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Patrick Sercu
Sercu in 2008
Personal information
Full namePatrick Sercu
NicknameEmperor of the oval
Born(1944-06-27)27 June 1944
Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
Died19 April 2019(2019-04-19) (aged 74)
Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineTrack and road
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
1964Bertin–Porter 39–Milremo
1964–1966Solo–Superia
1967Flandria–DeClerckx
1968–1969Faemino–Faema
1970–1972Dreher
1973–1976Brooklyn
1977Fiat France
1978–1979Marc Zeepcentrale–Superia
1980Marc–VRD
1981–1902IWC–Imex
1983Imex–Neuhaus
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (1974)
6 individual stages (1974, 1977)
Giro d'Italia
13 individual stages (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)

Stage races

Giro di Sardegna (1970)

One-day races and Classics

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1972)
Elfstedenronde (1973)
Halle–Ingooigem (1974)
Dwars door West-Vlaanderen (1974)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1977)

Track Championships

National Track Championships
Madison (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977)
Omnium (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982)
Sprint (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969)
Derny (1976)
European Track Championships
Omnium (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980)
Madison (1969, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1978)
Derny (1977)
World Track Championships
Sprint (1967, 1969)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 1000 m time trial
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1963 Liege Amateur's sprint
Gold medal – first place 1967 Amsterdam Sprint
Gold medal – first place 1969 Antwerpen Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1965 San Sebastián Sprint
Silver medal – second place 1968 Rome Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1965 Brussels Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1967 Gent Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1968 Gent Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1969 Gent Madison
Gold medal – first place 1969 Charleroi Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1970 Köln Madison
Gold medal – first place 1970 Gent Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1971 Brussels Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1972 Gent Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1973 Köln Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1975 Rotterdam Madison
Gold medal – first place 1976 Rotterdam Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1977 Kopenhagen Madison
Gold medal – first place 1977 Antwerp Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1977 Rotterdam Derny
Gold medal – first place 1978 Milan Madison
Gold medal – first place 1980 Gent Omnium
Gold medal – first place 1982 Gent Madison
Silver medal – second place 1972 Antwerp Madison
Silver medal – second place 1978 Rotterdam Derny
Silver medal – second place 1979 Vienna Omnium
Silver medal – second place 1980 Vienna Derny
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Bremen Madison
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Gent Madison
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Zürich Madison
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Kopenhagen Madison
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Milan Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Zürich Omnium

Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019)[1] was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx.[2] He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d'Italia.[3][4]

With 38 national and 15 European championship titles, he is considered as one of the most successful track cyclists ever.[5]

In total, he won no less than 1,206 races, of which 168 road races and 1,038 track races.[6]

Biography

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Early life

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At a young age, Patrick Sercu was pushed towards the track by his father Albert, himself a successful rider. "He was afraid I would break down too quickly on the road", Patrick Sercu himself said about that.

With his fast legs, Sercu was also born for explosive work on the track. In 1962, aged 18, he won his first national titles, in the sprint and madison events. At 19, Sercu became world amateur sprint champion in Rocourt, near Liège.

Sercu after winning the 1963 World amateur sprint championship in Rocourt

A year later, the still very young Sercu captured gold at the kilometre in Tokyo, his only participation in the Games as only amateurs were allowed to compete in the cycling events at the time. That year, he was the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester.[7]

Professional career

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After the Olympics, professional life and also increasingly the road races beckoned for Sercu. Super team Solo–Superia, which also included Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Looy and Rik Van Steenbergen, brought in the West-Fleming.

While on the road he still lacked power and speed, on the track he was increasingly successful. Between 1965 and 1969, he won two more golds and two more silver medals at the World Sprint Championships, each time after a duel with his Italian rival Giuseppe Beghetto.

Sercu with wife, after winning the 1967 World Championship Sprint

He was also an instant winner in the Six Days. With Eddy Merckx at his side, he won his first of 11 Six Days in Ghent in 1965. Until the early 1980s, Sercu would remain the uncrowned king of the Six Days.

With 88 final victories, Sercu leads the eternal rankings. "It's Merckx's fault there weren't more", he later said jokingly. After all, Merckx could not ride a full winter programme due to his busy schedule.

