Fred De Bruyne




Belgian cyclist and TV sports commentator

































Fred De Bruyne

Fred De Bruyne (1956).jpg
De Bruyne at the 1956 Tour de France

Personal information
Full name Fred De Bruyne
Born
(1930-10-21)21 October 1930
Berlare, Belgium
Died 4 February 1994(1994-02-04) (aged 63)
Seillans, France
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins

Paris–Nice (1956)
Milan–San Remo (1956)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1956, 1958, 1959)
Tour of Flanders (1957)
Paris–Roubaix (1957)
Paris–Tours (1957)

Alfred De Bruyne (21 October 1930 – 4 February 1994) was a Belgian champion cyclist.


He won Milan–San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1956, the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours in 1957, and again Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1958 and 1959.


He also won the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition 3 years running (1956 to 1958). This was the fore-runner of the Super Prestige now in itself replaced by the UCI Ranking Points List.


After his professional cycling career he went on to become a very popular TV sports commentator, a team manager, and finally a spokesman for the Panasonic cycling team.



Major results




1954


Tour de France:
Winner stages 8, 13 and 22




1956

Milan–San Remo

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Paris–Nice


Tour de France:
Winner stages 1, 6 and 10




1957

Tour of Flanders

Paris–Roubaix

Paris–Tours

Six days of Ghent

1958

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Paris–Nice

1959

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Six days of Ghent

1961

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne




Books by Fred De Bruyne


Fred de Bruyne wrote following books (in Dutch) about famous cyclists:




  • Rik Van Steenbergen, 1963


  • Rik Van Looy, 1963


  • Patrick Sercu, 1965


  • Peter Post (wielrenner)|Peter Post, 1965


  • De memoires van Fred De Bruyne, 1978



External links


Media related to Fred De Bruyne at Wikimedia Commons



  • Fred De Bruyne at Cycling Archives












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