Saintes, Saint-Quentin
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x4), Berlin (x2), Brussels (x2) Ghent
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x7), Copenhagen, Ghent (x4), Paris, Rocourt
- 1st Pursuit in Brussels
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp, Brussels (2)
- 2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Gilbert Maes)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)
- 3rd Six Days of Aarhus (with Emile Severeyns)
- 3rd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Emile Severeyns)
- 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1962
- European Track Championships
- 2nd Omnium
- 3rd Madison (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st National Track Championships – Derny
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Palle Lykke)
- 1st Six Days of Madrid (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Cologne (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Madison in Bâle, Berlin, Cologne, Milan
- 1st Derny in Antwerp (x4), Berlin (x4)
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Brussels (x4), Fresnes, Ghent (x3), Rocourt, Zürich
- 1st Pursuit in Cologne
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp, Brussels, Pont-Aven, Zürich
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Palle Lykke)
- 2nd Six Days of Münster (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Berlin-a (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Berlin-b (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Essen (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1963
- European Track Championships
- 1st Madison (with Palle Lykke)
- 2nd Derny
- 3rd Omnium
- National Track Championships
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke) and Leo Proost)
- 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Palle Lykke)
- 1st Six Days of Madrid (with Joseph De Bakker)
- 1st Madison in Milan, Zürich
- 1st Derny in Bâle, Brussels
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x2), Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Netherlands, Rocourt, Valentigney, Vincennes
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp (x2), Brussels
- 2nd Six Days of Essen (with Peter Post)
- 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Looy)
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Palle Lykke)
- 3rd Six Days of Cologne (with Palle Lykke)
- 3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Palle Lykke)
- 3rd Six Days of Milan (with Emile Severeyns)
- 3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Rik Van Looy))
- 1964
- National Track Championships
- European Track Championships
- 2nd Derny
- 1st Six Days of Milan (with Leandro Faggin)
- 1st Six Days of Madrid (with Federico Bahamontes)
- 1st Madison in Antwerp (x2), Brussels (x2), Cologne, Dortmund, Milan (x3), Ostend, Zürich
- 1st Derny in Antwerp, Berlin, Cologne (x2)
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp (x3), Brussels (x2), Dortmund, Madrid, Ostend, Paris, Rocourt
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp (x2)
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Palle Lykke)
- 2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Palle Lykke)
- 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Emile Severeyns)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke) and Leo Proost)
- 3rd Six Days of Essen (with Palle Lykke)
- 1965
- 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Leandro Faggin)
- 1st Six Days of Milan (with Gianni Motta)
- 1st Six Days of Essen (with Peter Post)
- 1st Six Days of Toronto (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Quebec (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1st Six Days of Madrid (with Romain De Loof)
- 1st Madison in Antwerp, Luçon, Niederborn, Saint-Quentin, Netherlands GP, Ostend
- 1st Derny in Antwerp, Netherlands GP
- 1st Omnium in Brussels (x2), Colmar, Ghent, Roubaix
- 1st Sprint in Antwerp, Ghent (x2)
- European Track Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Palle Lykke)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke) and Freddy Eugen)
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Palle Lykke)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Emile Severeyns)
- 1966
- 1st Derny in Antwerp
- 1st Omnium in Antwerp
- European Track Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Palle Lykke)
- 2nd Omnium
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Peter Post)
References
[edit]- ^ "Rik Van Steenbergen". ProCyclingStats (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ List of career achievements by Rik Van Steenbergen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ "Rik Van Steenbergen". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
- ^ "Palmarès Rik van Steenbergen". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.