Gradually, Sercu began to find his feet on the road as well. In 1970, he rode his first major tour, the Giro, and took his first stage win. Twelve more stage wins in the Italian Tour would follow in the following years.

By the mid-1970s, Sercu had become one of the most renowned sprinters in the peloton. In his first participation in the Tour at the age of 30, he snatched 3 stages as well as the green jersey. Three years later, he would bring his total in the Tour to six stage wins. By then, he had already won the overall classification of another stage race Giro di Sardegna in 1970, and the points classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné and La Méditerranée in 1977.

Retirement

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Patrick Sercu in 1998

Patrick Sercu retired from competitions in 1983. He became organizer of six days events and omniums all over the world,[3] and director of the Six Days of Ghent and the former Six Days of Hasselt.[8][9] After a few years with unstable health, Sercu died on 19 April 2019, aged 74.[10]

Riding Style

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Sercu had the special quality not only to have a very fast sprint, but he could also maintain that top speed for a long time. He celebrated his greatest success there with one kilometer time trial, where he often outwitted the stockier, more explosive types in a long sprint. It earned him the world records in the shorter distances. Moreover, everything seemed to come very easily to him, often to the chagrin of his opponents. With his unequalled recuperation ability, he was able to participate in more than ten six-days in a winter season. In the years that he combined the track with the road, he competed in more than 200 races every year.

The six-day combination with Eddy Merckx was a success. Merckx was able to maintain a high, constant pace for a long time, while Sercu often finished it off with his final sprint.[11]

Major results

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Road

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1964
1st Gent–Wevelgem Amateur race
1965
1st Criterium Zolder
1966
1st Criterium Bourcefranc
1967
1st Memorial Tom Simpson
1968
1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
2nd Ronde van Limburg
1969
1st Omloop Leiedal
1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
1970
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 5
2nd Coppa Sabatini
2nd Milano–Vignola
2nd Giro di Calabria
2nd Nokere Koerse
3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
3th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 5
1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Stage 4
1971
1st Izegem koers
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 13 & 14
1st Stage 2 Giro di Sardegna
1st Criterium Tortoretto
2nd Coppa Bernocchi
1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
1st GP Roeselare
2nd Grote 1-MeiPrijs
2nd Milano–Vignola
2nd Giro di Campania
3rd Sassari-Cagliari
1972
1st Omloop van het Houtland
1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
1st Criterium Lignano
2nd Coppa Bernocchi
2nd Paris–Camembert
1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Stage 6
3rd Sassari-Cagliari
1973
1st Maaslandse Pijl
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 9
1st Stage 2 Giro di Puglia
1st Elfstedenronde
1st Sassari-Cagliari
2nd Milano–Vignola
1974
Tour de France
1st Points classification
1st StageS 3, 4 and 10
1st Halle–Ingooigem
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 1, 10 & 12 (ITT), 7 & 15 (ITT)
1st De Kustpijl
1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
1st Criterium Rouergue
2nd Giro di Sicilia
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
5th Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 2, 3 and 5
1975
1st Izegem Koers
1st Circuit of Dunkirk (fr)
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 2, 13 and 18
Tour de Romandie
1st Stages 2 and 5
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 4
1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
1st Stage 3 Giro di Sardegna
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2nd Milano–Vignola
2nd Grand Prix Cemab (fr)
1976
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 1, 2 and 11
1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia
1st Stage 5 Giro di Sardegna
1st Criterium Nantes
3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
1977
Tour de France
1st Stages 8, 9 (TTT), 14 and 15
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3, 4, 5 and 8
Paris–Nice
1st Stages 8 and 10
1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 2 and 3
La Méditerranéenne
1st Points classification
1st Stages 4 and 5
2nd E3 Harelbeke
1978
1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium
1st Omloop van de Grensstreek
1st Criterium Hank
1979
1st GP Union Dortmund
1st Stage 6 Deutschland Tour
1980
1st Omloop van het Zuidwesten
1st Criterium Mol

