Karel Verbist
 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 August 1883 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 21 July 1909 (aged 25) Brussels, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 1906 | RCB |
| Professional team | |
| 1907-09 | Individual |
| Major wins | |
 Belgian track championships (Motor-paced racing) (1908, 1909) | |
Karel Verbist (16 August 1883 – 21 July 1909) was Belgian National Stayers Champion in 1908 and 1909.[1][2]
On July 21, Verbist collided with the motorcycle of Constant Ceurremans (his pacemaker) on the track in Brussels and died almost immediately.[3][4][1] Verbist is the subject of a macabre Flemish folk-poem... "Chareltje, Chareltje Verbist, hadt ge niet gereden op de pist(e), hadt ge niet gelegen in de kist."[5] which roughly translates to "Verbist, if you hadn't ridden your bike, you may not have ended up in a coffin."
Achievements
- 1907
- 1st Spring GP Munich
- 1st GP Munich
- 1st Autumn Fair Leipzig Stayers prize
- 1st European Grand Prix over one hour
- 1st GP Antwerp Motor-paced racing
2nd UCI Motor-paced World Championships, Île-de-France, Professional motor-paced racing
- 1908
- 1st National Track Championships, Antwerp, Motor-paced racing[6]
- 1st Spring GP Hanover
- 1st Golden Cup Cologne
- 1st European Grand Prix over 100 km, Dresden
- 1st GP Germany 1/2 long distance, Düsseldorf
- 1st Siebengebirge Prize, Cologne
- 1st Derby Germany, Cologne
- 1st Steglitz hourly race
- 2nd international Spring Prize, Leipzig
- 1909
- 1st National Track Championships, Brussels, Motor-paced racing
- 1st Breslau (Dolnoslaskie)
See also
List of racing cyclists and pacemakers with a cycling-related death
References
- ^ a b "Karel Verbist (In Memoriam)". Cycling4Fans. Cycling4Fans. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ^ "Karel Verbist". CyclingArchives. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Sport-Album der Rad-Welt, Vol. 8, 1909, p. 49. Berlin, Verlag Rad-Welt.
- ^ "Sportsite van het Jaar Sportwereld". Het Nieuwsblad. November 28, 2006. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ Geldhof, Patrieck (2005). En de broodrenner, hij fietste verder: het wielrennen in België tijdens WO II. ACCO. p. 17. ISBN 978-90-334-5815-6. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ^ "Karel Verbist". Cyclingarchives.com (in Dutch). Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2021This reference is for this entire section.
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