# Patrick Sercu

Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx. He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d'Italia.
With 38 national and 15 European championship titles, he is considered as one of the most successful track cyclists ever.
In total, he won no less than 1,206 races, of which 168 road races and 1,038 track races.

## Biography
### Early life

At a young age, Patrick Sercu was pushed towards the track by his father Albert, himself a successful rider. "He was afraid I would break down too quickly on the road", Patrick Sercu himself said about that.
With his fast legs, Sercu was also born for explosive work on the track. In 1962, aged 18, he won his first national titles, in the sprint and madison events. At 19, Sercu became world amateur sprint champion in Rocourt, near Liège.
A year later, the still very young Sercu captured gold at the kilometre in Tokyo, his only participation in the Games as only amateurs were allowed to compete in the cycling events at the time. That year, he was the star attraction at the Manchester Wheelers' Club Race Meet at the Fallowfield track in Manchester.

### Professional career

After the Olympics, professional life and also increasingly the road races beckoned for Sercu. Super team Solo–Superia, which also included Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Looy and Rik Van Steenbergen, brought in the West-Fleming.
While on the road he still lacked power and speed, on the track he was increasingly successful. Between 1965 and 1969, he won two more golds and two more silver medals at the World Sprint Championships, each time after a duel with his Italian rival Giuseppe Beghetto.
He was also an instant winner in the Six Days. With Eddy Merckx at his side, he won his first of 11 Six Days in Ghent in 1965. Until the early 1980s, Sercu would remain the uncrowned king of the Six Days.
With 88 final victories, Sercu leads the eternal rankings. "It's Merckx's fault there weren't more", he later said jokingly. After all, Merckx could not ride a full winter programme due to his busy schedule.
Gradually, Sercu began to find his feet on the road as well. In 1970, he rode his first major tour, the Giro, and took his first stage win. Twelve more stage wins in the Italian Tour would follow in the following years.
By the mid-1970s, Sercu had become one of the most renowned sprinters in the peloton. In his first participation in the Tour at the age of 30, he snatched 3 stages as well as the green jersey. Three years later, he would bring his total in the Tour to six stage wins. By then, he had already won the overall classification of another stage race Giro di Sardegna in 1970, and the points classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné and La Méditerranée in 1977.

### Retirement

Patrick Sercu retired from competitions in 1983. He became organizer of six days events and omniums all over the world, and director of the Six Days of Ghent and the former Six Days of Hasselt. After a few years with unstable health, Sercu died on 19 April 2019, aged 74.

## Riding Style

Sercu had the special quality not only to have a very fast sprint, but he could also maintain that top speed for a long time. He celebrated his greatest success there with one kilometer time trial, where he often outwitted the stockier, more explosive types in a long sprint. It earned him the world records in the shorter distances. Moreover, everything seemed to come very easily to him, often to the chagrin of his opponents. With his unequalled recuperation ability, he was able to participate in more than ten six-days in a winter season. In the years that he combined the track with the road, he competed in more than 200 races every year.
The six-day combination with Eddy Merckx was a success. Merckx was able to maintain a high, constant pace for a long time, while Sercu often finished it off with his final sprint.

## Major results
### Road
#### 1964

    1st Gent–Wevelgem Amateur race

#### 1965

    1st Criterium Zolder

#### 1966

    1st Criterium Bourcefranc

#### 1967

    1st Memorial Tom Simpson

#### 1968

    1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
    2nd Ronde van Limburg

#### 1969

    1st Omloop Leiedal
    1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
    3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

#### 1970

    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 5
    2nd Coppa Sabatini
    2nd Milano–Vignola
    2nd Giro di Calabria
    2nd Nokere Koerse
    3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
    3th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 5
    1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
       1st Stage 4

#### 1971

    1st Izegem koers
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 13 & 14
    1st Stage 2 Giro di Sardegna
    1st Criterium Tortoretto
    2nd Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
    1st GP Roeselare
    2nd Grote 1-MeiPrijs
    2nd Milano–Vignola
    2nd Giro di Campania
    3rd Sassari-Cagliari

#### 1972

    1st Omloop van het Houtland
    1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    1st Criterium Lignano
    2nd Coppa Bernocchi
    2nd Paris–Camembert
    1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
    3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
       1st Stage 6
    3rd Sassari-Cagliari

