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Belgian cyclist

Jan Mertens
Personal information

Born	(1904-03-02)2 March 1904 Hoboken, Antwerp
Died	21 June 1964(1964-06-21) (aged 60)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1926-1927	Labor-Dunlop
1928	Thomann-Dunlop
1928	Securitas
1929-1930	Alcyon-Dunlop

Major wins
One-day races and Classics Tour of Flanders (1928) Schaal Sels (1926)

Jan Mertens (2 March 1904 in Hoboken, Antwerp – 21 June 1964) was a Belgian cyclist. Professional from 1926 to 1931, he won the Tour of Flanders in 1928 and ranked fourth in the Tour de France in 1928.

Major results

1922

3rd of Binche–Chimay–Binche

1924

3rd of the Belgian National Road Race Championships independents

1925

3rd of the Tour of Belgium independents

1926

Schaal Sels-Merksem

2nd of Scheldeprijs

1927

2nd stage of the Tour of Belgium

1928

Tour of Flanders

3rd of Scheldeprijs

4th overall of the Tour de France

Results in the Tour de France

1926: 26th
1928: 4th
1930: 15th

References

"Jan Mertens". ProcyclingStats. 2023.
"Jan Mertens". FirstCycling.com. 2023.

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919
1913: Paul Deman (BEL) 1914: Marcel Buysse (BEL) 1915: not held due to World War I 1916: not held due to World War I 1917: not held due to World War I 1918: not held due to World War I 1919: Henri Vanlerberghe (BEL)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2039
2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2021: Kasper Asgreen (DEN) 2022: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2023: Tadej Pogačar (SLO) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)

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