Patrick Sercu

At a young age, Patrick Sercu was pushed towards the track by his father Albert, himself a successful rider. "He was afraid I would break down too quickly on the road", Patrick Sercu himself said about that.

With his fast legs, Sercu was also born for explosive work on the track. In 1962, aged 18, he won his first national titles, in the sprint and madison events. At 19, Sercu became world amateur sprint champion in Rocourt, near Liège.

File:Wereldkampioenschappen te Recourt Sprint amateurs De Belg Sercu op erepodium, Bestanddeelnr 915-4017.jpg in Rocourt ]]

A year later, the still very young Sercu captured gold at the kilometre in Tokyo, his only participation in the Games as only amateurs were allowed to compete in the cycling events at the time. That year, he was the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester.{{cite book|url=http://www.manchesterwheelers.co.uk/_Files/ClubHistory/5-a_history_of_manchester_wheelers_club_chapter_5.pdf|chapter=5. The End of an Era|title=A History of Manchester Wheelers" Club 1883 – 1983|publisher=manchesterwheelers.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224121946/http://www.manchesterwheelers.co.uk/_Files/ClubHistory/5-a_history_of_manchester_wheelers_club_chapter_5.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2013}}

After the Olympics, professional life and also increasingly the road races beckoned for Sercu. Super team Solo–Superia, which also included Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Looy and Rik Van Steenbergen, brought in the West-Fleming.

While on the road he still lacked power and speed, on the track he was increasingly successful. Between 1965 and 1969, he won two more golds and two more silver medals at the World Sprint Championships, each time after a duel with his Italian rival Giuseppe Beghetto.

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He was also an instant winner in the Six Days. With Eddy Merckx at his side, he won his first of 11 Six Days in Ghent in 1965. Until the early 1980s, Sercu would remain the uncrowned king of the Six Days.

With 88 final victories, Sercu leads the eternal rankings. "It's Merckx's fault there weren't more", he later said jokingly. After all, Merckx could not ride a full winter programme due to his busy schedule.

Gradually, Sercu began to find his feet on the road as well. In 1970, he rode his first major tour, the Giro, and took his first stage win. Twelve more stage wins in the Italian Tour would follow in the following years.

By the mid-1970s, Sercu had become one of the most renowned sprinters in the peloton. In his first participation in the Tour at the age of 30, he snatched 3 stages as well as the green jersey. Three years later, he would bring his total in the Tour to six stage wins. By then, he had already won the overall classification of another stage race Giro di Sardegna in 1970, and the points classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné and La Méditerranée in 1977.

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Patrick Sercu retired from competitions in 1983. He became organizer of six days events and omniums all over the world, and director of the Six Days of Ghent and the former Six Days of Hasselt.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/2004/03_march/22_sercu_interview.shtml |title=Patrick SercuInterview |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305171842/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/2004/03_march/22_sercu_interview.shtml |archive-date=5 March 2005 }}. britishcycling.org.uk. March 2004[http://www.sport.be/lottozesdaagse/2006/nl/nieuws/?Article_ID=120798 Lotto Zesdaagse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219184554/http://www.sport.be/lottozesdaagse/2006/nl/nieuws/?Article_ID=120798 |date=19 February 2007 }} – sport.be (in Dutch) After a few years with unstable health, Sercu died on 19 April 2019, aged 74.[https://sporza.be/nl/2018/10/02/obit-patrick-sercu/ Zesdaagsekoning en olympisch kampioen Patrick Sercu overleden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419144333/https://sporza.be/nl/2018/10/02/obit-patrick-sercu/ |date=19 April 2019 }}, sporza.be, 19 April 2019 (in Dutch)

Sercu had the special quality not only to have a very fast sprint, but he could also maintain that top speed for a long time. He celebrated his greatest success there with one kilometer time trial, where he often outwitted the stockier, more explosive types in a long sprint. It earned him the world records in the shorter distances. Moreover, everything seemed to come very easily to him, often to the chagrin of his opponents. With his unequalled recuperation ability, he was able to participate in more than ten six-days in a winter season. In the years that he combined the track with the road, he competed in more than 200 races every year.