#### 1973

    1st Maaslandse Pijl
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 9
    1st Stage 2 Giro di Puglia
    1st Elfstedenronde
    1st Sassari-Cagliari
    2nd Milano–Vignola

#### 1974

    Tour de France
       1st Points classification
       1st StageS 3, 4 and 10
    1st Halle–Ingooigem
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 1, 10 & 12 (ITT), 7 & 15 (ITT)
    1st De Kustpijl
    1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
    1st Criterium Rouergue
    2nd Giro di Sicilia
    2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    5th Overall Giro di Sardegna
    1st Stages 2, 3 and 5

#### 1975

    1st Izegem Koers
    1st Circuit of Dunkirk (fr)
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 2, 13 and 18
    Tour de Romandie
       1st Stages 2 and 5
    Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 4
    1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
    1st Stage 3 Giro di Sardegna
    2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    2nd Milano–Vignola
    2nd Grand Prix Cemab (fr)

#### 1976

    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 1, 2 and 11
    1st Stage 4 Giro di Puglia
    1st Stage 5 Giro di Sardegna
    1st Criterium Nantes
    3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

#### 1977

    Tour de France
       1st Stages 8, 9 (TTT), 14 and 15
    Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 3, 4, 5 and 8
    Paris–Nice
       1st Stages 8 and 10
    1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
    1st Stages 2 and 3
    La Méditerranéenne
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 4 and 5
    2nd E3 Harelbeke

#### 1978

    1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium
    1st Omloop van de Grensstreek
    1st Criterium Hank

#### 1979

    1st GP Union Dortmund
    1st Stage 6 Deutschland Tour

#### 1980

    1st Omloop van het Zuidwesten
    1st Criterium Mol

### Track
#### 1962

    Belgian National Championships
       1st Amateur Sprint

#### 1963

    1st Men's Amateur sprint, UCI Track World Championships
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Amateur Madison (with Romain De Loof)
       1st Amateur Sprint
       1st Amateur Omnium
    1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Roucourt Sprint

#### 1964

    Summer Olympics
       1st Men's track time trial
    World Record Flying 500 m time trial amateurs (29"66)
    World Record 1 km time trial amateurs (1'06"76)
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Amateur Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
       1st Amateur Sprint
       1st Amateur Omnium
    1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Cologne Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Antwerp Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Forest-Vorst Omnium (with Eddy Merckx)

#### 1965

    1st European Track Championships – Omnium
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Amateur Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
       1st Sprint
    2nd Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Eddy Merckx)
    3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and Theo Verschueren)

#### 1966

    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    1st Antwerp Omnium (with Eddy Merckx
    1st Rocourt Omnium (with Eddy Merckx
    1st Ostend Omnium (with Eddy Merckx
    1st Brussels Omnium (with Eddy Merckx
    1st Ghent Omnium (with Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Steenbergen and Noël Van Clooster
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx and Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Six Days of Milan (with Leandro Faggin)
    3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Six Days of Amsterdam (with Jan Janssen)

#### 1967

    1st Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships
    1st European Track Championships – Omnium
    World Indoor Record Flying 1 km time trial (1'01"23)
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
       1st Sprint
       2nd Derny
    1st Six Days of Cologne (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Charleroi (with Ferdinand Bracke)
    1st Six Days of Montreal I (with Emile Severeyns)
    1st Six Days of Münster (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    1st Madison Ostend (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Madison Rocourt (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx and Klaus Bugdahl)
    2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    2nd Six Days of Berlin II (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    2nd Six Days of Milan (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Six Days of Berlin I (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Six Days of Montreal II (with Emile Severeyns)

#### 1968

    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       3rd Madison (with Klaus Bugdahl))
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
       1st Sprint
    1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Rudi Altig)
    1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rudi Altig)
    2nd Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships
    2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Peter Post)
    2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Looy)
    2nd Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)
    3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Jan Janssen and Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Six Days of Charleroi (with Rik Van Looy)

#### 1969

    1st Men's sprint, UCI Track World Championships
    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Peter Post)
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Madison (with Rik Van Looy)
       1st Sprint
    1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Looy and Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)
    2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Peter Post)
    2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Peter Post)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Alain van Lancker)
    2nd Six Days of Milan with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)
    3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Alain van Lancker)