Track

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Jean-Pierre Monseré and Patrick Sercu in the 1970 Six Days of Brussels
1962
Belgian National Championships
1st Amateur Sprint
1963
1st Men's Amateur sprint, UCI Track World Championships
Belgian National Championships
1st Amateur Madison (with Romain De Loof)
1st Amateur Sprint
1st Amateur Omnium
1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Roucourt Sprint
1964
Summer Olympics
1st Men's track time trial
World Record Flying 500 m time trial amateurs (29"66)
World Record 1 km time trial amateurs (1'06"76)
Belgian National Championships
1st Amateur Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Amateur Sprint
1st Amateur Omnium
1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Cologne Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Antwerp Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Forest-Vorst Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
1965
1st European Track Championships – Omnium
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Amateur Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Sprint
2nd Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Eddy Merckx)
3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Theo Verschueren)
1966
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)
1st Antwerp Omnium (with Eddy Merckx
1st Rocourt Omnium (with Eddy Merckx
1st Ostend Omnium (with Eddy Merckx
1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx
1st Ghent Omnium (with Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Steenbergen and Noël Van Clooster
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Klaus Bugdahl)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx and Klaus Bugdahl)
3rd Six Days of Milan (with Leandro Faggin)
3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Klaus Bugdahl)
3rd Six Days of Amsterdam (with Jan Janssen)
1967
1st Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships
1st European Track Championships – Omnium
World Indoor Record Flying 1 km time trial (1'01"23)
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Sprint
2nd Derny
1st Six Days of Cologne (with Klaus Bugdahl)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Charleroi (with Ferdinand Bracke)
1st Six Days of Montreal I (with Emile Severeyns)
1st Six Days of Münster (with Klaus Bugdahl)
1st Madison Ostend (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Madison Rocourt (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx and Klaus Bugdahl)
2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Klaus Bugdahl)
2nd Six Days of Berlin II (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Klaus Bugdahl)
2nd Six Days of Milan (with Klaus Bugdahl)
3rd Six Days of Berlin I (with Klaus Bugdahl)
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Klaus Bugdahl)
3rd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)
3rd Six Days of Montreal II (with Emile Severeyns)
1968
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
3rd Madison (with Klaus Bugdahl))
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Sprint
1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Rudi Altig)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rudi Altig)
2nd Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships
2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Peter Post)
2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Looy)
2nd Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)
3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Jan Janssen and Klaus Bugdahl)
3rd Six Days of Charleroi (with Rik Van Looy)
1969
1st Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Peter Post)
Belgian National Championships
1st Madison (with Rik Van Looy)
1st Sprint
1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Looy and Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)
2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Peter Post)
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Peter Post)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Alain van Lancker)
2nd Six Days of Milan with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)
3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Alain van Lancker)
1970
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Norbert Seeuws)
1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Cologne (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Jean-Pierre Monseré)
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Albert Fritz)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Romain Deloof and Alain van Lancker)
3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Sigi Renz and Jürgen Schneider)
1971
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
3rd Madison (with Graeme Gilmore))
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Jean-Pierre Monseré)
1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Peter Post)
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Peter Post)
2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)
2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Peter Post)
3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Ferdinand Bracke)
1972
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Madison (with Julien Stevens))
World Record 1 km time trial (1'07"35)
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
1st Six Days of London (with Tony Gowland)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Julien Stevens)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Alain van Lancker)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Linden and Alain van Lancker)
2nd Six Days of Milan with Gianni Motta)
2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)
3rd Six Days of Munich (with Alain van Lancker)
1973
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
World Outdoor Record Flying 1 km time trial (1' 02" 40)
Belgian National Championships
1st Madison (with Julien Stevens)
