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Wikipedia / Jef Planckaert

Joseph "Jef" Planckaert (4 May 1934 – 22 May 2007) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He is considered one of the best Belgian cyclists of the 1950s and 1960s.

His best season was 1962, when he became Belgian champion at the Citadel of Namur. He won Paris–Nice and the Tour de Luxembourg, won Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and finished second in the Tour de France. He also won Omloop Het Volk in 1958 and Four Days of Dunkirk in 1957, 1960, and 1963.

In the Tour de France, he finished in the top 20 six times in the final standings. In 1961, he won the 6th stage. In 1962, he wore the yellow jersey for 7 consecutive days. Planckaert retired in 1965.

Major results

  1. 1954

  2. Gent-Staden

  3. GP d'Isbuerges

  4. Liedekerke

  5. Langemark

  6. 1955

  7. Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen

  8. Kuurne – Brussel – Kuurne

  9. 1956

  10. Moorsele

  11. Zwevegem

  12. Kortrijk

  13. 1957

  14. Diksmuide

  15. Four days of Dunkirk

  16. Sint-Amands

  17. 1958

  18. Trofeo Fenaroli

  19. Omloop Het Volk

  20. Zwevegem

  21. 1959

  22. Nationale sluitingsprijs

  23. Beernem

  24. Braine-le-Comte

  25. 1960

  26. Kuurne – Brussel – Kuurne

  27. Four days of Dunkirk

  28. Vichte

  29. 1961

  30. Handzame

  31. Gullegem

  32. Oostende

  33. Zwevegem

  34. Wortegem

  35. 1962

  36. Bellegem

  37. Grand Prix du Parisien

  38. Paris–Nice

  39. Liège–Bastogne–Liège

  40. Tour de Luxembourg

  41. national road race champion

  42. Zwevegem

  43. Visé

  44. 1963

  45. Ploërdut

  46. Handzame

  47. Four days of Dunkirk

  48. Kortrijk

  49. Wortegem

  50. 1964

  51. GP du Tournaisis

  52. Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen

  53. Wetteren

  54. Kemzeke

  55. 1965

  56. Ruiselede

Tour de France results

Teams

  • 1954 – Alcyon-Dunlop

  • 1955 – Elvé-Peugeot

  • 1956 – Elvé-Peugeot

  • 1957 – Peugeot-BP

  • 1958 – Carpano

  • 1959 – Carpano

  • 1960 – Flandria-Wiel's

  • 1961 – Wiel's-Flandria

  • 1962 – Flandria-Faema

  • 1963 – Faema-Flandria

  • 1964 – Flandria-Romeo

  • 1965 – Solo-Superia

References