Leon Van Daele

Leon Vandaele (24 February 1933 in Ruddervoorde – 30 April 2000 in Oostkamp) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His biggest victory was the 1958 Paris–Roubaix.

Major results Source:

Road

1952 1st 1st 1953 1st 1st Omloop Gemeente Melle 1954 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 5th Gent–Wevelgem 1956

1st Omloop van het Houtland 3rd Tour of Flanders 1957

1st Overall Driedaagse van Antwerpen 1st stage 1 1st Paris–Brussels 1st Brussels–Ingooigem 1st Milano–Mantova 1st 1st 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 3rd Paris–Roubaix 3rd Omloop Het Volk 7th Road race, UCI World Championships 1958 1st Paris–Roubaix

1st 1st Omloop van de Fruitstreek 1st Vlaamse Pijl 2nd Brussels–Ingooigem 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st stage 3 (TTT), 6 & 7 10th Milan–San Remo 1959 1st Gent–Wevelgem 1st Omloop van het Houtland 1st stage 1 Tour of Luxembourg 1st stage 3 Paris–Nice 2nd Elfstedenronde 3rd Milan–San Remo 5th Omloop Het Volk 8th Paris–Roubaix 1960 1st Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt 1st Omloop van het Houtland 1st De Panne 6th Gent–Wevelgem 1961 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1st stage 2 Tour of Luxembourg 1st Nokere Koerse 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen 1962 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 1963 1st Ronde Oost-Vlaanderen 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 3rd Elfstedenronde 3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman 1964 1st Grote 1-MeiPrijs 1st Elfstedenronde 1st Omloop der drie Provinciën 2nd Nokere Koerse 2nd National Road Championships – Interclubs road race

Track

1955 Belgian National Track Championships 2nd Omnium 2nd Madison (with Josef De Beuckelaer) 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Emiel Severeyns and Paul De Paepe) 1956 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Lucien Acou and Arsène Ryckaert) 1957 3rd Six Days of Paris (with Willy Vannitsen and Alfred De Bruyne)