Leon Vandaele

Leon Vandaele (24 February 1933 in Ruddervoorde – 30 April 2000 in Oostkamp) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His biggest victory was the 1958 Paris–Roubaix.

Major results

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Road

1952

1st

1st

1953

1st

1st Omloop Gemeente Melle

1954

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

5th Gent–Wevelgem

1956

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st Omloop van het Houtland

3rd Tour of Flanders

1957

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st Overall Driedaagse van Antwerpen

: 1st stage 1

1st Paris–Brussels

1st Brussels–Ingooigem

1st Milano–Mantova

1st

1st

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

3rd Paris–Roubaix

3rd Omloop Het Volk

7th Road race, UCI World Championships

1958

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st

1st Omloop van de Fruitstreek

1st Vlaamse Pijl

2nd Brussels–Ingooigem

9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

: 1st stage 3 (TTT), 6 & 7

10th Milan–San Remo

1959

1st Gent–Wevelgem

1st Omloop van het Houtland

1st stage 1 Tour of Luxembourg

1st stage 3 Paris–Nice

2nd Elfstedenronde

3rd Milan–San Remo

5th Omloop Het Volk

8th Paris–Roubaix

1960

1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt

1st Omloop van het Houtland

1st De Panne

6th Gent–Wevelgem

1961

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1st stage 2 Tour of Luxembourg

1st Nokere Koerse

3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen

1962

1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

1963

1st Ronde Oost-Vlaanderen

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

3rd Elfstedenronde

3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman

1964

1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs

1st Elfstedenronde

1st Omloop der drie Provinciën

2nd Nokere Koerse

2nd National Road Championships – Interclubs road race

Track

1955

Belgian National Track Championships

:2nd Omnium

:2nd Madison (with Josef De Beuckelaer)

3rd Six Days of Paris (with Emiel Severeyns and Paul De Paepe)

1956

3rd Six Days of Paris (with Lucien Acou and Arsène Ryckaert)

1957

3rd Six Days of Paris (with Willy Vannitsen and Alfred De Bruyne)

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