Jan Mertens (cyclist)

Jan Mertens

Personal information
Born	(1904-03-02)2 March 1904 Hoboken, Antwerp
Died	21 June 1964(1964-06-21) (aged 60)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1926-1927	Labor-Dunlop
1928	Thomann-Dunlop
1928	Securitas
1929-1930	Alcyon-Dunlop
Major wins
One-day races and Classics Tour of Flanders (1928) Schaal Sels (1926)

Jan Mertens (2 March 1904 in Hoboken, Antwerp – 21 June 1964) was a Belgian cyclist.^[1] Professional from 1926 to 1931, he won the Tour of Flanders in 1928 and ranked fourth in the Tour de France in 1928.^[2]

1922

3rd of Binche–Chimay–Binche

1924

3rd of the Belgian National Road Race Championships independents

1925

3rd of the Tour of Belgium independents

1926

Schaal Sels-Merksem

2nd of Scheldeprijs

1927

2nd stage of the Tour of Belgium

1928

Tour of Flanders

3rd of Scheldeprijs

4th overall of the Tour de France

• 1926: 26th
• 1928: 4th
• 1930: 15th