Gerard Debaets

Gerard Debaets (17 April 1898  – 27 April 1959) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the Tour of Flanders in 1924 and 1927 and the Belgian national road race title in 1925. He also specialized in track cycling, winning a total of 18 six-day events, including six times the most prestigious Six Days of New York. Debaets was a resident of Fair Lawn and North Haledon, New Jersey, where he died in 1959 of a heart attack.

Road

 * 1923
 * 1st Tour of Flanders independents


 * 1924
 * 1st Tour of Flanders
 * 1st París-Arrás Tour
 * 1st Overall Critérium des Aiglons
 * 1st Stages 1 & 2
 * 2nd Paris–Brussels
 * 2nd Jemeppe–Bastogne–Jemeppe
 * 4th Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 8th Scheldeprijs
 * 10th Paris–Roubaix


 * 1925
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race, National Interclubs Championships
 * 1st Paris–Brussels
 * 2nd Bordeaux–Paris
 * 3rd Sclessin–Houffalize–Sclessin
 * 4th Giro della Provincia di Milano
 * 5th GP Wolber
 * 6th Paris–Roubaix


 * 1926
 * 1st Brussels–Paris
 * 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country


 * 1927
 * 1st Tour of Flanders
 * 2nd Hannover–Bremen–Hannover
 * 3rd Sclessin–Houffalize–Sclessin


 * 1928
 * 2nd Criterium des As

Track

 * 1924
 * 1st MaillotUSA.PNG United States National Track Championships Derny


 * 1925
 * 1st Six Days of New York-2 (with Alfons Goossens)


 * 1927
 * 1st Six Days of Detroit (with Anthony Beckman)


 * 1928
 * 1st Six Days of New York-1 (with Franco Giorgetti)
 * 1st Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Anthony Beckman)
 * 3rd Six Days of Chicago-3 (with George Dempsey)


 * 1929
 * 1st Six Days of New York-2 (with Franco Giorgetti)
 * 1st Six Days of New York-3 (with Franco Giorgetti)


 * 1930
 * 1st Six Days of New York-1 (with Gaetano Belloni)
 * 1st Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Anthony Beckman)


 * 1931
 * 3rd Six Days of New York-2 (with Franco Giorgetti)
 * 3rd Six Days of Chicago-2 (with Franco Giorgetti)


 * 1932
 * 3rd Six Days of Chicago-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
 * 3rd Six Days of Philadelphia-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)


 * 1933
 * 1st Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Alfred Letourneur)


 * 1934
 * 1st Six Days of New York-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
 * 1st Six Days of Chicago-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
 * 1st Six Days of Buffalo-2 (with Alfred Letourneur)
 * 1st Six Days of Philadelphia (with Alfred Letourneur)
 * 1st Six Days of Montreal (with Alfred Letourneur)
 * 1st Six Days of Toronto-1 (with Alfred Letourneur)


 * 1935
 * 2nd Six Days of New York-1 (with Ewald Wissel)


 * 1936
 * 3rd Six Days of New York-2 (with Alvaro Giorgetti)


 * 1937
 * 3rd Six Days of Buffalo-2 (with Tino Reboli)


 * 1938
 * 3rd Six Days of Chicago-1 (with Tino Reboli)
 * 3rd Six Days of Chicago-2 (with Tino Reboli)
 * 3rd Six Days of Chicago-3 (with Marcel Guimbretiere)