1st Six Days of Cologne (with Alain van Lancker)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Milan with Julien Stevens)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Graeme Gilmore)
1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of London (with Gianni Motta )
2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)
1974
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of London (with René Pijnen)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with René Pijnen)
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Wilfried Peffgen)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Sigi Renz)
2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Graeme Gilmore)
3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with René Pijnen)
1975
European Track Championships
1st Madison (with René Pijnen)
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Zürich (with Günther Haritz)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)
1st Six Days of Bremen (with René Pijnen)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)
2nd Six Days of Munich (with Eddy Merckx)
3rd Six Days of London (with Alain van Lancker)
3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alain van Lancker)
1976
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
3rd Madison (with Klaus Bugdahl))
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Derny
1st Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Freddy Maertens)
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Maastricht (with Graeme Gilmore)
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with René Pijnen)
2nd Six Days of Munich (with Graeme Gilmore)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Ferdi Van Den Haute)
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Graeme Gilmore)
3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Felice Gimondi)
1977
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Derny
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Ferdi Van Den Haute)
1st Six Days of Zürich (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Freddy Maertens)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of London (with René Pijnen)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Munich (with Eddy Merckx)
1st Six Days of Maastricht (with Eddy Merckx)
2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)
3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Wilfried Peffgen)
3rd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)
3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Freddy Maertens)
3rd Six Days of Herning (with Ole Ritter)
1978
European Track Championships
1st Madison (with Gregor Braun)
2nd Derny
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Gerrie Knetemann)
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)
1st Six Days of Munich (with Gregor Braun)
1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Dietrich Thurau)
2nd Six Days of Milan with Giuseppe Saronni)
3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Dietrich Thurau)
3rd Six Days of Herning (with Niels Fredborg)
1979
European Track Championships
2nd Omnium
3rd Madison (with Dietrich Thurau)
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Six Days of London (with Albert Fritz)
1st Six Days of Zürich (with Albert Fritz)
1st Six Days of Cologne (with Gregor Braun)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Dietrich Thurau)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)
1st Six Days of Munich (with Dietrich Thurau)
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)
1st Six Days of Hanover (with Albert Fritz)
2nd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Stan Tourné)
2nd Six Days of Groningen (with Albert Fritz)
3rd Six Days of Milan with Felice Gimondi)
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Dietrich Thurau)
3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger De Vlaeminck and Rik Van Linden)
3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Bernard Vallet)
3rd Six Days of Maastricht (with Albert Fritz)
1980
European Track Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Derny
1st Six Days of Milan with Giuseppe Saronni)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Gregor Braun)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Gregor Braun)
1st Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Albert Fritz)
1st Six Days of Herning (with Gert Frank)
2nd Six Days of Maastricht (with Albert Fritz)
2nd Six Days of Hanover (with Dietrich Thurau)
3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)
3rd Six Days of London (with Albert Fritz)
3rd Six Days of Cologne (with Albert Fritz)
1981
European Track Championships
3rd Omnium
Belgian National Championships
2nd Points race
1st Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)
1st Six Days of Cologne (with Albert Fritz)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Gert Frank)
1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Urs Freuler)
2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)
2nd Six Days of Hanover (with Gert Frank)
3rd Six Days of Zürich (with René Pijnen)
3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)
1982
European Track Championships
1st Madison (with René Pijnen)
3rd Omnium
Belgian National Championships
1st Omnium
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Maurizio Bidinost)
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with René Pijnen)
2nd Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)
2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Gregor Braun)
2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Gert Frank)
2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Danny Clark)
2nd Six Days of Herning (with René Pijnen)
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
3rd Six Days of Maastricht (with Gerrie Knetemann)
1983
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with René Pijnen)
2nd Six Days of Milan (with Moreno Argentin)
2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Etienne De Wilde)

