Brakke, Ferdinand

Ferdinand Bracke
Ferdinand Bracke
	the nether Ferdinand bracke
	; Ferdinand Bracke in 1970
personal information
Citizenship	Belgium
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	;
Rider Information
Sports career	1962-1978
Current team	completed career
Specialization	, ,
Professional teams
1962-1973; 1974; 1975; 1976-1977; 1978	Peugeot; Watney-maes; Ti-Raleigh; Lejeune-bp; Old lords-splendor
Main victories
	Grand ToursTour de france2 individual stages ( 1966 , 1976 )Vuelta spain General Classification ( 1971 ) One-day races and classicsGrand Prix of Wallonia (1970)Pinot Cherami Grand Prix (1973)
000000 Medals
	Track
	World Championship
00000 State and other awards
	Belgian athlete of the year (1967)

Ferdinand Brakke ( niderl. Ferdinand Bracke ; b. May 25, 1939 , in the commune of Hamme , East Flanders Province, Belgium ) - Belgian professional road and track cyclist in the years 1962-1978. Two - time world champion in track cycling in the individual pursuit among professionals ( 1964 , 1969 ). Winner of the cycling race " Vuelta Spain " ( 1971 ). Belgian athlete of the year (1967).

Achievements

Highway

Lovers

1961: 1st - Stage 2b Tour of Austria; 1st - Stage 2 Tour of Limburg (amateurs); 1st — Stages 2b ( IG ) and 3 Tours of Wallonia
1962: 1st - Stage 10 Peace Race; 1st Grand Prix of Nations

Professionals

1962

3rd Grand Prix of Lugano

1963

2nd Grand Prix of Nations

2nd Grand Prix of Lugano

2nd Manche-Océan

2nd Flèche hesbignonne-Cras Avernas

3rd Baracci Trophy

9th Paris - Tour

1964

1st Grand Prix of Lugano

1st - Stage 5b ( IG ) Four days Dunkirk

1st - Stage 4a Grand Prix du Midi libre

2nd Picardy Tour

1966

1st Baracci Trophy (along with Eddie Merks )

1st - Stage 1b ( IG ) Tour of Belgium

1st - Stage 19 Tour de France ^[1]

2nd Climbing Montjuic - General Classification

1st in ( IG )

1967

Hour record of driving

1st Baracci Trophy (along with Eddie Merks )

9th Liege - Bastogne - Liege

9th Flush Valogn

1968

1st European Cup in ( IG ) (along with Vittorio Adorni )

2nd Belgian Championship - Group Race

2nd Paris - Nice - General Classification

1st - Stage 8b

3rd Tour de France - General Classification ^[2]

9th Super Prestige Perno (along with Rudi Altig )

1969

1st — Stage 4b ( IG ) Four Days Dunkirk

2nd Grand Prix du Midi libre - General Classification

1st - Stage 2b

2nd Criterium Dauphine - General Classification

1st - Stage 1c

1970

1st Grand Prix of Wallonia

1st - Stage 5b ( IG ) Four days Dunkirk

1971

1st

Spain Vuelta - General Classification ^[3]

1st Flèche hesbignonne-Cras Avernas

2nd Tour of Luxembourg - General Classification

3rd Tour of Belgium - General Classification

6th Liege - Bastogne - Liege

8th Super Prestige Perno (with Marino Basso )

8th Criterium Dauphine - General Classification

1972

1st — Stage 5 Étoile des Espoirs

3rd Four Days Dunkirk - General Classification

1973

1st Pinot Cerami Grand Prix

1974

1st Monaco Grand Prix

1st - Stage 1b Picardy Tour

2nd Le Samen - General Classification

3rd Tour of Belgium - General Classification

1st - Prologue and Stage 5b ( IG )

8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege

1975

3rd Walloon Grand Prix

7th Flash Valony

1976

1st - Stage 17 ( IG ) Tour de France ^[4]

1978

2nd Halle - Ingegem

Track

1964: 1st World Champion - Individual Pursuit (Prof.); 3rd Belgian Championship - Individual Pursuit
1965: 1st Belgian Champion - Individual Pursuit; 2nd World Championship - Individual Pursuit (Prof.); 3rd European Championship - Omnium
1966: 2nd World Championship - Individual Pursuit (Prof.)
1967: 1st Belgian Champion - Individual Pursuit; 1st Six Days of Charleroi (with Patrick Cerqué )
1968: 1st Six Days of Charleroi (along with Eddie Merckx ); 2nd Belgian Championship - Omnium
1968: 1st World Champion - Individual Pursuit (Prof.); 3rd Six Days of Charleroi (along with Rudi Altig )
1971: 2nd Sixth Day of Ghent (with Peter Post ); 3rd Belgian Championship - Omnium; 3rd Six Days of Grenoble (together with Patrick Cerkus ); The 3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Peter Post )
1972: 1st Belgian Champion - Individual Pursuit; 1st Belgian Champion - Durney; 2nd World Championship - Individual Pursuit (Prof.)
1973: 1st Belgian Champion - Individual Pursuit; 1st Six Days of Montreal (together with Robert van Lanker ); 2nd World Championship - Individual Pursuit (Prof.); 3rd European Championship - Durney
1974: 2nd World Championship - Individual Pursuit (Prof.); 2nd Belgian Championship - Individual Pursuit; Herning's 3rd Six Days (along with Julien Stevens )
1976: 2nd Belgium Championship - Madison; 3rd Belgian Championship - Durney
1979: 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (along with Constant Tournai )

Performance statistics

Ferdinand Brakke on the Tour de France 1976

Grand Tours

Grand Tour	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de france	21	Sf	Sf	32	-	3	57	-	58	-	-	-	-	77	Sf
(since 2010 ) Vuelta spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	one	-	54	-	-	-	-

Legend
-	Did not participate
Sf	Did not finish

Notes

↑ Pages of the history of cycling: Tour de France - 1966 (Neopr.) .
↑ Pages of the history of cycling: Tour de France - 1968 (Neopr.) .
↑ Pages of the history of cycling: Vuelta of Spain - 1971 (Neopr.) .
↑ Pages of the history of cycling: Tour de France - 1976 (Neopr.) .

Links

Brakke, Ferdinand at FirstCycling (English)
Brakke, Ferdinand on the Cycling Archives (eng.)
Bracke, Ferdinand on Memoire du cyclisme (eng.)
Brakke, Ferdinand on CycleBase (eng.)

[1] Pages of the history of cycling: Tour de France - 1966 (Neopr.) .

[2] Pages of the history of cycling: Tour de France - 1968 (Neopr.) .

[3] Pages of the history of cycling: Vuelta of Spain - 1971 (Neopr.) .

[4] Pages of the history of cycling: Tour de France - 1976 (Neopr.) .