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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Ockers Wins "Le Weekend Ardennais"
Belgian superstar Stan Ockers won the 1955 "Le Weekend Ardennais" first accomplished by Ferdi Kubler two years earlier. The Liege-Bastogne-Liege victory came with a minor controversy. Having won Le Fleche Wallone the day before L-B-L Ockers agreed to let teammate and "Liege eternal second" Raymond Impanis win his first L-B-L. After a series of attacks the teammates broke clear with Impanis leading into the last km. Disregarding the agreement Ockers sprinted past his teammate to take the L-B-L victory and complete the Ardennes double.
| L-B-L May 1, 1955 |
| 238 Km |
1.
Stan Ockers (Bel) 6h50'58" |
2.
Raymond Impanis (Bel) |
3.
Jean Brankart (Bel) +44" |
Starters: 116 |
Finishers: 35 |
Average Speed: 34.750 km/h |
| Fleche Wallone April 30, 1955 |
| 220 Km [ Charleroi to Liege ] |
1.
Stan OCKERS (Bel) 6h12'20" * |
2. Alphonse Vandenbrande (Bel) +2'46" |
3.
Stanislas Bober (Fra) |
Starters: 119 |
Finishers: 59 |
Average Speed: 35.450 km/h |
L-B-L 1954
L-B-L 1956
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