Records

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Overview

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Details

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World records

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Discipline Record Date Velodrome Ref
Flying 500 m time trial amateurs 29"66 28 July 1964 Ordrupbanen Ordrup, Denmark [12]
1 km time trial amateurs 1'06"76 12 December 1964 Palais Des Sports Brussels, Belgium [12]
Flying 1 km time trial 1'01"23 3 Februari 1967 Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Belgium [13]
1 km time trial 1'07"35 2 December 1972 Hallenstadion Zürich, Switzerland [12]
Flying 1 km time trial outdoor 1'02"46 17 September 1973 Velodromo Vigorelli Milan, Italy [14]

Six-day wins

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Timeline
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Nr Year Race Partner Win
1 1965 Ghent Eddy Merckx 1
2 1966 Frankfurt Klaus Bugdahl 1
3 1967 Cologne Klaus Bugdahl 2
4 1967 Montréal Emile Severeyns 1
5 1967 Ghent Eddy Merckx 2
6 1967 Münster Klaus Bugdahl 3
7 1967 Charleroi Ferdinand Bracke 1
8 1968 Rotterdam Peter Post 1
9 1968 London Peter Post 2
10 1968 Frankfurt Rudi Altig 1
11 1968 Dortmund Rudi Altig 2
12 1969 Bremen Peter Post 3
13 1969 Antwerp Peter Post and Rik Van Looy 4
14 1969 London Peter Post 5
15 1969 Dortmund Peter Post 6
16 1969 Frankfurt Peter Post 7
17 1969 Charleroi Norbert Seeuws 1
18 1970 Cologne Peter Post 8
19 1970 Bremen Peter Post 9
20 1970 London Peter Post 10
21 1970 Ghent Jean-Pierre Monseré 1
22 1971 Rotterdam Peter Post 11
23 1971 London Peter Post 12
24 1971 Berlin Peter Post 13
25 1971 Frankfurt Peter Post 14
26 1971 Ghent Roger De Vlaeminck 1
27 1972 London Tony Gowland 1
28 1972 Dortmund Alain van Lancker 1
29 1972 Ghent Julien Stevens 1
30 1973 Cologne Alain van Lancker 2
31 1973 Milan Julien Stevens 2
32 1973 Dortmund Eddy Merckx 3
33 1973 Grenoble Eddy Merckx 4
34 1973 Ghent Graeme Gilmore 1
35 1974 Antwerp Eddy Merckx 5
36 1974 London René Pijnen 1
37 1974 Dortmund René Pijnen 2
38 1975 Bremen René Pijnen 3
39 1975 Antwerp Eddy Merckx 6
40 1975 Berlin Dietrich Thurau 1
41 1975 Grenoble Eddy Merckx 7
42 1975 Ghent Eddy Merckx 8
43 1975 Zürich Günter Haritz 1
44 1976 Rotterdam Eddy Merckx 9
45 1976 Antwerp Eddy Merckx 10
46 1976 Milan Francesco Moser 1
47 1976 Dortmund Freddy Maertens 1
48 1976 Maastricht Graeme Gilmore 2
49 1977 Copenhagen Ole Ritter 1
50 1977 Antwerp Freddy Maertens 2
51 1977 London René Pijnen 4
52 1977 Berlin Eddy Merck 11
53 1977 Munich Eddy Merckx 12
54 1977 Ghent Eddy Merckx 13
55 1977 Zürich Eddy Merckx 14
56 1977 Maastricht Eddy Merckx 15
57 1978 Berlin Dietrich Thurau 2
58 1978 Frankfurt Dietrich Thurau 3
59 1978 Grenoble Dietrich Thurau 4
60 1978 Munich Gregor Braun 1
61 1978 Ghent Gerrie Knetemann 1
62 1979 Cologne Gregor Braun 2
63 1979 Rotterdam Albert Fritz 1
64 1979 Hanover Albert Fritz 2
65 1979 London Albert Fritz 3
66 1979 Berlin Dietrich Thurau 5
67 1979 Dortmund Dietrich Thurau 6
68 1979 Munich Dietrich Thurau 7
69 1979 Zürich Albert Fritz 4
70 1979 Bremen Albert Fritz 5
71 1980 Copenhagen Albert Fritz 6
72 1980 Copenhagen Albert Fritz 7
73 1980 Berlin Gregor Braun 3
74 1980 Dortmund Gregor Braun 4
75 1980 Ghent Albert Fritz 8
76 1980 Herning Gert Frank 1
77 1981 Cologne Albert Fritz 8
78 1981 Copenhagen Albert Fritz 9
79 1981 Milan Francesco Moser 2
80 1981 Grenoble Urs Freuler 1
81 1981 Ghent Gert Frank 2
82 1982 Rotterdam René Pijnen 5
83 1982 Copenhagen René Pijnen 6
84 1982 Antwerp Roger De Vlaeminck 2
85 1982 Berlin Maurizio Bidinost 1
86 1982 Munich René Pijnen 7
87 1983 Rotterdam René Pijnen 8
88 1983 Copenhagen Gert Frank 3
Partners
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• 15 events with Eddy Merckx

