![]() Melckenbeeck finishing behind Darrigade in the 2nd stage of the 1962 Tour de France  | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Frans Melckenbeeck | 
| Born | 15 November 1940 Lede, Belgium  | 
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road | 
| Role | Rider | 
| Professional teams | |
| 1962–1966 | Mercier–BP–Hutchinson | 
| 1967–1969 | Groene Leeuw–Tibetan–Pull Over Centrale | 
| 1970–1972 | Goldor | 
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Frans Melckenbeeck (born 15 November 1940) is a retired 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. Melckenbeeck also competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[3]
Major results
- 1958
 - 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten Amateurs race
 - 1st Overall Étoile des Débutants
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
 
 - 1960
 - 1st Bruxelles–Lede
 - 1961
 - 5th UCI Road World Championships Amateur road race
 - 1961
 - 1st 
 National Road Race Championships Road race, amateurs - 1st 
 National Track Championships Madison, amateurs - 1st Overall Ronde van Limburg (for under age 26)
 - 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium amateurs
- 1st Stages 5 & 6
 
 - 1st Overall Tour du Berry
- 1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)
 
 - 1st Paris–Vailly
 - 1st Kampioenschap van Oost-Vlaanderen
 - 1st Grand Prix Somalia
 - 2nd Grand Prix Neuville
 - 2nd Gent–Wevelgem Amateurs
 - 1962
 - 1st Schelde-Dender-Leie
 - 1st Lede
 - 1st Mere
 - 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg
 - 1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
 - 1st Mol
 - 2nd Paris–Tours
 - 2nd Berlare
 - 3rd Overall Tour du Nord
- 1st Stage 2
 
 - 3rd Gullegem Koerse
 - 1963
 - Tour de France:
- 1st Stage 4
 
 - 1st Stage 2 Tour du Nord
 - 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 - 1st GP Brasschaat
 - 1st GP Gemeente Kortemark
 - 1st Omloop Gemeente Melle
 - 1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
 - 1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs
 - 1st Stages 2, 4 & 7 Tour du Sud-Est
 - 1st GP Roeselare
 - 1st Provencial interclub championship
 - 1st Aalst
 - 1st Lede
 - 1st Ninove
 - 1st GP Gemeente Kortemark
 - 2nd Tour of Flanders
 - 2nd Schelde-Dender-Leie
 - 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
 - 2nd 
 National Road Race Championships Interclubs Road race - 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
 - 3rd Schaal Sels
 - 1964
 - 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
 - 1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie
 - 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
 - 1st Omloop Het Volk
 - 1st GP Gemeente Kortemark
 - 1st Lede
 - 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
 - Vuelta a España
- 1st stages 3, 6 and 17
 
 - 1st Omloop Het Volk
 - 1st GP Roeselare
 - 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
 - 1st Temse
 - 1st Zwevegem
 - 1st Lede
 - 1st Kortemark
 - 2nd Schelde-Dender-Leie
 - 2nd Grand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence
 - 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël
 - 3rd 
 National Road Race Championships Road race - 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 - 1965
 - Vuelta a España:
- 1st Stage 10a
 
 - 1st GP Monaco
 - 1st Erembodegem-Terjoden
 - 1966
 - 1st Omloop van de Vlasstreek
 - 1st Omloop Gemeente Melle
 - 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour of Belgium
 - 2nd Omloop van het Waasland
 - 1967
 - 1st Stages 3 & 4 (TTT) Tour of Belgium
 - 1st Provencial interclub championship
 - 1st Westouter
 - 1968
 - 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
 - 1st Erembodegem-Terjoden
 - 1st Herzele
 - 1st Handzame
 - 1969
 - 1st Lede
 - 1st Moorsele
 - 1970
 - 1st Roubaix-Cassel-Roubaix
 - 1971
 - 1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
 - 1st Temse
 - 3rd Schelde-Dender-Leie
 - 1972
 - 1st Ninove
 
References
- ↑ "Frans Melckenbeek". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
 - ↑ "Palmarès de Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
 - ↑ "Frans Melckebeke Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
 
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frans Melckenbeeck.
- Frans Melckenbeeck at Cycling Archives
 - Frans Melckenbeeck at ProCyclingStats
 - Frans Melckenbeeck at CycleBase
 - Frans Melckenbeeck at Olympedia
 - Official Tour de France results for Frans Melckenbeeck
 
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