Stan Ockers

Stan Ockers

Stan Ockers (1951)
Personal information
Full name	Constant Ockers
Born	(1920-02-03)3 February 1920 Belgium
Died	1 October 1956(1956-10-01) (aged 36)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
1941	Individual
1942	Helyett
1943–1945	Metropole
1946	Metropole-Dunlop
1947	Groene Leeuw and Mondia
1948–1949	Mondia and Garin-Wolber
1950	Metropole-Dunlop and Terrot-Wolber
1951	Girardengo and Terrot-Wolber
1952	Peugeot-Dunlop and Girardengo-Clement
1953	Peugeot-Dunlop and Girardengo
1954	Girardengo-Eldorado and Peugeot-Dunlop
1955	Elvé-Peugeot
1956	Elvé-Peugeot and Gardengo-Icep
Major wins
Tour de France green jersey (1955, 1956) World Road Championship (1955) La Flèche Wallonne (1953, 1955) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1955)
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1955 Frascati Professional road race 1953 Lugano Professional road race

Constant ("Stan") Ockers (3 February 1920, Borgerhout – 1 October 1956, Antwerp) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist.

He was runner-up in the Tour de France in 1950 and 1952, and the best sprinter in that race in 1955 and 1956. In 1955 he won the Classic "Ardennes double" by winning La Flèche Wallonne and the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in the same year. At this time the races were run on successive days as "Le Weekend Ardennais". He also won the World Cycling Championship that year.

Stan Ockers died after crashing during a track race in Antwerp in 1956. A year later a monument was built in Les Forges, Sprimont, in the south of Belgium.