Stan Ockers

Stan Ockers

Stan Ockers (1951)
Personal information
Full name	Constant Ockers
Born	(1920-02-03)3 February 1920 Belgium
Died	1 October 1956(1956-10-01) (aged 36)
Team information
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1941	Individual
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1943–1945	Métropole
1946	Metropole–Dunlop
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1947–1949	Mondia and Garin–Wolber
1950	Metropole–Dunlop and Terrot–Wolber
1951	Girardengo and Terrot–Wolber
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1955–1956	Elvé–Peugeot
1956	Girardengo–Icep
Major wins
Tour de France green jersey (1955, 1956) World Road Championship (1955) La Flèche Wallonne (1953, 1955) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1955)
Medal record Representing Belgium Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1955 Frascati Professional road race 1953 Lugano Professional road race

Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920 in Borgerhout – 1 October 1956 in Antwerp) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.

He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the Classic "Ardennes double" by winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same year. At this time the races were run on successive days as "Le Weekend Ardennais". He also won the World Cycling Championship that year.

Stan Ockers died after crashing during a track race in Antwerp in 1956. A year later a monument was built in Les Forges, Sprimont, in the south of Belgium.

Career achievements

Major results

1941

1st Scheldeprijs

1943

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1944

4th Overall Omloop van België

1946

1st Scheldeprijs

1st Heist-op-den-Berg

1st Bruxelles–Saint-Trond

5th Gent–Wevelgem

1947

3rd Overall Tour de Suisse

4th La Flèche Wallonne

5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

1948

1st Overall Tour of Belgium

2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen

1949

7th Overall Tour de France

1950

2nd Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 4

2nd Critérium des As

7th Road race, UCI World Road Championships

8th Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

1951

5th Overall Tour de France

6th Bordeaux–Paris

1952

2nd Overall Tour de France

2nd Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma

1st Stage 4a

2nd Overall Vuelta a Argentina

1st Stage 3

2nd La Flèche Wallonne

3rd Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

6th Overall Giro d'Italia

10th Road race, UCI World Road Championships

1953

1st La Flèche Wallonne

2nd Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma

1st Stage 4

2nd Critérium des As

3rd Road race, UCI World Road Championships

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

4th Giro di Lombardia

4th Bordeaux–Paris

6th Overall Giro d'Italia

1954

1st Schaal Sels

2nd Paris–Roubaix

5th Bordeaux–Paris

6th Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 11

6th Milan–San Remo

1955

1st Road race, UCI World Road Championships

1st Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

1st Overall Weekend Ardennais

1st La Flèche Wallonne

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st Trophée Gentil

1st Stage 1b (TTT) Driedaagse van Antwerpen

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

2nd Grand Prix Martini

2nd De Drie Zustersteden

2nd Bruxelles–Couvin

3rd Critérium des As

5th Paris–Brussels

8th Overall Tour de France

1st Points classification

9th Paris–Tours

1956

1st Overall Roma–Napoli–Roma

1st Stages 1b, 3b, 4b, 5a & 5b

2nd Tour of Flanders

2nd Bordeaux–Paris

2nd Grand Prix Martini

3rd Overall Challenge Desgrange-Colombo

4th Road race, UCI World Road Championships

4th La Flèche Wallonne

6th Gent–Wevelgem

8th Overall Tour de France

1st Points classification

1st Stage 19

9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stages 5 & 9

10th Milan–San Remo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	6	6	—	—	—
Tour de France	11	7	2	5	2	—	6	8	8
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

External links

• Stan Ockers at Cycling Archives (archive)