Jules Vanhevel

Jules Vanhevel (10 March 1895 in Koekelare – 21 July 1969 in Ostend) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He was a professional from 1919 to 1936.

Jules Vanhevel

Jules Vanhevel, racing for the French brand Wonder
Personal information
Full name	Jules Vanhevel
Born	(1895-03-10)10 March 1895 Koekelare, Belgium
Died	21 July 1969(1969-07-21) (aged 74) Ostend, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1921-1923	Team Bianchi Dunlop
1923-1924	Team Cycles M.Buysse-Colonial
1924-1925	Team Wonder-Russel
1925-1926	Team Wonder
1926-1927	Team Ravat-Wonder-Dunlop
1927-1930	Team Opel ZR-III
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1920, 1921) Tour of Flanders (1920) Paris-Roubaix (1924) Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1919, 1920) Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten (1928)

Biography

In the literature, his name is often misspelled as "Jules Van Hevel. The cyclist Jules A. Vanhevel should not be confused with Jules K. Vanhevel, the last miller of the East Mill at Gistel, a relative

Jules Vanhevel his first racing bike was a Bercley.

Record as beginner

1913

• 1st "The First Step" at Brussels
• 1st Harelbeke-Gent Harelbeke-
• 1st Tielt

Record as independent

1914

• 1st Coast of Circulation
• 3rd Grand Prix Brussels
• 1st Grand Prix Merkem
• 1st Evergem-Oostende Evergem-
• 1st Grand Prix Franco-Belge

Record in the war / in military service

Jules Vanhevel served as a cyclist in the 1st Artillery Regiment and later in the trench mortars Van Doren of the 1st Army Division. He was injured and was sent to England ill.

1917

• Molinari Cup 1st Stamford Bridge

1918

• Molinari Cup 1st Stamford Bridge
• 1st Gravelines

1919

• 1st Grand Prix Mechelen

Record as a professional

1919^{[citation needed]}

• 3rd Tour of Flanders
• (interruption cycling career in the Army in Germany))
• (Statement) Tour of Battlefields Strasbourg-Luxembourg-Brussels-Amiens (2nd in the 1st round, 2nd round and 5th in the list in the 3rd round)
• 3rd Tour of Belgium (2nd in the 1st round, 3rd in the 3rd round, 2nd in the 4th and 6th in the 5th round trip)
• (discharge from military service)

1st   Championship of Flanders

• 1st Circuit Veurne-Ambacht
• 1st Ichtegem

1920^{[citation needed]}

• 1st   National Road Race Championships
• 1st Tour of Flanders
• 5th Paris–Roubaix
• 4th Milano–Torino-
• (abandon) Tour of Belgium (1st in the 1st round, 10th in the 2nd round and declared in the 3rd round by accident)

1st   Championship of Flanders

• 3rd Six Days of New York (with Henri Van Lerberghe)

1921 Team Bianchi Dunlop^[1]

• 1st   National Road Race Championships
• 2nd Tour of Flanders
• 3rd Tour of Belgium (6th in the 1st round, 1st in the 2nd round, 2nd in the 3rd round, 3rd in the 4th round, 2nd in the 5th round)
• 2nd Grand Prix Duffel
• (abandon) Tour of Italy 5th in the 2nd round)
• 4th Six Days of New York (by Marcel Buyze)

1922

• 1st Tour of West Flanders
• 8th Six Days of Paris (by Marcel Buyze)

1923 Team Cycles M.Buysse-Colonial^[2]

• 4th Tour of Flanders
• 1st Circuit Nieuwpoort
• 1st De Drie Zustersteden Antwerp-Torhout
• 2nd Schaal Sels
• 1st Den Haag - Arnhem - Den Haag
• 1st Balgerhoeke
• 1st Grand Prix Brasschaat
• 1st Critérium des As
• 5th Belgian National Road Race Championships for elite
• 1st Six Days of Brussels, (with Cesar Debaets)
• 9th Six Days of Paris (with Cesar Debaets)
• 11th Six Days of Ghent (by Marcel Buyze)

1924 Team Wonder-Russel^[3]

• 1st Paris–Roubaix
• 1st Circuit Paris
• 1st Critérium des As
• 5th Tour of Flanders
• 3rd Blankenberge
• 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Lucien Buysse)

