Palle Lykke

Palle Lykke Jensen (4 November 1936 – 19 April 2013) was a Danish cyclist who was active between 1956 and 1969. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the road race, but failed to finish. The same year he finished fourth at the world road championships. Starting from 1958 Jensen won four consecutive national sprint titles. Between 1958 and 1968 he also won six medals at European track championships and 21 six-day races out of 122 starts in Germany, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands and UK. After marrying the daughter of Belgian cyclist Rik Van Steenbergen, in 1962 he moved to Belgium, where he worked at the Port of Antwerp. With Van Steenbergen, he competed in several Six-day events.

Major results
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Road

 * 1965
 * 1st Jersey_yellow_flanders.svg Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen


 * 1966
 * 3rd Gent–Wevelgem

Track

 * 1958
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish National Track Championships, Sprint
 * 1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
 * 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
 * 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Kay Werner Nielsen)


 * 1959
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish National Track Championships, Sprint
 * 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
 * 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
 * European Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Omnium
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Kay Werner Nielsen)


 * 1960
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish National Track Championships, Sprint
 * 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
 * 1st Six Days of Zurich (with Kay Werner Nielsen)


 * 1961
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Danish National Track Championships, Sprint
 * 1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
 * 1st Grand Prix of Copenhagen, omnium


 * 1962
 * European Track Championships
 * 1st Gold medal europe.svg Omnium
 * 1st Gold medal europe.svg Madison (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
 * 1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
 * 1st Grand Prix of Copenhagen, omnium


 * 1963
 * 1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen & Leo Proost)
 * 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
 * 1st Six Days of Münster (with Freddy Eugen)
 * European Track Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Derny


 * 1964
 * 1st Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Derny
 * 1st Grand Prix of Copenhagen, omnium


 * 1965
 * 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
 * 1st Six Days of Münster (with Freddy Eugen)


 * 1966
 * 1st Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)
 * European Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Rik Van Steenbergen)


 * 1967
 * 1st Six Days of London (with Freddy Eugen)
 * 1st Six Days of Montreal (with Freddy Eugen)
 * 1st Six Days of Zurich (with Freddy Eugen)
 * 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Freddy Eugen)
 * European Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Derny


 * 1968
 * 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Freddy Eugen)
 * 1st Grand Prix of Copenhagen, omnium