Fred De Bruyne


Alfred De Bruyne was a Belgian champion cyclist.
He won Milan–San Remo and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1956, the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours in 1957, and again Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1958 and 1959.
He also won the Challenge Desgrange-Colombo competition 3 years running. This was the fore-runner of the Super Prestige now in itself replaced by the UCI Ranking Points List.
After his professional cycling career he went on to become a very popular TV sports commentator, a team manager, and finally a spokesman for the cycling team.

Major results

;1954
;1956
;1957
;1958
;1959
;1961

Books by Fred De Bruyne

Fred de Bruyne wrote following books about famous cyclists: