 Sels at the 1964 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Edward Sels |
| Nickname | Ward |
| Born | 27 August 1941 Vorselaar, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Sprinter |
Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stages in the Tour de France and one in the Giro d'Italia. He wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1964 Tour de France. His sister, Rosa Sels, was a cyclist too.
Major results
- 1962
- Tour of Flanders, U23
- Sint-Lenaerts
- 1963
- Antoing
- Bruxelles – Liège for independents (semi-professionals)
- Hoogstraten
- Machelen
- Sint-Lenaerts
- 1964
- Auvelais
- Braine-le-Comte
- Dendermonde
- Herentals
- Heusden O-Vlaanderen
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Belgium National road championship- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 1, 11, 14 and 19
- Wearing yellow jersey for two days
- Oostrozebeke
- Opwijk
- Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stage 1A
- Waregem
- 1965
- Ath
- Eeklo
- Issoire
- Lebbeke
- Lokeren
- Londerzeel
- Mol
- Paris–Brussels
- Saint-Claud
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 7
- Westerlo
- Zwevegem
- 1966
- Aalst
- Bankprijs
- Herentals
- Laarne
- Libramont
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 6 and 22A
- Mol
- Tour of Flanders
- Rumbeke
- Schaal Sels
- Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe (BEL)
- Stabroek
- 1967
- Antwerpse pijl
- Breendonk
- Circuit des Frontières
- Essen
- Garancières-en-Beauce
- GP Kanton Aargau Gippingen
- Kalmthout
- Ronde van Limburg
- Stekene
- Tessenderlo
- Westerlo
- 1968
- Auvelais
- Herne
- Honselersdijk
- Schaal Sels
- Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen
- Sint-Katelijne-Waver
- Sint-Niklaas
- 1969
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stage 6
- 1970
- Knokke
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edward Sels.
- "Palmarès d'Edward Sels". Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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- Official Tour de France results for Edward Sels
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