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Jean Aerts (B. Laeken, September 1907 – Bruges, 15 June 1992) was a Belgian road
bicycle racer who specialized as a sprinter.
Aerts became the first man to win both the world amateur (1927) and professional
(1935) road race championships.
In 1935, Aerts captured first place and the gold medal at the professional World
Cycling Championship in Floreffe, Belgium.
In 1927, professional and amateur riders rode concurrently at the Nürburgring in
Germany and Aerts finished 5th, the highest ranked amateur.
Although he lacked climbing ability for major tours, he used his sprint to win 11
stages of the Tour de France, including six in 1933.
 Major
achievements
- 1927
World Cycling Championships Road Race (Amateur)
Belgium National Road Race Championship (Amateur)
- 1928
Belgium National Road Race Championship (Amateur)
- 1929
Volta a Catalunya
Winner stages 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7
2nd place overall classification
Tour du Sud-Ouest
- 1930
Tour de France:
Winner stage 6
- 1931
Paris-Brussels
- 1932
Tour de France
13th place Overall classification
Winner stage 1
- 1933
Tour of Belgium:
Overall winner
Winner stages 2, 3 and 5
Tour de France
9th place Overall classification
Winner stages 4, 15, 17, 19, 20 and 21
1 stage Paris-Nice
- 1934
1 stage Tour de Suisse
Paris - Boulogne-sur-Mer
- 1935
World Cycling Championships Road Race
Tour de France
Winner stages 4, 8, 10 and 19
29th place overall classification
Paris - Vichy
- 1936
Belgium National Road Race Championship
- 1937
Six days of Brussels (with Omer De Bruycker)
Six days of Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)
- 1941
Belgium national track stayers championships
- 1942
Belgium national track stayers championships
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