Edward (Ward) Cels ( Dutch: Edward Sels ; born August 27, 1941 , commune of Vorselar , Antwerp province, Belgium ) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer in 1963-1972. The winner of the stages of the Grand Tours Tour de France , Giro d'Italia and Vuelta of Spain . Champion of Belgium in road cycling in the group race (1964). The winner of one-day cycling races: Paris - Brussels ( 1965 ), Grand Prix of Marcel Quint (1965), Tour of Flanders ( 1966 ), Schal Sels (1966, 1968), Tour of Limburg (1967), Grand Prix of the canton of Aargau (1967), Scheldreis (1968).
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| Nickname | Ward | ||
| Citizenship |  Belgium | ||
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| Sports career | 1963-1972 | ||
| Current team | Finished his career | ||
| Specialization | Sprinter | ||
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Grand Tours
Day Races and Classics
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Achievements
- 1960
- 7th Tour of Flanders U23
- 1962
- 1st Flanders Tour U23
- 3rd Championship of Belgium - Group Race (Amateur)
- 1963
- 1st Tour des onze villes
- 1964
- 1st Champion of Belgium - Group Race
- Tour de France
- 2nd - Spectacle Classification
- 1st - Stages 1, 11, 14 and 19 [1]
- Leader in the general classification after Steps 1-2
- 1st - Stages 1, 11, 14 and 19 [1]
- Vuelta of Spain
- 1st - Stage 1 [2]
- Leader in the general classification after Stage 1
- 1st - Stage 4 Luxembourg Tour
- 8th Paris - Nice - General Classification
- 1st - Steps 1 and 11
- 1st - Stage 2 Paris - Luxembourg
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 4th Flanders Tour
- 8th Milan - San Remo [3]
- 8th Omlop Hat Nieuwsblad
- Tour de France
- 1965
- 1st Paris - Brussels
- 1st - Stage 7 Tour de France [4]
- 1st - Stage 2 Giro di Sardinia
- 1st - Stage 3 Tour of Belgium
- 1st Grand Prix of Marcel Quint
- 2nd Paris - Roubaix [5]
- 2nd Flanders Tour
- 3rd Super Prestige Perno
- 3rd Paris - Luxembourg - General Classification
- 1st - Stage 4
- 5th Ghent - Wevelgem
- 1st - Stage 7 Tour de France [4]
- 1966
- 1st Flanders Tour
- 1st Schal Sels
- Tour de France
- 3rd - Spectacle Classification
- 1st - Stages 6 and 22 of the Tour de France [6]
- 2nd Tour des onze villes
- 6th Eschborn - Frankfurt
- 9th Dvars dor Flanders
- 1st Schal Sels
- 1967
- 1st Limburg Tour
- 1st Circuit des frontières
- 1st Grand Prix of the canton of Argau
- 1st - Stages 1, 3, 4 and 7 of the Vuelta of Andalusia
- 1st - Stage 5a Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Ghent - Wevelgem
- 3rd Omlop Hat Nieuwsblad
- 3rd Grand Prix of Marcel Quint
- 5th Paris - Roubaix [7]
- 5th Eschborn - Frankfurt
- 5th E3 Harelbeke
- 8th Scheldrade
- 10th Bordeaux - Paris
- 1st Circuit des frontières
- 1968
- 1st Skheldepreys
- 1st Schal Sels
- 1st - Stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia [8]
- 1st - Stage 3a Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Kurne - Brussels - Kurne
- 3rd Grand Prix of Saint-Raphael
- 4th Paris - Roubaix [9]
- 4th Milan - San Remo [10]
- 5th Eschborn - Frankfurt
- 5th Omlop Hat Nieuwsblad
- 1st Schal Sels
- 1969
- 1st - Stage 6 of the Vuelta of Spain [11]
Performance statistics
Grand Tours
| Grand tour | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 |
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| Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | - | Sf | - | - |
| Tour de France | 33 | Sf | 38 | - | Sf | - | Sf |
| (since 2010 ) Vuelta of Spain | Sf | - | - | - | - | 54 | - |
| - | Did not participate |
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| Sf | Did not finish |
Notes
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Tour de France - 1964 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Vuelta of Spain - 1964 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Milan - San Remo - 1964 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Tour de France - 1965 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1965 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Tour de France - 1966 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1967 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Giro d'Italia - 1968 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1968 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Milan - San Remo - 1968 .
- ↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Vuelta of Spain - 1969 .
Links
- Cels, Edward at FirstCycling
- Cels, Edward on Cycling Archives
- Cels, Edward at Memoire du cyclisme
- Cels, Edward on CycleBase