Edgard Sorgeloos

Edgard Sorgeloos was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, born on 14 December 1930 and died on 12 November 2016 at the age of 85. He began his professional career in 1951 with the Garin-Wolber team and won the GP Maurice Depauw in that same year, his first professional victory. He later served as a lieutenant to Rik Van Steenbergen and Rik Van Looy, and he won stages in the Tour de Belgique, Paris-Nice and the Tour de Suisse. His biggest success came late in his career, in 1965, when he won stage 4 of the Tour de France at Saint-Brieuc. He ended his career in 1966. His long list of smaller wins in Belgian kermesse races and in events such as the Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten is recorded in the results section of his encyclopedia article.