// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Frans Brands? A Dutch master of brands?
 Brands in 1966 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Frans Brands |
| Born | 31 May 1940 Berendrecht, Belgium |
| Died | 9 February 2008 (aged 67) Blankenberge, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1961–1962 | Libertas |
| 1963–1965 | Flandria |
| 1964–1965 | Flandria–Faema |
| 1966–1968 | Smith's |
| 1969 | Faema |
| 1970 | Geens-Watney |
| 1971 | Individual |
| 1972 | Goldor |
| Major wins | |
| 1 stage 1963 Tour de France 1 stage 1965 Giro d'Italia | |
Frans Brands (31 May 1940 in Berendrecht – 9 February 2008 in Blankenberge) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Brands won a stage in the 1963 Tour de France and in the 1965 Giro d'Italia, and was the winner of the 1967 Tour de Luxembourg.
Major results
[edit]- 1961
- Rummen
- 1963
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 18
- 1964
- München - Zürich
- Pléneour-Lanver
- GP Stad Vilvoorde
- Sint-Amandsberg
- Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen
- Zellik
- Kapellen
- 1965
- Roosendaal
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stage 8
- Stabroek
- Sint-Lenaerts
- Bilzen
- Ossendrecht
- Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- Tour de France:
- 8th place overall classification
- 1966
- Omloop van West-Brabant
- Polder-Kempen
- Visé
- Essen
- 1967
- Omloop der drie Proviniciën
- De Pinte
- Tour de Luxembourg
- Auvelais
- 1968
- Nokere Koerse
- Herenthout
- Oud-Turnhout
- Buggenhout
- Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1969
- Mortsel
- Houtem
- 1970
- Belsele - Puivelde
- Sint-Kwintens-Lennik
- Wilrijk
- 1971
- Antwerpen
External links
[edit]- Frans Brands at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Official Tour de France results for Frans Brands[dead link]
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