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.

Road

 * 1955
 * 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
 * 3th 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 Jersey green Epic Series.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 8 & 15
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4 (TTT) of the Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Schelde–Dender–Leie
 * 2nd Omloop van het Houtland
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg National Road Race Championships
 * 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 Bronze medal blank.svg National Road Race Championships
 * 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
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Belgian National Championships (with Willy Vannitsen)


 * 1963
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Belgian National Championships (with Willy Vannitsen)


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