Edward Van Dijck (22 March 1918 – 22 April 1977) was a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 professional road bicycle racer

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

 during the 1940s and 1950s.

Van Dijck became the second Belgian to win

General Classification

The general classification in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races...

 the Spanish Grand Tour

Grand Tour (cycling)

In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...

 at the 1947 Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

—which covered 24 stages and 3,893 km—upsetting Manuel Costa of Spain and 1945 Vuelta champion Delio Rodriguez

Delio Rodriguez

Delio Rodríguez Barros was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist and sprinter. Despite winning 12 stages at the 1941 Vuelta and 8 stages at the 1942 Vuelta, Rodríguez failed to make the top five places in the overall standings...

 of Spain.

Major results by year

1942

Antwerpen - Gent - Antwerpen

1943

Grand Prix de Wallonie

Grand Prix de Wallonie

The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Palmarès:-External links:*...

Roosbeek

1944

Bertem

Verviers

1945

Bertem

1946

Brussel/Berchem - Ingooigem

Ronde van Limburg

1947

Vuelta a España

1947 Vuelta a España

The 7th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from May 12 to June 5, 1947. It consisted of 24 stages covering a total of 3,893 km, and was won by Edouard Van Dyck. Emilio Rodríguez won the mountains classification.-Final General...

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Winner overall classification

Winner stages 16B and 21A

1948

Tour de France

1948 Tour de France

The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 25, 1948. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,922 km, ridden at an average speed of 33.443 km/h....

Winner stage 16

1949

Rijkevorsel

1950

GP Stad Vilvoorde

1951

Leuven

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Edward Van Dijck