#### 1970

    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Norbert Seeuws)
    1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Cologne (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Jean-Pierre Monseré)
    2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Albert Fritz)
    2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Romain Deloof and Alain van Lancker)
    3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Sigi Renz and Jürgen Schneider)

#### 1971

    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       3rd Madison (with Graeme Gilmore))
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Jean-Pierre Monseré)
    1st Six Days of London (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
    1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Peter Post)
    1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Peter Post)
    2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)
    2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
    3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Peter Post)
    3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Ferdinand Bracke)

#### 1972

    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       2nd Madison (with Julien Stevens))
    World Record 1 km time trial (1'07"35)
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
    1st Six Days of London (with Tony Gowland)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Julien Stevens)
    1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Alain van Lancker)
    2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Linden and Alain van Lancker)
    2nd Six Days of Milan with Gianni Motta)
    2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Peter Post)
    3rd Six Days of Munich (with Alain van Lancker)

#### 1973

    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
    World Outdoor Record Flying 1 km time trial (1' 02" 40)
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Madison (with Julien Stevens)
    1st Six Days of Cologne (with Alain van Lancker)
    1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Milan with Julien Stevens)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Graeme Gilmore)
    1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of London (with Gianni Motta )
    2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)

#### 1974

    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of London (with René Pijnen)
    1st Six Days of Dortmund (with René Pijnen)
    1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Wilfried Peffgen)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Sigi Renz)
    2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)
    3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Graeme Gilmore)
    3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with René Pijnen)

#### 1975

    European Track Championships
       1st Madison (with René Pijnen)
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Zürich (with Günther Haritz)
    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)
    1st Six Days of Bremen (with René Pijnen)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Dortmund (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)
    2nd Six Days of Munich (with Eddy Merckx)
    3rd Six Days of London (with Alain van Lancker)
    3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Alain van Lancker)

#### 1976

    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       3rd Madison (with Klaus Bugdahl))
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
       1st Derny
    1st Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)
    1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Freddy Maertens)
    1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Maastricht (with Graeme Gilmore)
    2nd Six Days of Berlin (with René Pijnen)
    2nd Six Days of Munich (with Graeme Gilmore)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Ferdi Van Den Haute)
    3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Graeme Gilmore)
    3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Felice Gimondi)

#### 1977

    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Eddy Merckx)
       1st Derny
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Ferdi Van Den Haute)
    1st Six Days of Zürich (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Freddy Maertens)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of London (with René Pijnen)
    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Munich (with Eddy Merckx)
    1st Six Days of Maastricht (with Eddy Merckx)
    2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Eddy Merckx)
    3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Wilfried Peffgen)
    3rd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Freddy Maertens)
    3rd Six Days of Herning (with Ole Ritter)

#### 1978

    European Track Championships
       1st Madison (with Gregor Braun)
       2nd Derny
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Gerrie Knetemann)
    1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)
    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)
    1st Six Days of Munich (with Gregor Braun)
    1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Dietrich Thurau)
    2nd Six Days of Milan with Giuseppe Saronni)
    3rd Six Days of Dortmund (with Dietrich Thurau)
    3rd Six Days of Herning (with Niels Fredborg)

#### 1979

    European Track Championships
       2nd Omnium
       3rd Madison (with Dietrich Thurau)
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
    1st Six Days of London (with Albert Fritz)
    1st Six Days of Zürich (with Albert Fritz)
    1st Six Days of Cologne (with Gregor Braun)
    1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Dietrich Thurau)
    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Dietrich Thurau)
    1st Six Days of Munich (with Dietrich Thurau)
    1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)
    1st Six Days of Hanover (with Albert Fritz)
    2nd Six Days of Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Stan Tourné)
    2nd Six Days of Groningen (with Albert Fritz)
    3rd Six Days of Milan with Felice Gimondi)
    3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Dietrich Thurau)
    3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger De Vlaeminck and Rik Van Linden)
    3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Bernard Vallet)
    3rd Six Days of Maastricht (with Albert Fritz)

#### 1980

    European Track Championships
       1st Omnium
       2nd Derny
    1st Six Days of Milan with Giuseppe Saronni)
    1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Gregor Braun)
    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Gregor Braun)
    1st Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Albert Fritz)
    1st Six Days of Herning (with Gert Frank)
    2nd Six Days of Maastricht (with Albert Fritz)
    2nd Six Days of Hanover (with Dietrich Thurau)
    3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)
    3rd Six Days of London (with Albert Fritz)
    3rd Six Days of Cologne (with Albert Fritz)

