Jean Aerts

Jean Aerts (8 September 1907 – 15 June 1992) was a Belgian road bicycle racer who specialized as a sprinter. Aerts became the first man to win both the world amateur (1927) and professional (1935) road race championships. In 1935, Aerts captured first place and the gold medal at the professional UCI Road World Championships in Floreffe, Belgium.

In 1927 professional and amateur riders rode concurrently at the Nürburgring in Germany and Aerts finished 5th, the highest ranked amateur. He also competed in three events at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Although he lacked climbing ability for major tours, he used his sprinting ability to win 11 stages of the Tour de France, including six in 1933.

Amateur

 * 1926
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg National Road Championships, Amateur Road Race


 * 1927
 * UCI Road World Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Amateur Road Race
 * 5th Men's Road Race
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG National Road Championships, Amateur Road Race
 * 1st La Haye-Bruxelles
 * 1st GP Egg-Tiberghien


 * 1928
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG National Road Championships, Amateur Road Race
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg UCI Road World Championships, Amateur Road Race

Professional

 * 1929
 * 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * Winner stages 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7
 * 1st Tour du Sud-Ouest
 * 1st Villeneuve sur Lot
 * 1st Circuit de la Chalosse
 * 6th Paris–Roubaix
 * 7th Paris–Tours


 * 1930
 * Tour de France:
 * Winner stage 6
 * 1st GP du Marthonnais
 * 2nd GP de la Tribune Républicaine
 * 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
 * 6th Paris–Roubaix
 * 7th Paris–Tours
 * 8th Paris–Brussels
 * 8th GP Wolber


 * 1931
 * 1st Paris–Brussels
 * 1st Circuit du Midi
 * 1st Wanze
 * 3rd Tour of Flanders


 * 1932
 * Tour de France
 * 13th place Overall classification
 * Winner stage 1
 * 1st Prix Goullet-Fogler (with Omer De Bruycker)
 * 1st Grand Critérium d'Europe
 * 2nd Paris-Belfort
 * 2nd Circuit du Morbihan
 * 4th Paris–Roubaix
 * 4th Tour of Flanders
 * 5th Paris–Brussels


 * 1933
 * Tour of Belgium:
 * Jersey blue.svg Overall winner
 * Winner stages 2, 3 and 5
 * Tour de France
 * 9th place Overall classification
 * Winner stages 4, 15, 17, 19, 20 and 21
 * 1 stage Paris–Nice


 * 1934
 * 1 stage Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Paris - Boulogne-sur-Mer
 * 1st Critérium de Bâle


 * 1935
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race, UCI World Championships
 * Tour de France
 * Winner stages 4, 8, 10 and 19
 * 29th place overall classification
 * 1st Paris - Vichy
 * 1st Zürich Criterium
 * 3rd Paris–Roubaix


 * 1936
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG National Road Championships, Road Race
 * 1st Critérium de Pau


 * 1937
 * 1st London Criterium

Track

 * 1936
 * 1st Brussels (Derny)
 * 2nd Six Days of London (with Albert Buysse)
 * 3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Adolf Schön)


 * 1937
 * 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Omer De Bruycker)
 * 1st Six Days of Paris (with Omer De Bruycker)


 * 1941
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG National Championships Stayers


 * 1942
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG National Championships Stayers


 * 1943
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg National Championships Stayers