What is Patrick Sercu?
[[File:Patrick Sercu (cropped).jpg|thumb|210px|Sercu in 2008]] '''Patrick Sercu''' (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[cyclist]]. He was active on the [[Road bicycle racing|road]] and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1&nbsp;[[km]] time trial at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]. He won three world titles in the [[Sprint (track cycling)|sprint]], in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the [[green jersey]] at the [[1974 Tour de France]]. He holds the record for the number of [[Six-day racing|six-day track race]] wins. He won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rouleur.cc/editorial/patrick-sercu-phenomenon/|title=Patrick Sercu: The Phenomenon|website=Rouleur|author=Fife, Graeme|date=12 February 2019|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419150415/https://rouleur.cc/editorial/patrick-sercu-phenomenon/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also won six stages at the [[Tour de France]] and eleven stages at the [[Giro d'Italia]]. Sercu was born in [[Roeselare]], [[West Flanders]].<ref name=Sporza>{{Cite news|url=https://sporza.be/nl/2018/10/02/obit-patrick-sercu/|title=Zesdaagsekoning en olympisch kampioen Patrick Sercu overleden|publisher=Sporza|lang=nl|date=19 April 2019|access-date=19 April 2019}}</ref> He died on 19 April 2019, at the age of 74.<ref name=Sporza/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/3472144/olympisch-wielerkampioen-sercu-74-overleden|title=Olympisch wielerkampioen Sercu (74) overleden|newspaper=[[De Telegraaf]]|lang=nl|date=19 April 2019|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419150413/https://www.telegraaf.nl/sport/3472144/olympisch-wielerkampioen-sercu-74-overleden|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/patrick-sercu-1.html Patrick Sercu] {{Webarchive|url=https://we