page_title: Patrick Sercu
section_title: Major results
hierarchical_section_title: Patrick Sercu / Career achievements / Major results
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Patrick Sercu, belgischer Radsportler
context_page_description: Patrick Sercu 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.
context_section_description: Olympic kilometre 1964
  World Championships sprint 1963 (amateur), 1967, 1969 (2nd: 1968)
  500 m flying start record: 1964 (29" 66)
  Kilometre standing start record: 1964, 1972 (1' 06" 76)
  Kilometre flying start record: 1967 (1' 02" 46), 1973 (1' 02" 40)
  European omnium champion: 11 wins (2nd: 1979)
  European madison champion: six wins
  European derny champion: one win
  National sprint champion: seven wins
  National omnium champion: 15 wins
  National madison champion: 14 wins (seven with Eddy Merckx, one with Rik Van Looy)
  National derny champion: one win
  Flanders road champion: 1972
  West Flanders road champion: 1975
  Tour of Sardinia: 1970
  Cagliari-Sassari: 1972
  Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne: 1977
  Criterium Zolder: 1965
  Criterium Bourcefranc: 1966
  Criterium Tortoretto: 1971
  Criterium Lignano  1972
  Criterium Rouergue: 1974
  Criterium Nantes : 1976
  Criterium Mol : 1980
  Criterium Hank: 1978
  Memorial Tom Simpson: 1967
  Grand Prix de la Banque: 1971
  Grand Prix Union de Dortmund : 1979
  Circuit of Central Flanders: 1968
  Circuit de la Vallée de la Lys: 1969
  Circuit des 11 Villes: 1973
  Circuit of the Flemish Ardennes: 1975
  Circuit du port de Dunkerque: 1975
  Circuit des Régions Frontières: 1978
  Circuit of South-West Flanders: 1980
  6 stages Tour de France
  11 stages Giro d'Italia
  Points Tour de France: 1974
  Points  Tour Méditerranéen: 1977
  Points Dauphiné Libéré: 1977
caption: Sercu in 1998
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