Benoni Beheyt

Benoni Beheyt (born 27 September 1940) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 World Cycling Championships Road Race and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Major results

1962 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw 1st Brussel–Ingooigem 2nd Overall Tour du Nord 1st stage 1 1st stage 2 Tour de Picardie 1st Melle 2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen 3rd Paris–Tours 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs 1963 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw

1st Gent–Wevelgem 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Antwerpen - Ougrée 1st St-Andries 1st Bruxelles-Alsemberg 1st Gavere 2nd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen 2nd La Roue d'Or (with Noël Foré) 3rd Grand Prix de Denain 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs 3rd Boulogne 1964 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw 49th Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 22a (Orléans – Versailles, 118.5 km) 1st Overall Tour of Belgium Circuit du Provençal 1st stage 1a and 2b 1st La Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence 1st Bourcefranc 1st Callac 1st Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen 2nd Tour of Flanders 2nd Paris–Roubaix 2nd GP du Tournaisis 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 3rd Paris-Brussels 1965 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw 1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen 1st Plumeliau 1st Trelissac 2nd Brussels-Ingooigem 3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 1966 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw 1967 – Tibetan-Pullover Centrale 1968 – Pullover Centrale-Motte

Tour de France record 1963: 49th overall 1964: 49th overall and 1 stage win 1965: 47th overall