Frans Melckenbeeck
{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Frans Melckenbeeck
| image = Frans Melckenbeeck 1962.jpg
| caption = Melckenbeeck finishing behind Darrigade in the 2nd stage of the 1962 Tour de France
| full_name = Frans Melckenbeeck
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1940|11|15}}
| birth_place = Lede, Belgium
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| currentteam =
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 1962–1966
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Mercier|1962}}
| proyears2 = 1967–1969
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Groene Leeuw|1967a}}
| proyears3 = 1970–1972
| proteam3 = Goldor
| majorwins = Grand Tours
::1 individual stage (1963)
::4 individual stages (1964, 1965)
:Grand Prix de Fourmies (1964)
}}
Frans Melckenbeeck (born 15 November 1940) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Frans Melckenbeek |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=3784&y=1962#racedata |website=FirstCycling.com }} In 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the Tour de France, and in 1963 he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège.{{cite web |title=Palmarès de Frans Melckenbeeck (Bel) |url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/melckenbeeck_frans.php |accessdate=31 December 2021 |work=Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu |language=fr}} He won 4 stages in the 1964 and 1965 Vuelta a España. Melckenbeeck also competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/frans-melckebeke-1.html |title=Frans Melckebeke Olympic Results |access-date=7 August 2014 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020043743/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/frans-melckebeke-1.html |archive-date=20 October 2014 |df=dmy }}
Major results
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;1958
:1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten Amateurs race
:1st Overall Étoile des Débutants
:: 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
;1960
:1st Bruxelles–Lede
;1961
:5th UCI Road World Championships Amateur road race
;1961
: 1st 20px National Road Race Championships Road race, amateurs
:1st 20px National Track Championships Madison, amateurs
:1st Overall Ronde van Limburg (for under age 26)
:2nd Overall Tour of Belgium amateurs
:: 1st Stages 5 & 6
:1st Overall Tour du Berry
:: 1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)
:1st Paris–Vailly
:1st Kampioenschap van Oost-Vlaanderen
:1st Grand Prix Somalia
:2nd Grand Prix Neuville
:2nd Gent–Wevelgem Amateurs
;1962
:1st Schelde-Dender-Leie
:1st Lede
:1st Mere
: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg
:1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
:1st Mol
:2nd Paris–Tours
:2nd Berlare
:3rd Overall Tour du Nord
::1st Stage 2
:3rd Gullegem Koerse
;1963
::1st Stage 4
:1st Stage 2 Tour du Nord
:1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
:1st GP Brasschaat
:1st GP Gemeente Kortemark
:1st Omloop Gemeente Melle
:1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk
:1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs
:1st Stages 2, 4 & 7 Tour du Sud-Est
:1st GP Roeselare
:1st Provencial interclub championship
:1st Aalst
:1st Lede
:1st Ninove
:1st GP Gemeente Kortemark
:2nd Tour of Flanders
:2nd Schelde-Dender-Leie
:2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
:2nd 15px National Road Race Championships Interclubs Road race
:3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
:3rd Schaal Sels
;1964
: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie
:1st Omloop Het Volk
:1st GP Gemeente Kortemark
:1st Lede
::1st stages 3, 6 and 17
:1st Omloop Het Volk
:1st GP Roeselare
:1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
:1st Temse
:1st Zwevegem
:1st Lede
:1st Kortemark
:2nd Schelde-Dender-Leie
:2nd Grand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence
:2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël
:3rd 15px National Road Race Championships Road race
;1965
::1st Stage 10a
:1st GP Monaco
:1st Erembodegem-Terjoden
;1966
:1st Omloop Gemeente Melle
:1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour of Belgium
:2nd Omloop van het Waasland
;1967
:1st Stages 3 & 4 (TTT) Tour of Belgium
:1st Provencial interclub championship
:1st Westouter
;1968
:1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
:1st Erembodegem-Terjoden
:1st Herzele
:1st Handzame
;1969
:1st Lede
:1st Moorsele
;1970
;1971
:1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
:1st Temse
:3rd Schelde-Dender-Leie
;1972
:1st Ninove
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References
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External links
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- [http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/3694.html Official Tour de France results for Frans Melckenbeeck]{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners
Category:Cyclists from East Flanders
Category:Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Category:Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Lede, Belgium
Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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