Adolph Braeckeveldt

Adolph Braeckeveldt was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, born in Sint-Denijs-Westrem on 6 October 1912 and died in Lovendegem on 4 August 1985. His best-known result came in 1937, when he won one stage of the Tour de France in a joint victory with the German rider Heinz Wengler, so that the two men shared the stage result rather than one being placed ahead of the other. A stage win in the Tour de France is one of the most prized single results in road racing, because the race is decided over many daily stages and each one has its own winner. The English Wikipedia article on him is brief and gives his dates, his nationality, his profession and this one stage victory, with links to the Cycling Archives and the official Tour de France results pages for further detail. He is catalogued here as a cyclist of the Belgian road racing tradition.