Emile Severeyns

Emile "Miel" Severeyns (28 August 1931 – 30 November 1979) was a Belgian road and track cyclist. Professional from 1953 to 1971, he won 25 six-day races, of which he secured 19 six-day victories with cycling legend Rik Van Steenbergen. The pair also claimed four consecutive European Madison titles in 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961, as well as two national titles.

The partnership came to an end when Van Steenbergen teamed up with his son-in-law Palle Lyke in the winter of 1962. Severeyns went on to win six more Six-Day Races with other teammates.

In road cycling, he won the GP Briek Schotte twice. He also competed in the 1954 Giro d'Italia and the 1956 Vuelta a España.

Major results Track

1955 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1956 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Arsène Rijckaert and Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1957 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen and Willy Vannitsen) 3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1958

1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen and Reginald Arnold) 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1959

1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1960

1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Leo Proost and Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1961

1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Cologne (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Gilbert Maes and Rik Van Steenbergen) 3rd Six Days of Aarhus (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1962

1st Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Cologne (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Milan (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Palle Lykke and Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Berlin I (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 3rd Six Days of Berlin II (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Daems) 1963

1964 1st Six Days of Montreal (with Palle Lykke) 1st Six Days of Quebec (with Lucien Gillen) 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 2nd Six Days of Zurich (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1965 1st Six Days of Toronto (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1st Six Days of Quebec (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Rik Van Steenbergen) 1966 1st Six Days of Madrid (with Walter Godefroot) 1st Six Days of Montreal II (with Palle Lykke) 3rd Madison, National Track Championships (with Robert Lelangue) 1967 1st Six Days of Montreal I (with Patrick Sercu) 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with Gilbert Maes) 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Leo Proost and Tom Simpson) 1968 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Sigi Renz and Theo Verschueren)

Road 1953 1st GP Briek Schotte 1956 1st Heist-op-den-Berg 1957 1st GP Briek Schotte 1962 1st Elfstedenronde