Albert Sercu
{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}
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| birth_place = Bornem, Belgium
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| death_place = Roeselare, Belgium
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{{MedalSport| Men's road bicycle racing }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver |1947 Reims|Elite Men's Road Race}}
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Albert Sercu (26 January 1918, Bornem – 24 August 1978, Roeselare) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver medal in the Elite race of the 1947 UCI Road World Championships. He rode in the 1947 Tour de France.{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1947.php|publisher=Memoire du cyclisme|title=34ème Tour de France 1947|language=French|accessdate=22 February 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301034216/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1947.php|archivedate=1 March 2012}} He is the father of Patrick Sercu.
Major results
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;1939
: 1st, Tour of Flanders (amateur version)
;1942
: 2nd, National Road Race Championship
;1943 – Dilecta
: 2nd, Tour of Flanders
: 5th, Paris–Roubaix
;1944 – Dilecta
;1945 – Dilecta
: 1st, Bruges-Ghent-Bruges
: 1st, Brussels-Everbeek
: 1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Bergen
: 2nd, Tour of Flanders
: 7th, Flèche Wallonne
: 9th, Paris–Tours
;1946 – Dilecta, JB Louvet, Dossche Cycles
: 1st, Brussels-Izegem
: 4th, Tour of Belgium
:: Winner Stages 4 & 6
: 4th, Tour of Flanders
;1947 – Bertin, Arbos-Talbot
: 1st, Omloop "Het Volk"
: 1st, Brussels-Izegem
: 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 1st, Nokere Koerse
: {{silver2}} World Road Race Championship
: 2nd, Scheldeprijs
: 3rd, Paris–Tours
: 4th, Tour of Belgium
:: Winner Stages 1 & 3
: 9th, Milan–San Remo
;1948 – Bertin-Wolber
: 1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
: 2nd, Paris–Brussels
;1949 – Bertin
;1950 – Bertin
: 1st, Stages 3 & 10, Tour du Maroc
;1951 – Bertin
{{Palmares end}}
References
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Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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