Achiel Bruneel (19 October 1918 – 5 June 2008) was a professional track cyclist from Herenthout, Belgium.[1]
He rode different Six-days events of which he eventually won 12, remarkably with 9 different teammates.[2]
Major results
- 1940
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Jef Scherens)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger Deneef)
- 1942
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Karel Kaers)
- 1946
- 1st Prix Raynaud-Dayen Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)
- 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)
- 1947
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Omer De Bruycker)
- 1st Six Days of Paris (with Robert Naeye)
- 1948
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Camile Dekuysscher)
- 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Camile Dekuysscher)
- 1949
- 1st Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie)
- 2nd
European Track Championships – Madison (with Camile Dekuysscher) - 1950
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne (with Guy Lapébie)
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
- 1st Prix Dupré-Lapize Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
- 2nd European Track Championships – Madison (with Guy Lapébie)
- 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie)
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Albert Bruylandt)
- 1951
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
- 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
- 1952
- 1st Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Lucien Acou)
- 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 1953
- 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Oscar Plattner)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Arsène Rijckaert)
- 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
- 3rd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lucien Acou)
- 3rd
European Track Championships – Madison (with Arsene Ryckaert) - 1954
- 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Lucien Acou)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Lucien Acou)
- 3rd European Track Championships – Madison (with Lucien Acou)
References
- ^ "Achiel Bruneel". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
- ^ "Achiel Bruneel". ProcyclingStats. 2022.