Adolph Verschueren
{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}
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Adolph Verschueren (also Adolf; 10 June 1922 – 30 April 2004) was a Belgian cyclist. As a road cyclist, he won the Tour of Flanders in 1942 and the sixth stage of Tour de Suisse in 1949.
As a track cyclist, he competed in motor-paced racing in the professionals category. He won the European championships in 1951, 1953, 1956 and 1958 and three consecutive world championships in 1952–1954. He finished in second place in the European championships in 1952, 1954 and 1955. In 1954 he set a world record in 1 hour race (58.85 km). He also finished second in the 1947 Paris–Roubaix{{Cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/classics/paris-roubaix/pr1947.html |title=45th Paris – Roubaix, 1947 |accessdate=15 April 2015 |work=bikeraceinfo}} and rode in the 1948 Tour de France.{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1948.php|publisher=Memoire du cyclisme|title=35ème Tour de France 1948|language=French|accessdate=7 March 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301034216/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1948.php|archivedate=1 March 2012}}
He is unrelated to Theo Verschueren, another motor-paced racing world champion from Belgium.
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Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:Cyclists from Antwerp
Category:UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Category:Belgian track cyclists
Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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