Victor Fastre

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Victor Fastre

| image = Victor Fastre.png

| caption = Fastre in 1909

| birth_name = Victor Joseph Henri Fastre

| birth_date = 19 May 1890

| birth_place = Liège, Belgium

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1914|9|12 |1890|5|19|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rotselaar, Belgium

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1910-11

| proteam1 = Alcyon-Dunlop

| proyears2 = 1912

| proteam2 = Sarolea

| proyears3 = 1913-14

| proteam3 = Individual

| majorwins = Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1909

| updated =

}}

Victor Joseph Henri Fastre (19 May 1890 – 12 September 1914) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1909.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Victor Fastre |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=2863#racedata |website=FirstCycling.com |language=en}}

Personal life and death

Fastre was son of Hubert Henri Joseph Fastre and his wife Marie Catherine Sophie (nee Leuwen). Enlisted in the Belgian Army in 1910, he was killed in action within Belgium during World War I.[https://www.wardeadregister.be/en/dead-person?idPersonne=18258] Belgian War Dead Register, accessed 19 February 2022.

Palmarès

;1907

:1st Bruxelles-Jemeppe

;1909

:1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

:2nd Namur–Bruxelles

;1910

:1st Angleur–Tilff–Angleur

;1911

:1st Antwerpen–Kalmthout

;1912

:5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

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