#### 1981

    European Track Championships
       3rd Omnium
    Belgian National Championships
       2nd Points race
    1st Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)
    1st Six Days of Cologne (with Albert Fritz)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Gert Frank)
    1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Urs Freuler)
    2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)
    2nd Six Days of Hanover (with Gert Frank)
    3rd Six Days of Zürich (with René Pijnen)
    3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Albert Fritz)

#### 1982

    European Track Championships
       1st Madison (with René Pijnen)
       3rd Omnium
    Belgian National Championships
       1st Omnium
    1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Maurizio Bidinost)
    1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with René Pijnen)
    2nd Six Days of Milan with Francesco Moser)
    2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Gregor Braun)
    2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Gert Frank)
    2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Danny Clark)
    2nd Six Days of Herning (with René Pijnen)
    3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Roger De Vlaeminck)
    3rd Six Days of Maastricht (with Gerrie Knetemann)

#### 1983

    1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with René Pijnen)
    2nd Six Days of Milan (with Moreno Argentin)
    2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)
    2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Etienne De Wilde)

## Records
### Overview

* World Record flying 500 m time trial (amateurs): 1964
* World Record 1 km time trial (amateurs): 1964
* World Record flying 1 km time trial: 1967
* World Record 1 km time trial: 1972
* World Outdoor Record flying 1 km time trial: 1973
* Most European championships wins: 15
* Most national track championships wins: 38
* Most Six Days wins: 88
* Most Six Days of Ghent wins: 11
* Most Six Days of London wins: 9

### Details
#### World records

| Discipline | Record | Date | Velodrome |
| Flying 500 m time trial amateurs | 29"66 | 28 July 1964 | Ordrupbanen Ordrup, Denmark |
| 1 km time trial amateurs | 1'06"76 | 12 December 1964 | Palais Des Sports Brussels, Belgium |
| Flying 1 km time trial | 1'01"23 | 3 Februari 1967 | Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Belgium |
| 1 km time trial | 1'07"35 | 2 December 1972 | Hallenstadion Zürich, Switzerland |
| Flying 1 km time trial outdoor | 1'02"46 | 17 September 1973 | Velodromo Vigorelli Milan, Italy |

