Achiel Bruneel

Achiel Bruneel
Personal information
Full name	Ludovicus Achilles Bruneel
Born	19 October 1918; Herenthout, Belgium
Died	5 June 2008 (aged 89)
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1939	Alcyon-Dunlop
1940-1942	Individual
1943	Europe-Dunlop
1944-1946	Individual
1947	Dayton
1948-1955	Individual
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's track cycling
European Championships

Achiel Bruneel (19 October 1918 – 5 June 2008) was a professional track cyclist from Herenthout, Belgium. [1]

He rode different Six-days events of which he eventually won 12, remarkably with 9 different teammates.[2]

Major results

1940: 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Jef Scherens); 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Roger Deneef)
1942: 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Karel Kaers)
1946: 1st Prix Raynaud-Dayen Paris (with Omer De Bruycker); 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)
1947: 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Omer De Bruycker); 1st Six Days of Paris (with Robert Naeye)
1948: 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Camile Dekuysscher); 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Camile Dekuysscher)
1949: 1st Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie); 2nd European Track Championships – Madison (with Camile Dekuysscher)
1950: 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen); 1st Six Days of Saint-Étienne (with Guy Lapébie); 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Jozef De Beuckelaer); 1st Prix Dupré-Lapize Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer); 2nd European Track Championships – Madison (with Guy Lapébie); 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Guy Lapébie); 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Albert Bruylandt)
1951: 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen); 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Jozef De Beuckelaer); 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Jozef De Beuckelaer)
1952: 1st Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen); 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Lucien Acou); 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1953: 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Oscar Plattner); 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Arsène Rijckaert); 2nd Six Days of Paris (with Rik Van Steenbergen); 3rd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lucien Acou); 3rd European Track Championships – Madison (with Arsene Ryckaert)
1954: 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Lucien Acou); 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Lucien Acou); 3rd European Track Championships – Madison (with Lucien Acou)

References

"Achiel Bruneel". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
"Achiel Bruneel". ProcyclingStats. 2022.

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[1] "Achiel Bruneel". FirstCycling.com. 2022.

[2] "Achiel Bruneel". ProcyclingStats. 2022.