title: Six Days of Brussels
text: # Six Days of Brussels
  
  The Six Days of Brussels was a six-day track cycling race held annually in Brussels, Belgium.
  
  Rik Van Steenbergen holds the record of victories, winning 8 times.
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Second | Third |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1912 | Alfred Hill Eddy Root | Cyrille Van Hauwaert Arthur Vanderstuyft | Elmer Collins Peter Drobach |
  | 1913 | René Vandenberghe Octave Lapize | Léon Comès Lucien Petit-Breton | Charles Charron Michel Debaets |
  | 1914 | Cyrille Van Hauwaert John Stol | Jules Miquel Octave Lapize | Reginald McNamara Jimmy Moran |
  | 1915 | Cyrille Van Hauwaert Joseph Van Bever | Alfons Spiessens René Vandenberghe | Marcel Buysse Pierre Van De Velde |
  | 1916-1918 | No race | No race | No race |
  | 1919 | Marcel Dupuy Philippe Thys | Alfons Spiessens Émile Aerts | Aloïs Persyn Pierre Van De Velde |
  | 1920 | Marcel Buysse Alfons Spiessens | Marcel Berthet Charles Deruyter | Henri Van Lerberghe Émile Aerts |
  | 1921 | Marcel Berthet Charles Deruyter | Alfons Spiessens Émile Aerts | Albert Desmedt Jos Van Bever |
  | 1922 | Piet van Kempen Émile Aerts | Louis Eyckmans Pierre Rielens | Henri Wynsdau Théo Wynsdau |
  | 1923 | César Debaets Jules Van Hevel | Piet van Kempen Émile Aerts | Maurice Dewolf John Van Ruysseveldt |
  | 1924 | Pierre Rielens Émile Aerts | Alfons Goossens Victor Standaert | Julien Delbecque Jules Verschelden |
  | 1925 | Piet van Kempen Émile Aerts | Alfred Grenda Alec McBeath | Maurice Dewolf Philippe Thys |
  | 1926 | Piet van Kempen Klaas van Nek | Aloïs Degraeve Emile Thollembeeck | Aloïs Persyn Jules Verschelden |
  | 1927 | Pierre Rielens René Vermandel | Adolphe Charlier Henri Duray | Hilaire Hellebaut Frans Roels |
  | 1928 | Henri Duray Félix Sellier | Alfons Standaert Victor Standaert | César Debaets Henri Stockelynck |
  | 1929 | Ferdinand Goris Armand Haesendonck | Roger De Neef Albert Desmedt | Alfons Standaert Victor Standaert |
  | 1930 | Piet van Kempen Paul Buschenhagen | René Vermandel Joseph Wauters | Pierre Rielens Michel Van Vlockhoven |
  | 1931 | Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier | Piet van Kempen Jules Van Hevel | Arturo Bresciani André Mouton |
  | 1932 | Jan Pijnenburg Janus Braspennincx | Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier | Henri Aerts Armand Haesendonck |
  | 1933 | Jan Pijnenburg Adolf Schön | Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier | Emil Richli Georges Wambst |
  | 1934 | Jan Pijnenburg Cor Wals | Emil Richli Adolf Schön | Adolphe Charlier Gerard Loncke |
  | 1935 | Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier | Jan Pijnenburg Cor Wals | Albert Buysse Antonin Magne |
  | 1936 | Albert Buysse Albert Billiet | Roger Deneef Adolphe Charlier | Jean Aerts Adolf Schön |
  | 1937 | Jean Aerts Omer De Bruycker | Roger Deneef Adolf Schön | Learco Guerra Giuseppe Olmo |
  | 1938 | No race | No race | No race |
  | 1939 | Kees Pellenaars Frans Slaats | Albert Buysse Albert Billiet | Omer De Bruycker Karel Kaers |
  | 1940 | Omer De Bruycker Karel Kaers | Achiel Bruneel Jef Scherens | Robert Naeye Adelin Van Simaeys |
  | 1941-1946 | No race | No race | No race |
  | 1947 | Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Boeyen | Maurice Depauw jr Ernest Thyssen | Kamiel Dekuysscher Fernand Spelte |
  | 1948 | Rik Van Steenbergen Marcel Kint | Achiel Bruneel Kamiel Dekuysscher | Lucien Acou Robert Fruythof |
  | 1949 | Rik Van Steenbergen Marcel Kint | Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters | Valere Ollivier Ernest Thyssen |
  | 1950 | Jos De Beuckelaer Achiel Bruneel | Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters | Albert Ramon Ernest Thyssen |
  | 1951 | Rik Van Steenbergen Stan Ockers | Robert Naeye Ernest Thyssen | Valere Ollivier Gerard Buyl |
  | 1952 | Lucien Acou Achiel Bruneel | Lucien Gillen Georges Senfftleben | Émile Carrara Dominique Forlini |
  | 1953 | Hugo Koblet Armin von Büren | Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters | Rik Van Steenbergen Stan Ockers |
  | 1954 | Georges Senfftleben Dominique Forlini | Rik Van Steenbergen Stan Ockers | Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters |
  | 1955 | Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns | Jean Brankart Stan Ockers | Gerrit Schulte Gerrit Peters |
  | 1956 | Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns | Willy Lauwers Arsene Rijckaert | Lucien Acou Rik Van Looy |
  | 1957 | Willy Vannitsen Rik Van Looy | Georges Senfftleben Dominique Forlini | Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns |
  | 1958 | Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns | Reginald Arnold Fred De Bruyne | Gerrit Schulte Jean Brankart |
  | 1959 | Gerrit Schulte Peter Post | Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns | Klaus Bugdahl Ferdinando Terruzzi |
  | 1960 | Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns | Rik Van Looy Peter Post | Emile Daems Willy Vannitsen |
  | 1961 | Rik Van Looy Peter Post | Rik Van Steenbergen Emile Severeyns | Klaus Bugdahl Fritz Pfenninger |
  | 1962 | Rik Van Steenbergen Palle Lykke | Peter Post Willy Vannitsen | Emile Daems Emile Severeyns |
  | 1963 | Peter Post Fritz Pfenninger | Rik Van Steenbergen Palle Lykke | Rik Van Looy Hugo Scrayen |
  | 1964 | Peter Post Fritz Pfenninger | Rik Van Steenbergen Palle Lykke | Robert Lelangue Theo Verschueren |
  | 1965 | Peter Post Tom Simpson | Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu | Rik Van Steenbergen Palle Lykke |
  | 1966-1969 | No race | No race | No race |
  | 1970 | Peter Post Jacques Mourioux | Ferdinand Bracke Norbert Seeuws | Julien Stevens Noel Van Clooster |
  | 1971 | Albert Fritz Sigi Renz | Roger De Vlaeminck Patrick Sercu | Ferdinand Bracke Peter Post |
  