Rik Van Steenbergen, born Hendrik Van Steenbergen in Arendonk on 9 September 1924, was a Belgian road and track cyclist who raced professionally from 1942 until 1966 and is counted among the best of Belgium's many successful riders. He won the Belgian road title in 1943, the Tour of Flanders in 1944 and 1946, and the classics Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Brussels and Milan-San Remo, and he took three world road championships, in 1949, 1956 and 1957, equalling Alfredo Binda's record. A muscular sprinter who found climbing hard because of his size, he won stages in the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, finished second in the 1951 Giro, and on the track won dozens of six-day races. Nicknamed The Boss and El Rey, he is credited with 1,645 victories in all and died in Antwerp in 2003.
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was a Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best
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Hendrik Van Steenbergen (9 September 1924
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He started cycling as a professional during World War II in 1942
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In total, he won no less than 1,645 races, of which 331 road races and 1,314 track races.
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was a Belgian racing cyclist, considered to be one of the best
Competed In: Tour de France, Career, Tour de France
he won four stages in the Tour de France
Competed In: Giro d'Italia, Career, Giro d'Italia
he won fifteen stages in the Giro d'Italia
Competed In: Vuelta a España, Career, Vuelta
In the Vuelta a España, he achieved six stage victories
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