Arthur Decabooter

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Arthur Decabooter

| image = Arthur-de-cabooter-1306510146.jpg

| caption = Decabooter in 2011

| fullname = Arthur Decabooter

| nickname = El Toro

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|10|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Welden, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|05|26|1936|10|03|df=y}}

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Classics rider

| amateuryears1 =

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| proyears1 = 1959–1961

| proteam1 = Groene Leeuw–SAS–Sinalco

| proyears2 = 1962

| proteam2 = Liberia–Grammont–Wolber

| proyears3 = 1963–1964

| proteam3 = Solo–Superia

| proyears4 = 1965–1967

| proteam4 = Wiel's–Groene Leeuw

| proyears5 = 1967

| proteam5 = Tibetan–Pull Over Centrale

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Vuelta a España

::Points classification (1960)

::3 individual stages (1960, 1961)

One-day races and Classics

:Ronde van Vlaanderen (1960)

:Omloop het Volk (1961)

:Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1964)

:Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten (1967)

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Arthur Decabooter (3 October 1936 – 26 May 2012) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist, active as a professional between 1959 and 1967.{{cite web|author=Decabooter kreeg een hartstilstand tijdens een fietstocht. |url=http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/120526_decabooter_overleden |title=sporza: Arthur "Tuur" Decabooter (75) is niet meer |publisher=Sporza.be |access-date=2012-05-26}} Cyclist Walter Godefroot is his wife's brother-in-law.

Apart from a few years when he was signed to Libéria-Grammont (1962) and to Solo (1963–1964), he rode for the Groene Leeuw team. His major wins were the 1960 Tour of Flanders and 2 stages and the points classification in the Vuelta a España the same year. Decabooter's other wins include Dwars door België, Omloop Het Volk, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, and a stage in the Tour of Belgium.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Arthur Decabooter |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=9662&y=1957#racedata |website=FirstCycling.com }}