Benoni Beheyt
# Benoni Beheyt

Benoni Beheyt (born 27 September 1940) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 World Cycling Championships Road Race and stage win of the 1964 Tour de France. He also competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

## Major results

### 1962 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw

    1st Brussel–Ingooigem
    2nd Overall Tour du Nord
       1st stage 1
    1st stage 2 Tour de Picardie
    1st Melle
    2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
    3rd Paris–Tours
    3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs

### 1963 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Gent–Wevelgem
    1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
    1st Overall Tour de Wallonie
    1st Antwerpen - Ougrée
    1st St-Andries
    1st Bruxelles-Alsemberg
    1st Gavere
    2nd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
    2nd La Roue d'Or (with Noël Foré)
    3rd Grand Prix de Denain
    3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
    3rd Boulogne

### 1964 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw

    49th Overall Tour de France
       1st Stage 22a (Orléans – Versailles, 118.5 km)
    1st Overall Tour of Belgium
    Circuit du Provençal
       1st stage 1a and 2b
    1st La Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence
    1st Bourcefranc
    1st Callac
    1st Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
    2nd Tour of Flanders
    2nd Paris–Roubaix
    2nd GP du Tournaisis
    2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
    3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
    3rd Paris-Brussels

### 1965 – Wiel's-Groene Leeuw

    1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
    1st Plumeliau
    1st Trelissac
    2nd Brussels-Ingooigem
    3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen

## Tour de France record

* 1963: 49th overall
* 1964: 49th overall and 1 stage win
* 1965: 47th overall
