Jean Aerts was a Belgian road cyclist who specialised as a sprinter, born on 8 September 1907 and died on 15 June 1992. He became the first man to win both the world amateur road race championship, in 1927, and the professional world title, in 1935, when he took first place and the gold medal at the UCI Road World Championships held in Floreffe, Belgium. At the 1927 championship, where professionals and amateurs rode together at the Nürburgring in Germany, he finished fifth and was the best placed amateur. He also competed in three events at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Lacking the climbing ability to contend in the major tours, he used his speed to win eleven stages of the Tour de France, six of them in 1933.
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Although he lacked climbing ability for major tours
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was a Belgian road bicycle racer
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was a Belgian road bicycle racer who specialized as a sprinter
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to win 11 stages of the Tour de France, including six in 1933
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He also competed in three events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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