Joseph "Jef" Planckaert 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...

 racing cyclist. He is seen as one of the best Belgian cyclists of the 50's and 60's of the twentieth century.

His best season was 1962, when on the citadel of Namen he became Belgian champion, won Paris–Nice and the Tour de Luxembourg

Tour de Luxembourg

Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.HC, the highest rating below the ProTour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale , the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour was part of the UCI Europe...

, won Liège–Bastogne–Liège and became second in the Tour de France

1962 Tour de France

The 1962 Tour de France was the 49th Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 15, 1962. It was composed of 22 stages over 4274 km, ridden at an average speed of 37.306 km/h. After more than 30 years, the Tour was again contested by trade teams...

. He also won Omloop Het Volk in 1958, and Four Days of Dunkirk

Four Days of Dunkirk

The Four Days of Dunkirk is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Confusingly, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has usually been held over a 5 or 6 day period. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe...

 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

Yellow jersey

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 for 7 consecutive days

Maillot jaune statistics

Since the first Tour de France in 1903, there have been 1,994 stages, up to and including the 21st stage of the 2011 Tour de France. Since 1919, the race leader following each stage has been awarded the yellow jersey ....

. Planckaert ended his career in 1965.

Major victories

1954

Gent-Staden

GP d'Isbuerges

Liedekerke

Langemark

1955

Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen

Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne

1956

Moorsele

Zwevegem

Kortrijk

1957

Diksmuide

Four days of Dunkirk

Sint-Amands

1958

Trofeo Fenaroli

Omloop Het Volk

Zwevegem

1959

Nationale sluitingsprijs

Beernem

Braine-le-Comte

1960

Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne

Four days of Dunkirk

Vichte

1961

Handzame

Gullegem

Oostende

Zwevegem

Wortegem

1962

Bellegem

GP du Parisien

Paris–Nice

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Tour de Luxembourg

Tour de Luxembourg

Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.HC, the highest rating below the ProTour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale , the sport's governing body. In 2006, the Tour was part of the UCI Europe...

national road race champion

Zwevegem

Visé

1963

Ploërdut

Handzame

Four days of Dunkirk

Kortrijk

Wortegem

1964

GP du Tournaisis

Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen

Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen

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Wetteren

Kemzeke

1965

Ruiselede

Tour de France

• 1957 Tour de France
  1957 Tour de France
  The 1957 Tour de France was the 44th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 20, 1957. It was composed of 22 stages over 4665 km, ridden at an average speed of 34.250 km/h....
  
   - 16th
• 1958 Tour de France
  1958 Tour de France
  The 1958 Tour de France was the 45th Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 19, 1958. The total race distance was 24 stages over 4,319 km, at an average speed of 36.919 km/h....
  
   - 6th
• 1959 Tour de France
  1959 Tour de France
  The 1959 Tour de France was the 46th Tour de France, taking place between 25 June and 18 July 1959. The race featured 120 riders, of which 65 finished. The Tour included 22 stages over 4,391 km, and the winner had an average speed of 35.474 km/h....
  
   - 17th
• 1960 Tour de France
  1960 Tour de France
  The 1960 Tour de France was the 47th Tour de France, taking place between 26 June and 17 July 1960. The race featured 128 riders, of which 81 finished...
  
   - 5th
• 1961 Tour de France
  1961 Tour de France
  The 1961 Tour de France was the 48th running of the Tour de France. It meandered through France from 25 June to 16 July 1961. It consisted of 21 stages, a total of , which was ridden at an average speed of . Out of the 132 riders who started the tour, 72 managed to complete the tour's tough course...
  
   - 15th; winner 6th stage
• 1962 Tour de France
  1962 Tour de France
  The 1962 Tour de France was the 49th Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 15, 1962. It was composed of 22 stages over 4274 km, ridden at an average speed of 37.306 km/h. After more than 30 years, the Tour was again contested by trade teams...
  
   - 2nd
• 1965 Tour de France
  1965 Tour de France
  The 1965 Tour de France was memorable for a number of reasons. In his first year as a professional, Felice Gimondi, a substitute replacement on the Salvarani team, captures the overall title ahead of Raymond Poulidor, last year's second place finisher...
  
   - 56th

Teams

• 1954 - Alcyon-Dunlop
• 1955 - Elvé-Peugeot
• 1956 - Elvé-Peugeot
• 1957 - Peugeot-BP
• 1958 - Carpano
• 1959 - Carpano
• 1960 - Flandria-Wiel's
• 1961 - Wiel's-Flandria
• 1962 - Flandria-Faema
• 1963 - Faema-Flandria
• 1964 - Flandria-Romeo
• 1965 - Solo-Superia

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Jef Planckaert