Arthur Decabooter

Arthur Decabooter (3 October 1936 – 26 May 2012) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist, active as a professional between 1959 and 1967. Cyclist Walter Godefroot is his wife's brother-in-law.

Apart from a few years when he was signed to Libéria-Grammont (1962) and to Solo (1963–1964), he rode for the Groene Leeuw team. His major wins were the 1960 Tour of Flanders and 2 stages and the points classification in the Vuelta a España the same year. Decabooter's other wins include Dwars door België, Omloop Het Volk, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, and a stage in the Tour of Belgium.

Major results Road

1955 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften 3rd Overall Omloop der 9 Provincies 1st Stages 3, 6 (ITT) & 7 1st Grand Prix of Essex 3rd Gent–Wevelgem amateurs 1958 1st GP Gemeente Kortemark 1st GP Erpe-Mere 1st Nokere Koerse 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Independents 1959 1st Dr. Tistaertprijs Zottegem 1st Omloop van het Houtland 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 2nd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen 1960 1st Kampioenschap van Oost-Vlaanderen 1st Tour of Flanders 1st Overall Dwars door België 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint Vuelta a España

1st Stages 8 & 15 1st Stages 1 & 4 (TTT) of the Tour of Belgium 1st Schelde–Dender–Leie 2nd Omloop van het Houtland

4th Milan–San Remo 1961 1st Omloop Het Volk 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke 1st Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España 1st Grand Prix de Denain 1st GP Briek Schotte 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1962 1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 2nd GP Frans Melckenbeek 3rd Schaal Sels 3rd Ronde van Brabant 1963 1st Omloop der drie Provinciën 1st Omloop Leidedal 2nd Omloop van West-Brabant 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint 1964 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1st Omloop van het Houtland 2nd Omloop Het Volk 2nd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen 2nd GP Roeselare 3rd Halle–Ingooigem 6th Ronde van Vlaanderen 1965 1st Nokere Koerse 1st Geraardsbergen-Viane 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour du Nord 2nd Circuit des Frontières 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

3rd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen 5th Paris–Tours 9th Tour of Flanders 1966 1st Stages 6 & 8 of the Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Elfstedenronde 1st Stage 5a of the Four Days of Dunkirk 8th Paris–Roubaix 1967 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1st Roubaix-Cassel-Roubaix 2nd Elfstedenronde 9th Paris–Roubaix

Track 1961 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Klaus Bugdahl) 1962

1963

1961 3rd Six Days of Madrid (with José Manuel López Rodríguez)