Patrick Sercu

Patrick Sercu
	Sercu in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Sercu
Nickname	Emperor of the oval
Born	27 June 1944; Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
Died	19 April 2019 (aged 74); Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Track and road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1964	Bertin–Porter 39–Milremo
1964–1966	Solo–Superia
1967	Flandria–DeClerckx
1968–1969	Faemino–Faema
1970–1972	Dreher
1973–1976	Brooklyn
1977	Fiat France
1978–1979	Marc Zeepcentrale–Superia
1980	Marc–VRD
1981–1902	IWC–Imex
1983	Imex–Neuhaus
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (1974) 6 individual stages (1974, 1977) Giro d'Italia 13 individual stages (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976) Stage races Giro di Sardegna (1970) One-day races and Classics Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1972) Elfstedenronde (1973) Halle–Ingooigem (1974) Dwars door West-Vlaanderen (1974) Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1977) Track Championships National Track Championships Madison (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) Omnium (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982) Sprint (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969) Derny (1976) European Track Championships Omnium (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1980) Madison (1969, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1978) Derny (1977) World Track Championships Sprint (1967, 1969)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titles in the sprint in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey in the 1974 Tour de France. Sercu is the record holder for the number of six-day track race victories, having won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983; several of these wins were with cycling great Eddy Merckx. He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d'Italia.

With 38 national and 15 European championship titles, he is considered as one of the most successful track cyclists ever.

In total, he won no less than 1,206 races, of which 168 road races and 1,038 track races.

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