Raymond Impanis

Raymond Impanis was a Belgian professional road cyclist who raced from 1947 to 1963 and became one of the leading riders of the spring classics in the years after the Second World War. He was born on 19 October 1925 in Berg, in Kampenhout, and was nicknamed the Bakkertje van Berg, the little baker of Berg, because his family were bakers. He rode Paris-Roubaix sixteen times and finally won it in 1954, the year he also took the Tour of Flanders. His other major victories included Gent-Wevelgem and the Flèche Wallonne. He rode eight Tours de France and won three stages, one in 1947 and two in 1948, finishing sixth overall in 1947 and tenth in 1948. He also finished third in the 1956 Vuelta a España. He died on 31 December 2010, aged 85.