Benoni Beheyt

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Belgium Belgium
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold 1963 Ronse Professional Men's Road Race

Benoni Beheyt (born 27 September 1940 in Zwijnaarde) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 World Cycling Championships Road Race and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France.

[edit] Major achievements

1962 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
Brussel-Ingooigem
2e etappe Ronde van Picardië
3rd, Paris-Tours
1963 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1st, Gent-Wevelgem
1st, GP Fourmies
1st (Gold Medal), World Cycling Championships Road Race
1st, Tour de Wallonie
1964 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
49th, Overall, Tour de France
1st, Stage 22a, (Orléans - Versailles, 118.5 km)
1st, Overall, Tour de Belgium
Flag of Belgium Belgium National road race championship
1965 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1966 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1967 – Tibetan-Pullover Centrale
1968 – Pullover Centrale-Motte

[edit] Tour de France record

  • 1963: 49th overall
  • 1964: 49th overall and 1 stage win
  • 1965: 47th overall
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Jean Stablinski
World Road Racing Champion
1963
Succeeded by
Jan Janssen