caption fullname ridertype updated proteam death_date birth_place majorwins discipline birth_date proyears role image article_title name
stan ockers -lrb- 1951 -rrb- constant ockers sprinter 2008-01-03 individual and garin-wolber metropole-dunlop and terrot-wolber girardengo and terrot-wolber peugeot-dunlop and helyett girardengo-clement peugeot-dunlop and girardengo girardengo-eldorado and peugeot-dunlop elvé-peugeot elvé-peugeot and metropole gardengo-icep metropole-dunlop groene leeuw and mondia mondia 1 october 1956 belgium tour -rrb- world road championship -lrb- 1955 -rrb- la flèche wallonne de -lrb- 1953 , 1955 -rrb- liège -- bastogne -- liège france -lrb- 1955 -rrb- green jersey -lrb- 1955 , 1956 road 3 february 1920 1941 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1942 1943 -- 1945 1946 1947 1948 -- rider stan ockers -lrb- 1951 -rrb- . jpg stan ockers
 stan ockers
stan ockers

constant -lrb- `` stan '' -rrb- ockers -lrb- 3 february 1920 , borgerhout -- 1 october 1956 , antwerp -rrb- was a belgian professional racing cyclist .
he was runner-up in the tour de france in 1950 and 1952 , and the best sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956 .
in 1955 he won the classic `` ardennes double '' by winning la flèche wallonne and the liège -- bastogne -- liège in the same year .
at this time the races were run on successive days as `` le weekend ardennais '' .
he also won the world cycling championship that year .
stan ockers died after crashing during a track race in antwerp in 1956 .
a year later a monument was built in les forges , sprimont , in the south of belgium .