The six-day combination with Eddy Merckx was a success. Merckx was able to maintain a high, constant pace for a long time, while Sercu often finished it off with his final sprint.{{cite news |last=Sys |first=Jacques |date=2020 |title=Patrick Sercu - Het fenomeen |language=nl |pages=267–274 |work=Top 1000 van de Belgische wielrenners |publisher=Lanoo |url= |isbn=9789401467254}}

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;1964

:1st Gent–Wevelgem Amateur race

;1965

:1st Criterium Zolder

;1966

:1st Criterium Bourcefranc

;1967

:1st Memorial Tom Simpson

;1968

:1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen

:2nd Ronde van Limburg

;1969

: 1st Omloop Leiedal

: 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico

:3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

;1970

: Giro d'Italia

::1st Stage 5

:2nd Coppa Sabatini

:2nd Milano–Vignola

:2nd Giro di Calabria

:2nd Nokere Koerse

:3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

: 3th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

:: 1st Stage 5

: 1st 20px Overall Giro di Sardegna

::1st Stage 4

;1971

:1st Izegem koers

: Giro d'Italia

::1st Stages 13 & 14

:1st Stage 2 Giro di Sardegna

:1st Criterium Tortoretto

:2nd Coppa Bernocchi

: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie

: 1st GP Roeselare

:2nd Grote 1-MeiPrijs

:2nd Milano–Vignola

:2nd Giro di Campania

:3rd Sassari-Cagliari

;1972

: 1st Omloop van het Houtland

: 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 1st Criterium Lignano

:2nd Coppa Bernocchi

:2nd Paris–Camembert

:1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico

: 3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna

::1st Stage 6

:3rd Sassari-Cagliari

;1973

:1st Maaslandse Pijl

: Giro d'Italia

::1st Stage 9

:1st Stage 2 Giro di Puglia

:1st Elfstedenronde

:1st Sassari-Cagliari

:2nd Milano–Vignola

;1974

: Tour de France

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st StageS 3, 4 and 10

:1st Halle–Ingooigem

: Giro d'Italia

::1st Stages 1, 10 & 12 (ITT), 7 & 15 (ITT)

:1st De Kustpijl

:1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen

:1st Criterium Rouergue

:2nd Giro di Sicilia

:2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

:5th Overall Giro di Sardegna

:1st Stages 2, 3 and 5

;1975

:1st Izegem Koers

:1st Circuit of Dunkirk (fr)

: Giro d'Italia

::1st Stages 2, 13 and 18

: Tour de Romandie

::1st Stages 2 and 5

:Tirreno–Adriatico

::1st Stage 4

:1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen

:1st Stage 3 Giro di Sardegna

:2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

:2nd Milano–Vignola

:2nd Grand Prix Cemab (fr)

;1976

: Giro d'Italia

::1st Stages 1, 2 and 11

:1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia

:1st Stage 5 Giro di Sardegna

:1st Criterium Nantes

:3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

;1977

: Tour de France

::1st Stages 8, 9 (TTT), 14 and 15

: Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 3, 4, 5 and 8

:Paris–Nice

::1st Stages 8 and 10

:1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

:3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna

:1st Stages 2 and 3

:La Méditerranéenne

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 4 and 5

:2nd E3 Harelbeke

;1978

:1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium

:1st Omloop van de Grensstreek

:1st Criterium Hank

;1979

:1st GP Union Dortmund

:1st Stage 6 Deutschland Tour

;1980

:1st Omloop van het Zuidwesten

:1st Criterium Mol

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File:Jean-Pierre Monseré en Patrick Sercu tijdens de Zesdaagse van Brussel, Brussel, 1970, Maurice Terryn (NEGT0251002 – collectie KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport).jpg and Patrick Sercu in the 1970 Six Days of Brussels]]

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;1962

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Amateur Sprint

;1963

:1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Men's Amateur sprint, UCI Track World Championships

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Amateur Madison (with Romain De Loof)

::1st 20px Amateur Sprint

::1st 20px Amateur Omnium

:1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Roucourt Sprint

;1964

: Summer Olympics

::1st File:Gold medal olympic.svg Men's track time trial

: 15px World Record Flying 500 m time trial amateurs (29"66)

: 15px World Record 1 km time trial amateurs (1'06"76)

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Amateur Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

::1st 20px Amateur Sprint

::1st 20px Amateur Omnium

:1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Cologne Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Antwerp Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Forest-Vorst Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)

;1965

:1st 15px European Track Championships – Omnium

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Amateur Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

::1st 20px Sprint

:2nd 15px Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Eddy Merckx)

:3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Theo Verschueren)

;1966

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:1st Antwerp Omnium (with Eddy Merckx

:1st Rocourt Omnium (with Eddy Merckx

:1st Ostend Omnium (with Eddy Merckx

:1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx

:1st Ghent Omnium (with Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Steenbergen and Noël Van Clooster

:2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx and Klaus Bugdahl)

:3rd Six Days of Milan (with Leandro Faggin)

:3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:3rd Six Days of Amsterdam (with Jan Janssen)

;1967

:1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships

:1st 15px European Track Championships – Omnium

: 15px World Indoor Record Flying 1 km time trial (1'01"23)

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

::1st 20px Sprint

::2nd 15px Derny

:1st Six Days of Cologne (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Charleroi (with Ferdinand Bracke)