1925 Team Wonder^[4]

• 3rd Paris–Roubaix
• 3rd Giro della Provincia Milano (with Gerard Debaets) (2nd test on the slopes, on his Australian 2nd, 4th on the road)
• 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Cesar Debaets)

1926 Team Ravat-Wonder-Dunlop^[5] and team Opel=Pollack^[6]

• 1st Circuit du Littoral
• 2nd Berlin-Hanover-Berlin
• 2nd Circuit Stuttgart
• 2nd Circuit Cologne
• 3rd Tour of Frankfurt
• 3rd Championship of Germany
• 11th Circuit of Paris
• 27th Paris–Tours
• 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Emile Aerts)
• 4th Six Days of Brussels (with Denis Verschueren)

1927 Team Opel ZR-III^[7]

• 1st Hanover - Bremen - Hannover
• 1st Berlin - Cottbus - Berlin
• 2nd Tour Frankfurt
• 2nd Around Cologne
• 2nd Württemberg Rundfahrt
• 1st Hulst

1928^{[citation needed]}

• 1st   Tour of Belgium (1st in the 1st round, 2nd in the 2nd round, 2nd and 3rd in the 3rd round in 4th ride)
• 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
• 2nd Sachsen-Tour
• 3rd Six Days of Leipzig (with Oskar Tietz)
• 4th Six Days of Brussels (by Jules Verschelden)
• 6th Paris–Roubaix
• (abandon) World ( "But? ... It happened at Km. 80. Ronsse was in the lead. Van Hevel at his wheel. Before them, a harnessing of oxen. One of the animals and turn away again with -tail. Ronsse the lead, running alongside a rake ment. He comes over. Jules follows. At 'the moment he passes, the tail stutters — read carefully, dear reader — from the ox to the brake handle on the handlebar, with the result that Van Hevel as mercilessly as the substance is suddenly thrown. He was hurt, hands and legs, and the whole body.")^{[citation needed]}

1929^{[citation needed]}

• 3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Rene Vermandel)

1930^{[citation needed]}

• 1st Gistel

1931^{[citation needed]}

• 1st Avelgem
• 8th UCI World Championships Road Race
• 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Piet Van Kempen)
• 9th Six Days of Berlin (with Jean Van Buggenhout)

1932^{[citation needed]}

• 1st Niel
• 4th Six Days of Brussels (with Leopold Haegelsteen)

1933^{[citation needed]}

• 6th Six Days of Brussels (with Gustaaf Van Slembrouck)

1936^{[citation needed]}

• 6th Six Days of Brussels (with Kees Pellenaars)

Museum

In the ancient hostelry 'De Engel' at Ichtegem, of the family Maeckelbergh, one can admire a unique collection of Jules Vanhevel. Robert Maeckelbergh was the caretaker of Jules Vanhevel and married his sister Lea.

References

1. Archives, Cycling. "Bianchi - Dunlop 1921". www.dewielersite.net.
2. Archives, Cycling. "M. Buysse Cycles - Colonial 1923". www.dewielersite.net.
3. WONDER-RUSSELL "Wonder - Russell Cycles 1924".
4. Archives, Cycling. "Wonder 1925". www.dewielersite.net.
5. Archives, Cycling. "Ravat - Wonder - Dunlop 1926". www.dewielersite.net.
6. Wielersite, de. "!!! de Wielersite !!!". www.dewielersite.net.
7. OPEL ZR-III

Further reading

• Het rijke Vlaamsche wielerleven, Karel Van Wijnendaele
• Rik Vanwalleghem (2006). Koarle!: Karel Van Wijnendaele : de man die zijn volk leerde koersen. Lannoo Uitgeverij. ISBN 978-90-209-6547-6.
• Patrieck Geldhof; Dries Vanysacker (2005). En de broodrenner, hij fietste verder: het wielrennen in België tijdens WO II. ACCO. ISBN 978-90-334-5815-6.

External links

• OPEL Fahrräder
• Soetens, Arthur. Jules van Hevel, Levensschets Van Den Kampioen Der Kampioenen Als Baanrenner. Onze Kampioenen (2nd book). Antwerp: Con st. Cleiren.