Emile Daems Biography

Belgian cyclist

Emile Daems (born 4 April 1938) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist.

He began his professional career in 1959. Daems, rather small in stature, was very adept at sprinting.

In the 1962 Tour de France, he distinguished himself with three victories, first in Saint-Malo and then in Aix-en-Provence, each time solo. But it was especially during the mountainous 18th stage, between Juan-les-Pins and Briançon, that he impressed. Although he was mainly a cl*ics rider, he managed to join the leading group on the col de l'Izoard (last climb of the day), twenty seconds behind Federico Bahamontes. He finally won in Briançon in a sprint of seven riders, ahead of Bahamontes, Jacques Anquetil, Raymond Poulidor and the yellow jersey Joseph Planckaert.

Major results

Daems winning stage 4 in the 1961 Tour de France in Charleroi

As Amateur

19561st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race2nd Brussels-Nivelles19571st Hoeilaert-Louvain-Hoeilaert1st Brussels-La Louvière-Brussels1st Rund um den Sachsenring3rd Rund um die Hainleite19581st Overall Tour de BerlinWinner 4 stages1st Overall GP Général Patton Juniors1st GP Victor Bodson1st Tour des Quatre-Cantons1st Namur-Namêche1st Bruxelles-La Louvière-Bruxelles19591st Tour of Flanders indepentents

As Professional

19601st Giro di Lombardia1st Giro dell'Appennino1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs1st Stages 9a and 19 Giro d'Italia1st Stage 16 Roma–Napoli–Roma1st Tour de l'Ouest1st Trofeo Longines (TTT)2nd Ronde van Brabant3rd Heistse Pijl3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Willy Vannitsen)19611st Overall Giro di Sardegna1st Stage 3 Tour de France1st Giro del Ticino1st GP Eugeen Roggeman1st GP Brabant Wallon3rd Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé4th Tour of Flanders19621st Milan–San Remo1st Stage 2a Paris–Nice13th Overall Tour de France1st Stages 5, 16 and 182nd points cl*ification1st Stage 5 Giro di Sardegna1st Giro del Ticino1st Flèche Halloise1st Omloop van Limburg3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns)19631st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race1st Paris–Roubaix1st Stages 5 and 7 Mi-Août en Bretagne1st Vilvoorde- Houtem1st Boucles Roquevairoises3rd Brabantse Pijl19641st Omloop der Zennevallei2nd Gullegem Koerse19651st National Road Championships - Interclubs road race1st Circuit du Tournaisis2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens3rd Tour of Leuven

References

External links

• Media related to Emile Daems at Wikimedia Commons
• Emile Daems at Cycling Archives
• Emile Daems at ProCyclingStats
• Emile Daems at CycleBase