Emile Daems

Emile Daems (4 April 1938 to 17 October 2024) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist whose career lasted six full professional seasons, from 1960 to 1966. He was born in Genval in Walloon Brabant and is one of the few riders to have won three of the five Monuments of cycling: the Giro di Lombardia in 1960, Milan-San Remo in 1962 and Paris-Roubaix in 1963. A sprinter who also handled hard terrain, he won stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, including three stages of the 1962 Tour, and finished second in that Tour's points classification. He rode for Philco, Peugeot-BP-Englebert and Solo-Superia, was known for refusing to ride as a helper for the team leader Rik Van Looy at the 1960 World Championships, retired at twenty-eight and later ran a restaurant. He died in Wavre.