• 14 with Peter Post

• 10 with Albert Fritz

• 8 with René Pijnen

• 7 with Dietrich Thurau

• 3 with Klaus Bugdahl & Gert Frank

• 2 with Rudi Altig, Roger De Vlaeminck, Alain van Lancker, Julien Stevens, Graeme Gilmore, Francesco Moser & Freddy Maertens

Track Championships

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Champion 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Olympic: kilometre 1°                                      
World track championships: sprint       1° 2° 1°                            
World Road Championships                     rit.                  
European Track Championships: madison         3° 1° 1° 3° 2°     1°   3° 1° 1° 3° 3°   1°
European Track Championships: derny                           1°   2°        
European Track Championships: omnium   1°   1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1°     1° 1°   2° 1° 3°    
:Belgian National Championships: madison   1° 1°   1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1°            
:Belgian National Championships: derny                         1°              
:Belgian National Championships: omnium   1° 1° 1° 1°     1° 1°   1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 1°     1°  
:Belgian National Championships: sprint   1°   1° 1° 1°                            
National road championship                     5°                  
National road championship points                                 2°   4°  

Track races

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Races 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Omnium Cherbourg                     1°                  
Amsterdam six     3°                                  
Antwerp six   2° 2° 2° 3° 1° 2° rit. 2°   1° 1° 1° 1° rit. 2° rit.   1° 2°
Berlin six   5° 5° 3° 4° 2° 2° 2° 4° rit.   1° 2° 1° 1° 1° 1° 4° 1°  
Bremen six       3° 5° 5° 1° 2° 2° 4° 3° 1° 3° 2° 6°   1° 2° 2° 2°
Brussels six   2°         rit. 2°                        
Charleroi six       1° 3° 1°                            
Cologne six       1° 2° 2° 1°     1° 2° rit.       1° 3° 1° 2° 5°
Copenhagen six                           1° rit. 3° 1° 1° 1° 1°
Dortmund six     4° 2° 3° 1° 6°   1° 1° 1° 2° 1° 3° 3° 3° 1° 6° 6°  
Essen six   4° 4°                                  
Frankfurt six     1°   1° 1° rit. 1° 4°     2° 5° 1° 1° 2°   rit.    
Ghent six   1° 2° 1° 2° 2° 1° 1° 1° 1° 2° 1° 2° 1° 1° 2° 1° 1°    
Grenoble six                   1° 2° 1° 3° 2° 1° 3° 4° 1°    
Groningen six                               2°        
Hanover six                               1° 2° 2°    
Herning six                           3° 3°   1° 4° 2°  
London six         1° 1° 1° 1° 1° 2° 1° 2°   1° 5° 1° 3°      
Maastricht six                         1° 1° 4° 3° 2°   3°  
Milan six     3° 2°   2°   4° 2° 1°     1°   2° 3° 1° 1° 2° 2°
Monaco six                 3° 4° rit. 2° 2° 1° 1° 1° rit.   1°  
Montréal six       1° 2° 2°                            
Münster six       1°                                
Rotterdam six         1°     1°   2° 2° 3° 1° 3° 4° 1° 3° 3° 1° 1°
Zürich six     3° 2° 2° 3°   4° 4° 8°   2° 3° 1° 4° 1° 8° 3° 2°  

Italian classics

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Classics 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Giro del Piemonte           4°                            
Giro di Campania               2°                        
Giro di Toscana                         62°              
Milan–San Remo           11°   31° 27° 5° 116° 11° 7° 8°            
Milano–Torino               10°         7°              
Milano–Vignola             2° 2°   2°   2°                

Non-Italian classics

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Classics 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Flèche Wallonne           15°                            
Gent–Wevelgem           9° 5°   49°   20°                  
Tour of Flanders             7° 44°   9° 9°                  
Paris–Roubaix           8° 18°                          
Paris–Tours                 11°                      

