Palle Lykke

Danish cyclist (1936–2013)

Palle Lykke

Palle Lykke in 1956

Personal information
Born| (1936-11-04)4 November 1936
Ringe, Denmark
Died| 19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 76)
Antwerp, Belgium
Team information
Discipline| Track and road cycling
Major wins
One-day races and Classics

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1954)

Track Championships

National Track Championships

Sprint (1958, 1959, 1960, 1961)

Medal record

Representing  Denmark
UEC European Track Championships
| 1959  | Madison
| 1962  | Madison
| 1963  | Derny
| 1964  | Derny
| 1966  | Madison
| 1967  | Derny

Palle Lykke Jensen (4 November 1936 – 19 April 2013) was a Danish cyclist who was active between 1956 and 1969.[1] He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the road race, but failed to finish. The same year he finished fourth at the world road championships. Starting from 1958 Jensen won four consecutive national sprint titles. Between 1958 and 1968 he also won six medals at European track championships[2] and 21 six-day races out of 122 starts in Germany, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands and UK. After marrying the daughter of Belgian cyclist Rik Van Steenbergen, in 1962 he moved to Belgium, where he worked at the Port of Antwerp.[3] With Van Steenbergen, he competed in several Six-day events.

## Major results

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### Road

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1965
1st  Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
1966
3rd Gent–Wevelgem

### Track

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1958
1st  Danish National Track Championships, Sprint
1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
1959
1st  Danish National Track Championships, Sprint
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
European Track Championships

2nd  Omnium
2nd  Madison (with Kay Werner Nielsen)

1960
1st  Danish National Track Championships, Sprint
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
1st Six Days of Zurich (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
1961
1st  Danish National Track Championships, Sprint
1st Six Days of Aarhus (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
1st Grand Prix of Copenhagen, omnium
1962
European Track Championships

1st  Omnium
1st  Madison (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Brussels (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Grand Prix of Copenhagen, omnium
1963
1st Six Days of Antwerp (with Rik Van Steenbergen & Leo Proost)
1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Münster (with Freddy Eugen)
European Track Championships

3rd  Derny

1964
1st Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)

3rd  Derny
1st Grand Prix of Copenhagen, omnium
1965
1st Six Days of Bremen (with Rik Van Steenbergen)
1st Six Days of Münster (with Freddy Eugen)
1966
1st Six Days of Montreal (with Emile Severeyns)
European Track Championships

2nd  Madison (with Rik Van Steenbergen)

1967
1st Six Days of London (with Freddy Eugen)
1st Six Days of Montreal (with Freddy Eugen)
1st Six Days of Zurich (with Freddy Eugen)
1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Freddy Eugen)
European Track Championships

2nd  Derny

1968
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Freddy Eugen)
1st Grand Prix of Copenhagen, omnium

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palle Lykke.

1. ^ "In Memoriam, Palle Lykke". VeloVeritas. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
2. ^ Palle Lykke. cyclingarchives.com
3. ^ Palle Lykke Jensen. sports-reference.com
4. ^ "Palle Lykke Jensen". FirstCycling.com. 2023.

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UEC European Track Champions – Men's omnium

Summary

* 2010:  Roger Kluge
* 2011:  Ed Clancy
* 2012:  Lucas Liss
* 2013:  Viktor Manakov
* 2014:  Elia Viviani
* 2015:  Elia Viviani
* 2016:  Albert Torres
* 2017:  Albert Torres
* 2018:  Ethan Hayter
* 2019:  Benjamin Thomas
* 2020:  Matthew Walls
* 2021:  Alan Banaszek
* 2022:  Donavan Grondin
* 2023:  Benjamin Thomas
* 2024:  Ethan Hayter

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