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    Louis Proost (7 April 1935 in Halle – 2 February 2009) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who became world amateur champion in 1957. In the...
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    Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (/pruːst/ PROOST, French: [maʁsɛl pʁust]; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary...
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    Martin Van Geneugden Brussel–Charleroi–Brussel, Louis Proost Roubaix–Cassel–Roubaix, Louis Proost Omloop van Limburg Martin Van Geneugden Stages 5 &...
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  • Day of the Jackal), cancer. Ezzat Negahban, 82, Iranian archaeologist. Louis Proost, 73, Belgian racing cyclist. Joe M. Rodgers, 75, American construction...
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    Grassi Dino Bruni 1956 Frans Mahn Norbert Verougstraete Jan Buis 1957 Louis Proost Arnaldo Pambianco Schalk Verhoef 1958 Gustav-Adolf Schur Valère Paulissen...
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    Reynolds 13 Louis Proost Louis Proost Manuel Busto 14 Martin van Geneugden Jean Graczyk Roger Rivière 15 Michel Van Aerde Tom Simpson Louis Proost 16 Graziano...
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    had to ride 190.4 kilometres, the title went to 22-year-old Belgian Louis Proost. In the final kilometres he overtook Italian Arnaldo Pambianco, who had...
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    André Messelis Frans Melckenbeeck 1963 Marcel Seynaeve Jos Hoevenaers Louis Proost 1964 André Messelis Emile Daems Etienne Vercauteren 1965 Lionel Vandamme...
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    Magni (ITA) 5 24 May Marsala to Palermo 144 km (89 mi) Stage with mountain(s)  Louis Proost (BEL) 25 May Rest day 6 26 May Palermo to Milazzo 224 km (139 mi) Plain...
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  •   Winner  Emile Daems (BEL)   Second  Yvo Molenaers (BEL)   Third  Louis Proost (BEL)...
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    Paris–Roubaix 1961 1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium (with Rik Van Looy and Louis Proost) 2nd Gent–Wevelgem 3rd Ronde van Limburg 3rd Antwerp-Wevelgem 3rd...
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  • Lei Clijsters (52), footballer, father of Kim Clijsters. 2 February - Louis Proost (73), cyclist. 4 March - Patricia De Martelaere (51), writer. 18 March...
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  • Frans De Mulder 1965 Benoni Beheyt Ivo Molenaers Arthur Decabooter 1966 Louis Proost Hugo Scrayen Henri Pauwels 1967 Joseph Mathy Theo Verschueren Jozef Boons...
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  • Victor Van Schil Théo Mertens Joseph Bosmans 1965 Auguste Verhaegen Louis Proost Victor Van Schil 1966 René Van Meenen Rik Van Looy Paul Somers 1967 Willy...
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  • Schepens Albert Van Eeckhout Willy Truye 1961 Noël Foré Yvo Molenaers Louis Proost 1962 Frans Aerenhouts Armand Desmet Marcel Seynaeve 1963 Frans Melckenbeeck...
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    Planckaert Guillaume Van Tongerloo Emile Daems 1963 Rik Van Looy (2) Louis Proost Frans Aerenhouts 1964 Edward Sels Willy Bocklant Frans Melckenbeeck 1965...
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    in 1875, Poupaert in 1881, La Belgica N.V. in 1907, H. Proost & Co in 1913, J. Van Mierlo-Proost in 1918, Lityca in 1932 and Veloutex in 1951. More recently...
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  • Wiel's–Groene Leeuw + 0" 4  Willy Bocklant (BEL) Flandria–Romeo + 0" 5  Louis Proost (BEL) Solo–Superia + 2' 28" 6  Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL) Mercier–BP–Hutchinson...
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  • Francis Kemplaire Leopold Schaeken Jos Verachtert 1959 Jos Verachtert Louis Proost Frans Aerenhouts 1960 Joseph Schils Laurent Christiaens Guillaume Michiels...
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  • Molenaers (BEL) 64 28  Eddy Pauwels (BEL) 25 29  Jef Planckaert (BEL) 5 30  Louis Proost (BEL) DNF 31  Julien Schepens (BEL) DNF 32  Frans Schoubben (BEL) DNF...
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    64  Joseph Groussard (FRA) Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune + 2h 02' 08" 65  Louis Proost (BEL) Solo–Terrot + 2h 02' 38" 66  Raymond Impanis (BEL) Peugeot–BP–Englebert...
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  • EMI 60 Santiago Montilla  Spain EMI 61 Rik Van Looy  Belgium Faema 62 Louis Proost  Belgium Faema 63 Edgard Sorgeloos  Belgium Faema 64 Raymond Impanis...
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  • Solo–Superia 24 + 37' 30" 46 Willy Schroeders  Belgium Solo–Superia DNF — 47 Louis Proost  Belgium Solo–Superia 22 + 34' 55" 48 Henri De Wolf  Belgium Solo–Superia...
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  • Decock 1956  Belgium Jef Schils 1957  Belgium Leon Vandaele 1958  Belgium Louis Proost 1959  Belgium Noël Foré 1960  Belgium Oswald Declerck 1961  Belgium Georges...
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    of Austria, Duchess of Savoy and Charles' aunt. In December 1521, Jacob Proost, prior of the Augustinian monastery in Antwerp, was the first Luther-supporting...
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    1957 Waregem Rik Van Steenbergen Men's road race  Gold 1957 Waregem Louis Proost Men's amateur road race  Silver 1958 Reims Valere Paulissen Men's amateur...
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  • Mercier-BP-Hutchinson 20 Jean-Pierre Genet Mercier-BP-Hutchinson 21 Ventura Díaz Inuri 22 Louis Proost Solo Superia 23 Francisco Valada 24 Michel Van Aerde Solo Superia...
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  • 33 125  Marcel Janssens (BEL) DNF 126  Robert Lelangue (BEL) 69 127  Louis Proost (BEL) 65 128  Marcel Seynaeve (BEL) DNF 129  Michel Van Aerde (BEL) DNF...
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  • Hoevenaers (BEL) 11 30  Eddy Pauwels (BEL) 9 31  Jef Planckaert (BEL) 15 32  Louis Proost (BEL) DNF 33  Michel Van Aerde (BEL) 13 34  René Vanderveken (BEL) DNF...
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  • Derboven (BEL) 68 70  Armand Desmet (BEL) DNF 71  Henri De Wolf (BEL) DNF 72  Louis Proost (BEL) DNF 73  Edward Sels (BEL) 33 74  Edgard Sorgeloos (BEL) 61 75  Michel...
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