Palle Lykke

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. 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 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. With Van Steenbergen, he competed in several Six-day events.

Major results

Source:

Road

1965

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1966

3rd Gent–Wevelgem

Track

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