Stage races

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Races
(stage races) 		1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Deutschland Tour                               12° (1)        
Tour of Belgium             rit.               rit. (1)          
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré                           70° (4)            
Tour of the Mediterranean                           (2)            
Giro d'Italia             90° (1) 69° (2) rit. 97° (1) rit. (3) 67° (3) rit. (3)              
Giro di Puglia                   (1)     (1)              
Tour of Romandy               (1)       (1)                
Tour of Sardinia             1° (1) 15° (1)     5° (3) (1)   3° (2)            
Paris–Nice                           (2)            
Tirreno–Adriatico           (1) 6° (1)   (1)     (1) (1)              
Tour de France                     89° (3)     rit. (3)            

Other road aces

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Races 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
Acht van Chaam                       3°                
Bellariva-Rimini               3°                        
Brussels-Ingooigem                     1° 5°                
Brussels-Meulebeke               4°                        
Cagliari-Sassari               3° 1° 1°                    
Circuito degli Assi di Pavullo               4°                        
Circuito di Cotignola             3°                          
Circuit of the Port of Dunkirk                       1°                
Circuit of South-West Flanders                                 1°      
Circuit of Central Flanders         1°                              
Tour of the Vallée de la Lys           1°                            
Tour of the Flemish Ardennes                     1° 1°                
Tour des Régions Frontières                             1°          
Elfstedenronde                   1°                    
Coppa Bernocchi               2° 2°                      
Coppa Sabatini             2°                          
Criterium degli Assi di Nogaro                     5°                  
Criterium Bourcefranc     1°                                  
Criterium Callac                     9°                  
Criterium Hank                             1°          
Criterium Lignano                 1°                      
Criterium Mol                                 1°      
Criterium Nantes                         1°              
Criterium Rouergue                     1°                  
Criterium Tortoretto               1°                        
Criterium Zolder   1°                                    
Freccia Mosana                   1°                    
Ronde van Limburg         2°                              
Giro di Calabria             2°                          
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria             3°                          
Giro di Sardegna             1°   3°         3°            
Giro di Sicilia                     2°                  
Gran Premio Cemab                       2°                
GP Roeselare           4°   1°                        
GP Union Dortmund                               1°        
Harelbeke-Antwerp-Harelbeke                   6°       2°            
Het Volk           5°           2° 3° 7°            
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne                           1°            
Memorial Tom Simpson       1°               1°                
Paris–Camembert               2° 2°                      
Petegem-Deinze                                     9°  

Honours

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patrick Sercu.
  1. ^ "Olympisch wielerkampioen Sercu (74) overleden". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 19 April 2019. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ Patrick Sercu Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. www.famousbelgians.net. Gives information on record number of six day wins.
  3. ^ a b Patrick Sercu Archived 27 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  4. ^ Patrick Sercu Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. cyclingarchives.com
  5. ^ "100 jaar Zesdaagse: "Geen betere pisterenner in de geschiedenis dan Patrick Sercu"" (in Dutch). Sporza. 9 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Olympisch kampioen Patrick Sercu overleden". teambelgium.be. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  7. ^ "5. The End of an Era". A History of Manchester Wheelers" Club 1883 – 1983 (PDF). manchesterwheelers.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Patrick SercuInterview". Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 22 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link). britishcycling.org.uk. March 2004
  9. ^ Lotto Zesdaagse Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine – sport.be (in Dutch)
  10. ^ Zesdaagsekoning en olympisch kampioen Patrick Sercu overleden Archived 19 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, sporza.be, 19 April 2019 (in Dutch)
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  15. ^ "Eddy Merckx and Patrick Sercu introduced in the Walk of Stars". lympiapark.de. 10 January 2003.
  16. ^ "Wielerpiste Patrick Sercu" (in Dutch). www.brugge.be. 12 December 2022.
  17. ^ "Wielerpiste Defraeye-Sercu" (in Dutch). visitroeselare.be. 12 December 2022.
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