Jef Planckaert

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

{{One source|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Jef Planckaert

| image = Jef Planckaert 1962.jpg

| caption = Planckaert in 1962

| full_name = Joseph Planckaert

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|05|04}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|05|22|1934|05|04}}

| birth_place = Poperinge, Belgium

| death_place = Otegem. Belgium

| currentteam =

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1954–1965

| proteam1 = –

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::1 individual stage (1961)

Stage races

:Tour de Luxembourg (1962)

:Four Days of Dunkirk (1957, 1960, 1963)

One-day races and Classics

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (1962)}}

:Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1962)

:Omloop Het Volk (1958)

}}

Joseph "Jef" Planckaert (4 May 1934 – 22 May 2007[https://web.archive.org/web/20070525113812/http://www.rtbf.be/info/sports/ARTICLE_093668 Décès de Joseph Planckaert]. rtbf.be. 22 May 2007 {{in lang|fr}}) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He is seen as one of the best Belgian cyclists of the 1950s and 1960s.

His best season was 1962, when he became Belgian champion on the Citadel of Namur, won Paris–Nice and the Tour de Luxembourg, won Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and finished second in the Tour de France. He also won Omloop Het Volk in 1958, and Four Days of Dunkirk in 1957, 1960 and 1963.

In the Tour de France he finished 6 times in the top 20 in the final standings. In 1961 he won the 6th stage. In 1962, Planckaert wore the yellow jersey for 7 consecutive days. Planckaert retired in 1965.