Louis Hardiquest

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

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| caption = Hardiquest in 1933

| fullname = Louis Hardiquest

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|12|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hoegaarden, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|1|20|1910|12|15|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hoegaarden, Belgium

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| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 1933

| proteam1 = Oscar Egg

| proyears2 = 1934

| proteam2 = La Française-Dunlop

| proyears3 = 1935-1936

| proteam3 = De Dion-Bouton

| proyears4 = 1937

| proteam4 = Dilecta-Wolber

| proyears5 = 1938-1940

| proteam5 = De Dion-Bouton

| majorwins = One-day races and Classics

:Tour of Flanders (1936)

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Louis Hardiquest (15 December 1910 – 20 January 1991) was a Belgian cyclist who won the Tour of Flanders in 1936. He finished in 8th place in the 1934 Paris–Roubaix{{Cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/classics/paris-roubaix/pr1934.html |title=35th Paris – Roubaix, 1934 |accessdate=10 April 2015 |work=bikeraceinfo}} and in 2nd place in the 1938 Paris–Roubaix.{{Cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/classics/paris-roubaix/pr1938.html |title=39th Paris – Roubaix, 1938 |accessdate=10 April 2015 |work=bikeraceinfo}}

Major results

;Source:{{Cite web |date=15 March 2024 |title=Louis Hardiquest |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=2471#racedata |website=FirstCycling.com |language=en}}

;1930

: 1st Ronde van Limburg

;1932

: 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya

: 1st Ronde van Haspengouw

: 1st Tour d'Hesbaye

: 3rd Bruxelles–Liège

: 5th Schaal Sels

;1933

: 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

: 1st Tour de Corrèze

: 2nd Overall Paris–Nice

: 2nd Scheldeprijs

: 3rd Tour du Vaucluse

;1934

: 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

: 1st Circuit du Morbihan

: 2nd Ronde van Haspengouw

: 8th Paris–Roubaix

;1935

: 1st Paris–Belfort

: 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ouest

: 2nd Paris–Brussels

: 2nd Circuit de Paris

: 2nd Paris–Rennes

: 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

;1936

: 1st Tour of Flanders

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 3rd Paris–Brussels

: 3rd Marseille–Lyon

: 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

;1937

: 1st Paris–Boulogne-sur-Mer

: 1st Ronde van Haspengouw

: 3rd Paris–Limoges

: 3rd Tour of Flanders

;1938

: 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt

: 2nd Paris–Roubaix

: 2nd Circuit de Paris

: 2nd GP Stad Zottegem

: 4h Tour of Flanders

: 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

;1939

: 2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde

;1940

: 3rd Ransart-Beaumont-Ransart

;1949

: 2nd Schaal Sels

References