#### Six-day wins
##### Timeline

| Nr | Year | Race | Partner | Win |
| 1 | 1965 | Ghent | Eddy Merckx | 1 |
| 2 | 1966 | Frankfurt | Klaus Bugdahl | 1 |
| 3 | 1967 | Cologne | Klaus Bugdahl | 2 |
| 4 | 1967 | Montréal | Emile Severeyns | 1 |
| 5 | 1967 | Ghent | Eddy Merckx | 2 |
| 6 | 1967 | Münster | Klaus Bugdahl | 3 |
| 7 | 1967 | Charleroi | Ferdinand Bracke | 1 |
| 8 | 1968 | Rotterdam | Peter Post | 1 |
| 9 | 1968 | London | Peter Post | 2 |
| 10 | 1968 | Frankfurt | Rudi Altig | 1 |
| 11 | 1968 | Dortmund | Rudi Altig | 2 |
| 12 | 1969 | Bremen | Peter Post | 3 |
| 13 | 1969 | Antwerp | Peter Post and Rik Van Looy | 4 |
| 14 | 1969 | London | Peter Post | 5 |
| 15 | 1969 | Dortmund | Peter Post | 6 |
| 16 | 1969 | Frankfurt | Peter Post | 7 |
| 17 | 1969 | Charleroi | Norbert Seeuws | 1 |
| 18 | 1970 | Cologne | Peter Post | 8 |
| 19 | 1970 | Bremen | Peter Post | 9 |
| 20 | 1970 | London | Peter Post | 10 |
| 21 | 1970 | Ghent | Jean-Pierre Monseré | 1 |
| 22 | 1971 | Rotterdam | Peter Post | 11 |
| 23 | 1971 | London | Peter Post | 12 |
| 24 | 1971 | Berlin | Peter Post | 13 |
| 25 | 1971 | Frankfurt | Peter Post | 14 |
| 26 | 1971 | Ghent | Roger De Vlaeminck | 1 |
| 27 | 1972 | London | Tony Gowland | 1 |
| 28 | 1972 | Dortmund | Alain van Lancker | 1 |
| 29 | 1972 | Ghent | Julien Stevens | 1 |
| 30 | 1973 | Cologne | Alain van Lancker | 2 |
| 31 | 1973 | Milan | Julien Stevens | 2 |
| 32 | 1973 | Dortmund | Eddy Merckx | 3 |
| 33 | 1973 | Grenoble | Eddy Merckx | 4 |
| 34 | 1973 | Ghent | Graeme Gilmore | 1 |
| 35 | 1974 | Antwerp | Eddy Merckx | 5 |
| 36 | 1974 | London | René Pijnen | 1 |
| 37 | 1974 | Dortmund | René Pijnen | 2 |
| 38 | 1975 | Bremen | René Pijnen | 3 |
| 39 | 1975 | Antwerp | Eddy Merckx | 6 |
| 40 | 1975 | Berlin | Dietrich Thurau | 1 |
| 41 | 1975 | Grenoble | Eddy Merckx | 7 |
| 42 | 1975 | Ghent | Eddy Merckx | 8 |
| 43 | 1975 | Zürich | Günter Haritz | 1 |
| 44 | 1976 | Rotterdam | Eddy Merckx | 9 |
| 45 | 1976 | Antwerp | Eddy Merckx | 10 |
| 46 | 1976 | Milan | Francesco Moser | 1 |
| 47 | 1976 | Dortmund | Freddy Maertens | 1 |
| 48 | 1976 | Maastricht | Graeme Gilmore | 2 |
| 49 | 1977 | Copenhagen | Ole Ritter | 1 |
| 50 | 1977 | Antwerp | Freddy Maertens | 2 |
| 51 | 1977 | London | René Pijnen | 4 |
| 52 | 1977 | Berlin | Eddy Merck | 11 |
| 53 | 1977 | Munich | Eddy Merckx | 12 |
| 54 | 1977 | Ghent | Eddy Merckx | 13 |
| 55 | 1977 | Zürich | Eddy Merckx | 14 |
| 56 | 1977 | Maastricht | Eddy Merckx | 15 |
| 57 | 1978 | Berlin | Dietrich Thurau | 2 |
| 58 | 1978 | Frankfurt | Dietrich Thurau | 3 |
| 59 | 1978 | Grenoble | Dietrich Thurau | 4 |
| 60 | 1978 | Munich | Gregor Braun | 1 |
| 61 | 1978 | Ghent | Gerrie Knetemann | 1 |
| 62 | 1979 | Cologne | Gregor Braun | 2 |
| 63 | 1979 | Rotterdam | Albert Fritz | 1 |
| 64 | 1979 | Hanover | Albert Fritz | 2 |
| 65 | 1979 | London | Albert Fritz | 3 |
| 66 | 1979 | Berlin | Dietrich Thurau | 5 |
| 67 | 1979 | Dortmund | Dietrich Thurau | 6 |
| 68 | 1979 | Munich | Dietrich Thurau | 7 |
| 69 | 1979 | Zürich | Albert Fritz | 4 |
| 70 | 1979 | Bremen | Albert Fritz | 5 |
| 71 | 1980 | Copenhagen | Albert Fritz | 6 |
| 72 | 1980 | Copenhagen | Albert Fritz | 7 |
| 73 | 1980 | Berlin | Gregor Braun | 3 |
| 74 | 1980 | Dortmund | Gregor Braun | 4 |
| 75 | 1980 | Ghent | Albert Fritz | 8 |
| 76 | 1980 | Herning | Gert Frank | 1 |
| 77 | 1981 | Cologne | Albert Fritz | 8 |
| 78 | 1981 | Copenhagen | Albert Fritz | 9 |
| 79 | 1981 | Milan | Francesco Moser | 2 |
| 80 | 1981 | Grenoble | Urs Freuler | 1 |
| 81 | 1981 | Ghent | Gert Frank | 2 |
| 82 | 1982 | Rotterdam | René Pijnen | 5 |
| 83 | 1982 | Copenhagen | René Pijnen | 6 |
| 84 | 1982 | Antwerp | Roger De Vlaeminck | 2 |
| 85 | 1982 | Berlin | Maurizio Bidinost | 1 |
| 86 | 1982 | Munich | René Pijnen | 7 |
| 87 | 1983 | Rotterdam | René Pijnen | 8 |
| 88 | 1983 | Copenhagen | Gert Frank | 3 |