:1st Six Days of Montreal I (with Emile Severeyns)

:1st Six Days of Münster (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:1st Madison Ostend (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Madison Rocourt (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx and Klaus Bugdahl)

:2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:2nd Six Days of Berlin II (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:2nd Six Days of Milan (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:3rd Six Days of Berlin I (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:3rd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:3rd Six Days of Montreal II (with Emile Severeyns)

;1968

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

::3rd 15px Madison (with Klaus Bugdahl))

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

::1st 20px Sprint

:1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Rudi Altig)

:1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rudi Altig)

:2nd 15px Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships

:2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Peter Post)

:2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Looy)

:2nd Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)

:3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Jan Janssen and Klaus Bugdahl)

:3rd Six Days of Charleroi (with Rik Van Looy)

;1969

:1st File:Jersey rainbow.svg Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

::1st 15px Madison (with Peter Post)

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Madison (with Rik Van Looy)

::1st 20px Sprint

:1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Looy and Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)

:2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Peter Post)

:2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Peter Post)

:2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Alain van Lancker)

:2nd Six Days of Milan with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)

:3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Alain van Lancker)

;1970

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

::1st 15px Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Norbert Seeuws)

:1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Cologne (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Jean-Pierre Monseré)

:2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Albert Fritz)

:2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Romain Deloof and Alain van Lancker)

:3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Sigi Renz and Jürgen Schneider)

;1971

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

::3rd 15px Madison (with Graeme Gilmore))

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Jean-Pierre Monseré)

:1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Roger De Vlaeminck)

:1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Berlin (with Peter Post)

:1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Peter Post)

:2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)

:2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Roger De Vlaeminck)

:3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Peter Post)

:3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Ferdinand Bracke)

;1972

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

::2nd 15px Madison (with Julien Stevens))

: 15px World Record 1 km time trial (1'07"35)

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Roger De Vlaeminck)

:1st Six Days of London (with Tony Gowland)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Julien Stevens)

:1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Alain van Lancker)

:2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Linden and Alain van Lancker)

:2nd Six Days of Milan with Gianni Motta)

:2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)

:3rd Six Days of Munich (with Alain van Lancker)

;1973

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

: 15px World Outdoor Record Flying 1 km time trial (1' 02" 40)

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Madison (with Julien Stevens)

:1st Six Days of Cologne (with Alain van Lancker)

:1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Milan with Julien Stevens)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Graeme Gilmore)

:1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of London (with Gianni Motta )

:2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)

;1974

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of London (with René Pijnen)

:1st Six Days of Dortmund (with René Pijnen)

:1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Wilfried Peffgen)

:2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Sigi Renz)

:2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)

:3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Graeme Gilmore)

:3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with René Pijnen)

;1975

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Madison (with René Pijnen)

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Zürich (with Günther Haritz)

:1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)

:1st Six Days of Bremen (with René Pijnen)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)

:2nd Six Days of Munich (with Eddy Merckx)

:3rd Six Days of London (with Alain van Lancker)

:3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alain van Lancker)

;1976

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

::3rd 15px Madison (with Klaus Bugdahl))

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

::1st 20px Derny

:1st Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)

:1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Freddy Maertens)

:1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Maastricht (with Graeme Gilmore)

:2nd Six Days of Berlin (with René Pijnen)

:2nd Six Days of Munich (with Graeme Gilmore)

:2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Ferdi Van Den Haute)

:3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Graeme Gilmore)

:3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Felice Gimondi)

;1977

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

::1st 15px Madison (with Eddy Merckx)

::1st 15px Derny

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Madison (with Ferdi Van Den Haute)

:1st Six Days of Zürich (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Freddy Maertens)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of London (with René Pijnen)

:1st Six Days of Berlin (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Munich (with Eddy Merckx)

:1st Six Days of Maastricht (with Eddy Merckx)

:2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)

:3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Wilfried Peffgen)

:3rd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)

:3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Freddy Maertens)

:3rd Six Days of Herning (with Ole Ritter)

;1978

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Madison (with Gregor Braun)

::2nd 15px Derny

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Gerrie Knetemann)

:1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)

:1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)

:1st Six Days of Munich (with Gregor Braun)

:1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Dietrich Thurau)

:2nd Six Days of Milan with Giuseppe Saronni)

:3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Dietrich Thurau)

:3rd Six Days of Herning (with Niels Fredborg)

;1979

:European Track Championships

::2nd 15px Omnium

::3rd 15px Madison (with Dietrich Thurau)

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

:1st Six Days of London (with Albert Fritz)

:1st Six Days of Zürich (with Albert Fritz)

:1st Six Days of Cologne (with Gregor Braun)

:1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Dietrich Thurau)

:1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)

:1st Six Days of Munich (with Dietrich Thurau)

