Emile Severeyns

Emile Severeyns (28 August 1931 – 30 November 1979) was a Belgian road and track cyclist. Professional from 1953 to 1971, he won 26 six-day races. He also competed in the 1954 Giro d'Italia and the 1956 Vuelta a España.^[1]

Emile Severeyns

Severeyns pictured circa 1960
Personal information
Born	(1931-08-28)28 August 1931 Schoten, Belgium
Died	30 November 1979(1979-11-30) (aged 48) Antwerp, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Track Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1953	Van Hauwaert
1954–1955	Girardengo
1956–1960	Peugeot–BP–Dunlop
1961–1963	Solo–Van Steenbergen
1963–1965	G.B.C.–Libertas
1966	Goldor–Main d'Or–L'Hirondelle
1968	Goldor–Gerka–Main d'Or
Major wins
Track Championships National Track Championships Madison (1961, 1962) European Track Championships Madison (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961)

Major results

Track

1955

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1956

1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Arsène Rijckaert and Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1957

1st Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen and Willy Vannitsen)

3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1958

1st   Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen and Reginald Arnold)

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1959

1st   Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1960

1st   Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Leo Proost and Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1961

1st   Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st   Madison, National Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Gilbert Maes and Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Aarhus (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1962

1st   Madison, National Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Cologne (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Milan (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke and Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd   Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Berlin I (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Berlin II (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Daems)

1963

3rd   Madison, European Track Championships (with Reginald Arnold)

1964

1st Six Days of Montreal (with Palle Lykke)

1st Six Days of Quebec (with Lucien Gillen)

2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1965

1st Six Days of Toronto (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1st Six Days of Quebec (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

2nd   Madison, European Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1966

1st Six Days of Madrid (with Walter Godefroot)

1st Six Days of Montreal II (with Palle Lykke)

3rd Madison, National Track Championships (with Robert Lelangue)

1967

1st Six Days of Montreal I (with Patrick Sercu)

2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Gilbert Maes)

3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Leo Proost and Tom Simpson)

1968

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Sigi Renz and Theo Verschueren)

Road

1953

1st GP Briek Schotte

1956

1st Heist-op-den-Berg

1957

1st GP Briek Schotte

1962

1st Elfstedenronde

References

1. "Emile Severeyns". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

External links

• Emile Severeyns at Cycling Archives 
• Emile Severeyns at ProCyclingStats