##### Partners

* 15 events with Eddy Merckx
* 14 with Peter Post
* 10 with Albert Fritz
* 8 with René Pijnen
* 7 with Dietrich Thurau
* 3 with Klaus Bugdahl & Gert Frank
* 2 with Rudi Altig, Roger De Vlaeminck, Alain van Lancker, Julien Stevens, Graeme Gilmore, Francesco Moser & Freddy Maertens

#### Track Championships

| Champion | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
| Olympic: kilometre | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| World track championships: sprint | | | | 1° | 2° | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| World Road Championships | | | | | | | | | | | rit. | | | | | | | | | |
| European Track Championships: madison | | | | | 3° | 1° | 1° | 3° | 2° | | | 1° | | 3° | 1° | 1° | 3° | 3° | | 1° |
| European Track Championships: derny | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | 2° | | | | |
| European Track Championships: omnium | | 1° | | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | | | 1° | 1° | | 2° | 1° | 3° | | |
| :Belgian National Championships: madison | | 1° | 1° | | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | | | | | | |
| :Belgian National Championships: derny | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | | |
| :Belgian National Championships: omnium | | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | | | 1° | 1° | | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | | | 1° | |
| :Belgian National Championships: sprint | | 1° | | 1° | 1° | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| National road championship | | | | | | | | | | | 5° | | | | | | | | | |
| National road championship points | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2° | | 4° | |

#### Track races

| Races | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
| Omnium Cherbourg | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | | | | |
| Amsterdam six | | 3° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Antwerp six | 2° | 2° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 2° | rit. | 2° | | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | rit. | 2° | rit. | | 1° | 2° |
| Berlin six | 5° | 5° | 3° | 4° | 2° | 2° | 2° | 4° | rit. | | 1° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 4° | 1° | |
| Bremen six | | | 3° | 5° | 5° | 1° | 2° | 2° | 4° | 3° | 1° | 3° | 2° | 6° | | 1° | 2° | 2° | 2° |
| Brussels six | 2° | | | | | rit. | 2° | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Charleroi six | | | 1° | 3° | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cologne six | | | 1° | 2° | 2° | 1° | | | 1° | 2° | rit. | | | | 1° | 3° | 1° | 2° | 5° |
| Copenhagen six | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | rit. | 3° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° |
| Dortmund six | | 4° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 6° | | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 3° | 3° | 1° | 6° | 6° | |
| Essen six | 4° | 4° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Frankfurt six | | 1° | | 1° | 1° | rit. | 1° | 4° | | | 2° | 5° | 1° | 1° | 2° | | rit. | | |
| Ghent six | 1° | 2° | 1° | 2° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 1° | | |
| Grenoble six | | | | | | | | | 1° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 2° | 1° | 3° | 4° | 1° | | |
| Groningen six | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2° | | | | |
| Hanover six | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | 2° | 2° | | |
| Herning six | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3° | 3° | | 1° | 4° | 2° | |
| London six | | | | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 1° | 2° | | 1° | 5° | 1° | 3° | | | |
| Maastricht six | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | 1° | 4° | 3° | 2° | | 3° | |
| Milan six | | 3° | 2° | | 2° | | 4° | 2° | 1° | | | 1° | | 2° | 3° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 2° |
| Monaco six | | | | | | | | 3° | 4° | rit. | 2° | 2° | 1° | 1° | 1° | rit. | | 1° | |
| Montréal six | | | 1° | 2° | 2° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Münster six | | | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rotterdam six | | | | 1° | | | 1° | | 2° | 2° | 3° | 1° | 3° | 4° | 1° | 3° | 3° | 1° | 1° |
| Zürich six | | 3° | 2° | 2° | 3° | | 4° | 4° | 8° | | 2° | 3° | 1° | 4° | 1° | 8° | 3° | 2° | |

#### Italian classics

| Classics | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Giro del Piemonte | 4° | | | | | | | | |
| Giro di Campania | | | 2° | | | | | | |
| Giro di Toscana | | | | | | | | 62° | |
| Milan–San Remo | 11° | | 31° | 27° | 5° | 116° | 11° | 7° | 8° |
| Milano–Torino | | | 10° | | | | | 7° | |
| Milano–Vignola | | 2° | 2° | | 2° | | 2° | | |

