Edward Sels

Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stages in the Tour de France and one in the Giro d'Italia. He wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1964 Tour de France. His sister, Rosa Sels, was a cyclist too.^[1]

Edward Sels

Sels at the 1964 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Edward Sels
Nickname	Ward
Born	(1941-08-27) 27 August 1941 (age 83) Vorselaar, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Sprinter
Professional teams
1963	Libertas
1964–66	Solo–Superia
1967	Flandria–De Clerck
1968–69	Bic
1970	Willem II–Gazelle
1971	Möbel Märki-Bonanza
1971	Bika-Milupa
1972	Goldor–Ijsboerke
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 7 individual stages (1964, 1965, 1966) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1968) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (1964), (1969) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1964) Tour of Flanders (1966) Paris–Brussels (1965) Schaal Sels (1966, 1968) Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen (1968)

Major results

Source:^[2]

1961

1st Belgian Military Road Champion

1962

1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23

1st Bruxelles–Zepperen, Sint-Lenaerts

3rd Coupe Marcel Indekeu [fr]

1963

1st Bruxelles-Liège [fr] (semi-professionals)

1st Courtrai-Gammerages [fr]

1st Antoing, Hoogstraten, Machelen, Sint-Lenaerts

1964

1st Road race, National Road Championships

Tour de France

1st stages 1, 11, 14 and 19

Held after Stages 1–2

Vuelta a España

1st stage 1a

8th Overall Paris–Nice

1st stage 1 & 9

1st stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg

1st stage 2 Paris–Luxembourg

1st Heusden Koers

1st Auvelais, Braine-le-Comte, Dendermonde, Herentals, Oostrozebeke, Opwijk, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Waregem

2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen

2nd Omloop van Limburg

2nd Critérium des As

2nd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman

3rd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen

3rd Bruxelles–Meulebeke

4th Tour of Flanders

8th Milan–San Remo

8th Omloop Het Volk

1965

1st Paris–Brussels

Tour de France

1st stage 7

1st stage 2 Giro di Sardegna

1st stage 3 Tour of Belgium

3rd Overall Paris–Luxembourg

1st stage 4

1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

1st Ath, Eeklo, Issoire, Lebbeke, Lokeren, Londerzeel, Mol, Saint-Claud, Westerlo, Zwevegem

2nd 1965 Paris–Roubaix

2nd Tour of Flanders

3rd Omloop Leiedal

3rd Super Prestige Pernod

5th 1965 Gent–Wevelgem

1966

Tour of Flanders

1st Schaal Sels

1st GP Roeselare

1st Aalst

1st Herentals

1st Laarne

1st Libramont

Tour de France:

1st stages 6 and 22a

1st Mol, Rumbeke, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Stabroek

2nd Elfstedenronde

3rd Circuit du Brabant central [fr]

1967

1st Road race, National Interclubs Championships

1st Ronde van Limburg

Vuelta a Andalucía

1st stage 1, 3, 4 & 7

1st stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

1st stage 2a & 5a Grand Prix Sul

1st GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman

1st Circuit des Frontières

1st Antwerpse pijl, Breendonk, Essen, Garancières-en-Beauce, Kalmthout, Stekene, Tessenderlo, Westerlo

3rd Omloop Het Volk

3rd 1965 Gent–Wevelgem

3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

5th 1965 Paris–Roubaix

10h Bordeaux–Paris

1968

1st stage 4 Giro d'Italia

1st stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen

1st Schaal Sels

1st Auvelais, Herne, Honselersdijk, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Sint-Niklaas

2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Tropez

3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

3rd Grand Prix de Saint-Raphaël

4th Milan–San Remo

4th 1965 Paris–Roubaix

1969

Vuelta a España:

1st stage 6

3rd Puivelde Koersel [nl]

1970

1st Knokke

3rd Omloop van de Fruitstreek