Emile Severeyns
Severeyns pictured circa 1960
Personal information
Born(1931-08-28)28 August 1931
Schoten, Belgium
Died30 November 1979(1979-11-30) (aged 48)
Antwerp, Belgium
Team information
Discipline
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Professional teams
1953Van Hauwaert
1954–1955Girardengo
1956–1960Peugeot–BP–Dunlop
1961–1963Solo–Van Steenbergen
1963–1965G.B.C.–Libertas
1966Goldor–Main d'Or–L'Hirondelle
1968Goldor–Gerka–Main d'Or
Major wins
Track Championships
National Track Championships
Madison (1961, 1962)
European Track Championships
Madison (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961)

Emile Severeyns (28 August 1931 – 30 November 1979) was a Belgian road and track cyclist. Professional from 1953 to 1971, he won 26 six-day races. He also competed in the 1954 Giro d'Italia and the 1956 Vuelta a España.[1]

Major results

Track

1955
1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1956
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Arsène Rijckaert and Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1957
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen and Willy Vannitsen)
3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1958
1st Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen and Reginald Arnold)
1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1959
1st Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1960
1st Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Leo Proost and Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1961
1st Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Gilbert Maes and Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Aarhus (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1962
1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Cologne (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Milan (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke and Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Berlin I (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Berlin II (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Daems)
1963
3rd Madison, European Track Championships (with Reginald Arnold)
1964
1st Six Days of Montreal (with Palle Lykke)
1st Six Days of Quebec (with Lucien Gillen)
2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1965
1st Six Days of Toronto (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Quebec (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
2nd Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1966
1st Six Days of Madrid (with Walter Godefroot)
1st Six Days of Montreal II (with Palle Lykke)
3rd Madison, National Track Championships (with Robert Lelangue)
1967
1st Six Days of Montreal I (with Patrick Sercu)
2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Gilbert Maes)
3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Leo Proost and Tom Simpson)
1968
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Sigi Renz and Theo Verschueren)

Road

1953
1st GP Briek Schotte
1956
1st Heist-op-den-Berg
1957
1st GP Briek Schotte
1962
1st Elfstedenronde

References

  1. "Emile Severeyns". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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