#### Non-Italian classics

| Classics | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 |
| Flèche Wallonne | 15° | | | | | |
| Gent–Wevelgem | 9° | 5° | | 49° | | 20° |
| Tour of Flanders | | 7° | 44° | | 9° | 9° |
| Paris–Roubaix | 8° | 18° | | | | |
| Paris–Tours | | | | 11° | | |

#### Stage races

| Races (stage races) | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
| Deutschland Tour | | | | | | | | | | | 12° (1) |
| Tour of Belgium | | rit. | | | | | | | | rit. (1) | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré | | | | | | | | | 70° (4) | | |
| Tour of the Mediterranean | | | | | | | | | (2) | | |
| Giro d'Italia | | 90° (1) | 69° (2) | rit. | 97° (1) | rit. (3) | 67° (3) | rit. (3) | | | |
| Giro di Puglia | | | | | (1) | | | (1) | | | |
| Tour of Romandy | | | (1) | | | | (1) | | | | |
| Tour of Sardinia | | 1° (1) | 15° (1) | | | 5° (3) | (1) | | 3° (2) | | |
| Paris–Nice | | | | | | | | | (2) | | |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | (1) | 6° (1) | | (1) | | | (1) | (1) | | | |
| Tour de France | | | | | | 89° (3) | | | rit. (3) | | |

#### Other road aces

| Races | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1982 |
| Acht van Chaam | | | | | | | | | | | 3° | | | | | | |
| Bellariva-Rimini | | | | | | | 3° | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brussels-Ingooigem | | | | | | | | | | 1° | 5° | | | | | | |
| Brussels-Meulebeke | | | | | | | 4° | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cagliari-Sassari | | | | | | | 3° | 1° | 1° | | | | | | | | |
| Circuito degli Assi di Pavullo | | | | | | | 4° | | | | | | | | | | |
| Circuito di Cotignola | | | | | | 3° | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Circuit of the Port of Dunkirk | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | |
| Circuit of South-West Flanders | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | |
| Circuit of Central Flanders | | | | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tour of the Vallée de la Lys | | | | | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tour of the Flemish Ardennes | | | | | | | | | | 1° | 1° | | | | | | |
| Tour des Régions Frontières | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | |
| Elfstedenronde | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | | | |
| Coppa Bernocchi | | | | | | | 2° | 2° | | | | | | | | | |
| Coppa Sabatini | | | | | | 2° | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Criterium degli Assi di Nogaro | | | | | | | | | | 5° | | | | | | | |
| Criterium Bourcefranc | | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Criterium Callac | | | | | | | | | | 9° | | | | | | | |
| Criterium Hank | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | |
| Criterium Lignano | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | | | | |
| Criterium Mol | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | |
| Criterium Nantes | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | |
| Criterium Rouergue | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | | |
| Criterium Tortoretto | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | | | | | |
| Criterium Zolder | 1° | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Freccia Mosana | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | | | |
| Ronde van Limburg | | | | 2° | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Giro di Calabria | | | | | | 2° | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria | | | | | | 3° | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Giro di Sardegna | | | | | | 1° | | 3° | | | | | 3° | | | | |
| Giro di Sicilia | | | | | | | | | | 2° | | | | | | | |
| Gran Premio Cemab | | | | | | | | | | | 2° | | | | | | |
| GP Roeselare | | | | | 4° | | 1° | | | | | | | | | | |
| GP Union Dortmund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | |
| Harelbeke-Antwerp-Harelbeke | | | | | | | | | 6° | | | | 2° | | | | |
| Het Volk | | | | | 5° | | | | | | 2° | 3° | 7° | | | | |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | |
| Memorial Tom Simpson | | | 1° | | | | | | | | 1° | | | | | | |
| Paris–Camembert | | | | | | | 2° | 2° | | | | | | | | | |
| Petegem-Deinze | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9° |

## Honours

* Honorary Citizen of Izegem: 1996
* Introduced in the Olympiapark München Walk of Stars: 2003
* A velodrome, Wielerbaan Patrick Sercu in Bruges: 2007
* A velodrome, Wielerpiste Defraeye-Sercu in Roeselare: 2011
* Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee Order of Merit: 2014
* Patrick Sercu trophy: from 2019
* A street, Patrick Sercudreef in Izegem: 2020