Gérard Debaets

Gérard Debaets

Debaets in 1913
Personal information
Full name Gérard Debaets
Born (1899-04-17)17 April 1899
Heule, Belgium
Died 27 April 1959(1959-04-27) (aged 60)
North Haledon, New Jersey, United States
Team information
Role Rider

Gérard Debaets (17 April 1899 27 April 1959) was a Belgian racing cyclist.[1] He won the Tour of Flanders in 1924 and the Belgian national road race title in 1925.[2] He also specialized in track cycling, winning a total of 18 six-day events, including six times the most prestigious Six Days of New York. Debaets was a resident of Fair Lawn and North Haledon, New Jersey, where he died in 1959 of a heart attack.[3][4]

References

  1. "Gérard Debaets". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  2. "Gérard Debaets". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. Gabriele, Michael C. The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing in New Jersey, p. 93. The History Press, 2011. ISBN 9781596294271. "Following his retirement in 1945, he opened a bicycle shop in Paterson and resided in Fair Lawn and North Haledon."
  4. Staff. "Gerard Debaets Is Dead at 61; Won 18 Six-Day Bicycle Races", The New York Times, April 28, 1959. Accessed September 11, 2015. "North Haledon, N. J., April 27 - Gerard Debaets, a member of NORTH HALEDON, N. J., April 27--Gerard Debaets, a member of winning teams in eighteen six-day bicycle races and the holder of several national bicycle championships, died today of a heart attack at his home, 139 Oakwood Avenue."

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