Arthur Decabooter (3 October 1936 – 26 May 2012) was a Belgian professional racing cyclist, active as a professional between 1959 and 1967. Cyclist Walter Godefroot is his wife's brother-in-law.
Apart from a few years when he was signed to Libéria-Grammont (1962) and to Solo (1963–1964), he rode for the Groene Leeuw team. His major wins were the 1960 Tour of Flanders and 2 stages and the points classification in the Vuelta a España the same year. Decabooter's other wins include Dwars door België, Omloop Het Volk, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke, and a stage in the Tour of Belgium.
Major Results
Road
1955 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften 3th Overall Omloop der 9 Provincies 1st Stages 3, 6 (ITT) & 7 1st Grand Prix of Essex 3rd Gent–Wevelgem amateurs 1958 1st GP Gemeente Kortemark 1st GP Erpe-Mere 1st Nokere Koerse 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Independents 1959 1st Dr. Tistaertprijs Zottegem 1st Omloop van het Houtland 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 2nd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen 1960 1st Kampioenschap van Oost-Vlaanderen 1st Tour of Flanders 1st Overall Dwars door België 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st Stages 8 & 15 1st Stages 1 & 4 (TTT) of the Tour of Belgium 1st Schelde–Dender–Leie 2nd Omloop van het Houtland 3rd National Road Race Championships 4th Milan–San Remo 1961 1st Omloop Het Volk 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke 1st Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España 1st Grand Prix de Denain 1st GP Briek Schotte 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1962 1st Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 2nd GP Frans Melckenbeek 3rd Schaal Sels 3rd Ronde van Brabant 1963 1st Omloop der drie Provinciën 1st Omloop Leidedal 2nd Omloop van West-Brabant 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint 1964 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1st Omloop van het Houtland 2nd Omloop Het Volk 2nd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen 2nd GP Roeselare 3rd Halle–Ingooigem 6th Ronde van Vlaanderen 1965 1st Nokere Koerse 1st Geraardsbergen-Viane 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour du Nord 2nd Circuit des Frontières 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 3rd National Road Race Championships 3rd Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen 5th Paris–Tours 9th Tour of Flanders 1966 1st Stages 6 & 8 of the Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Elfstedenronde 1st Stage 5a of the Four Days of Dunkirk 8th Paris–Roubaix 1967 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1st Roubaix-Cassel-Roubaix 2nd Elfstedenronde 9th Paris–RoubaixTrack
1961 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Klaus Bugdahl) 1962 3rd Belgian National Championships (with Willy Vannitsen) 1963 3rd Belgian National Championships (with Willy Vannitsen) 1961 3rd Six Days of Madrid (with José Manuel López Rodríguez)External links
- Arthur Decabooter at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)
- (in French) Palmares of Arthur Decabooter
References
Decabooter kreeg een hartstilstand tijdens een fietstocht. "sporza: Arthur "Tuur" Decabooter (75) is niet meer". Sporza.be. Retrieved 2012-05-26. http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/120526_decabooter_overleden ↩
"Arthur Decabooter". FirstCycling.com. 2022. https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=9662&y=1957#racedata ↩