Alfons Deloor

Alfons Deloor (his name is also given as "De Loor") (3 June 1910 - 23 March 1995) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He reached second place at the 1936 Vuelta a España behind his brother Gustaaf, and won the 1938 Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

Biography Alfons Deloor was the fourth of five sons. Their father worked as a farmhand during the season, and in the coal mines of Hainaut otherwise. The family lived in De Klinge, a small Flemish town near the border with the Netherlands. Alfons and his younger brother Gustaaf were taught to ride a bike by their elder brother Edward.

His first cycling success came in 1931, finishing ninth in Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He went on to finish second in the 1932 Tour of Flanders. The same year, he was tenth in Paris–Roubaix, which he improved upon in the 1933 edition by finishing sixth. In the 1933 Tour de France, he finished 27th, and he was fourth in the 1933 Tour of Flanders and second in the Tour of Belgium.

1929 8th Scheldeprijs 1931 2nd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman 3rd Omloop van België 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1932 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 2nd Tour of Flanders 5th Paris–Brussels 10th Paris–Roubaix 1933 2nd Ronde van Limburg 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium 2nd Tour de Corrèze 4th Overall Paris–Nice 4th Tour of Flanders 6th Paris–Roubaix 8th Paris–Brussels 1934 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 2 2nd Paris–Brussels 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium 1935 1st Omloop van België 6th Overall Vuelta a España 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 9th Scheldeprijs 10th Overall Paris–Nice 1936 2nd Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stage 14 3rd Overall Paris–Nice 6th Overall Tour de Suisse 7th Paris–Brussels 1937 7th Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1938 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1st Grand Prix de Brasschaat 2nd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman 3rd De Drie Zustersteden