Emiel Faignaert
Appearance
![]() Faignaert for Groene Leeuw | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Sint-Martens-Lierde | 10 March 1919
Died | 10 May 1980 Ghent | (aged 61)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1943 | Europe-Dunlop |
1944 | Lucien Michard-Hutchinson |
1945 | Groene Leeuw |
1946-1947 | Dilecta-Wolber |
1948 | Dilecta-J.B. Louvet-Wolber |
1949 | Dilecta-Wolber |
1950 | Groene Leeuw |
Major wins | |
Tour of Flanders (1947) |
Emiel Faignaert (10 March 1919, in Sint-Martens-Lierde – 10 May 1980, in Ghent) was a Belgian cyclist.
He was professional from 1940 to 1950. In 1943, Faignaert won Antwerp-Ghent-Antwerp. His biggest success was in 1947 when he won the Tour of Flanders. Overall, he won 27 races.
In Faignaert's home town, a monument of him was erected in 2007.
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Palmarès
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- 1941
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 1942
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 1943
- 4th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 1944
- 6th Paris-Roubaix
- 1945
- 6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 8th Grote Prijs Jules Lowie
- 1946
- 1st Grote Prijs Victor Standaert
- 7th Omloop van Vlaanderen
- 7th La Flèche Wallone
- 1947
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Omloop van West-Vlaanderen
- 2nd Omloop Het Volk
- 6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 8th Brussel-Ingooigem
References
[edit]- ^ "Emiel Faignaert". Retrieved 23 May 2014.