:1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)

:1st Six Days of Hanover (with Albert Fritz)

:2nd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)

:2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Stan Tourné)

:2nd Six Days of Groningen (with Albert Fritz)

:3rd Six Days of Milan with Felice Gimondi)

:3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Dietrich Thurau)

:3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger De Vlaeminck and Rik Van Linden)

:3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Bernard Vallet)

:3rd Six Days of Maastricht (with Albert Fritz)

;1980

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Omnium

::2nd 15px Derny

:1st Six Days of Milan with Giuseppe Saronni)

:1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Gregor Braun)

:1st Six Days of Berlin (with Gregor Braun)

:1st Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Albert Fritz)

:1st Six Days of Herning (with Gert Frank)

:2nd Six Days of Maastricht (with Albert Fritz)

:2nd Six Days of Hanover (with Dietrich Thurau)

:3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)

:3rd Six Days of London (with Albert Fritz)

:3rd Six Days of Cologne (with Albert Fritz)

;1981

:European Track Championships

::3rd 15px Omnium

:Belgian National Championships

::2nd 15px Points race

:1st Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)

:1st Six Days of Cologne (with Albert Fritz)

:1st Six Days of Ghent (with Gert Frank)

:1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Urs Freuler)

:2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)

:2nd Six Days of Hanover (with Gert Frank)

:3rd Six Days of Zürich (with René Pijnen)

:3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)

;1982

:European Track Championships

::1st 15px Madison (with René Pijnen)

::3rd 15px Omnium

:Belgian National Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

:1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger De Vlaeminck)

:1st Six Days of Berlin (with Maurizio Bidinost)

:1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with René Pijnen)

:2nd Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)

:2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Gregor Braun)

:2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Gert Frank)

:2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Danny Clark)

:2nd Six Days of Herning (with René Pijnen)

:3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Roger De Vlaeminck)

:3rd Six Days of Maastricht (with Gerrie Knetemann)

;1983

:1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with René Pijnen)

:2nd Six Days of Milan (with Moreno Argentin)

:2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)

:2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Etienne De Wilde)

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• World Record flying 500 m time trial (amateurs): 1964
• World Record 1 km time trial (amateurs): 1964
• World Record flying 1 km time trial: 1967
• World Record 1 km time trial: 1972
• World Outdoor Record flying 1 km time trial: 1973
• Most European championships wins: 15
• Most national track championships wins: 38
• Most Six Days wins: 88
• Most Six Days of Ghent wins: 11
• Most Six Days of London wins: 9

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• 15 events with Eddy Merckx

• 14 with Peter Post

• 10 with Albert Fritz

• 8 with René Pijnen

• 7 with Dietrich Thurau

• 3 with Klaus Bugdahl & Gert Frank

• 2 with Rudi Altig, Roger De Vlaeminck, Alain van Lancker, Julien Stevens, Graeme Gilmore, Francesco Moser & Freddy Maertens

• Honorary Citizen of Izegem: 1996
• Introduced in the Olympiapark München Walk of Stars: 2003{{cite web |date=10 January 2003 |title=Eddy Merckx and Patrick Sercu introduced in the Walk of Stars |url=https://www.olympiapark.de/en/tours-sightseeing/sightseeing/munich-olympic-walk-of-stars/eddy-merckx-und-patrick-ser |website=lympiapark.de}}
• A velodrome, Wielerbaan Patrick Sercu in Bruges: 2007{{cite web |title=Wielerpiste Patrick Sercu |url=https://www.brugge.be/wielerbaan-patrick-sercu-2 |publisher=www.brugge.be |language=nl |publication-date=12 December 2022}}
• A velodrome, Wielerpiste Defraeye-Sercu in Roeselare: 2011{{cite web |title=Wielerpiste Defraeye-Sercu |url=https://visitroeselare.be/nl/groepen/actief-beleven/wielerpiste |publisher=visitroeselare.be |language=nl |publication-date=12 December 2022}}
• Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee Order of Merit: 2014
• Patrick Sercu trophy: from 2019{{cite web |title=UITSLAG TROFEE PATRICK SERCU 2021. Paralympiër Tim Celen volgt Victor Campenaerts op |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20211026_96755645 |publisher=Het Nieuwsblad |language=nl |publication-date=26 October 2021}}
• A street, Patrick Sercudreef in Izegem: 2020{{cite web |title=Straat in Izegem naar Patrick Sercu vernoemd |url=https://www.wielerflits.be/nieuws/straat-in-izegem-naar-patrick-sercu-vernoemd/ |publisher=wielerflits.be |language=nl |publication-date=13 February 2020}}

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[http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=5605 Patrick Sercu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105123550/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=5605 |date=5 November 2013 }}. cyclingarchives.com

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