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Full name | Ludovicus Achilles Bruneel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1918-10-19)19 October 1918 Herenthout, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 5 June 2008(2008-06-05) (aged 89) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1939 | Alcyon-Dunlop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1940-1942 | Individual | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1943 | Europe-Dunlop | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1944-1946 | Individual | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1947 | Dayton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1948-1955 | Individual | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Achiel Bruneel (19 October 1918 – 5 June 2008) was a professional track cyclist from Herenthout, Belgium.
He rode different Six-days events of which he eventually won 12, remarkably with 9 different teammates.
Major results
- 1940
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Jef Scherens)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger Deneef)
- 1942
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Karel Kaers)
- 1946
- 1st Prix Raynaud-Dayen Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)
- 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)
- 1947
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Omer De Bruycker)
- 1st Six Days of Paris (with Robert Naeye)
- 1948
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Camile Dekuysscher)
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Camile Dekuysscher)
- 1949
- 1st Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie)
- 2nd European Track Championships – Madison (with Camile Dekuysscher)
- 1950
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne (with Guy Lapébie)
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
- 1st Prix Dupré-Lapize Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
- 2nd European Track Championships – Madison (with Guy Lapébie)
- 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie)
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Albert Bruylandt)
- 1951
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
- 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
- 1952
- 1st Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Lucien Acou)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 1953
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Oscar Plattner)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Arsène Rijckaert)
- 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 3rd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lucien Acou)
- 3rd European Track Championships – Madison (with Arsene Ryckaert)
- 1954
- 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Lucien Acou)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Lucien Acou)
- 3rd European Track Championships – Madison (with Lucien Acou)
References
- "Achiel Bruneel". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
- "Achiel Bruneel". ProcyclingStats. 2022.