Arthur Vanderstuyft

Arthur Vanderstuyft ( born December 23, 1883 in Essen, † 6 May 1956 Borgerhout, Antwerp) was a Belgian racing cyclist.

Arthur Vanderstuyft came from a cycling family. His father Fritz was third in the 1899 Belgian Road Championships and took part in the race Paris - Bordeaux and Paris -Roubaix; Arthur's seven years younger brother Léon was a world champion stayer. This very big success was Vanderstuyft Arthur, who was a more versatile driver than his brother, but failed.

In 1901, Arthur Vanderstuyft third in the Belgian Road Championships 1903, he won the title on the road. 1904 and 192 he won the Belgian title in pacemaker race of the professionals. Twice, in 1904 in London and 1908 in Leipzig- Lindenau, he came third in the World Championships of the posts, in 1906 he won in Geneva the title of Vice - World Champion.

Called Arthur Vanderstuyft, " Ijzeren Tuur " ( "Iron Tuur (short for Arthur) " ) also started at ten six-day race. In 1904 he finished second in New York with John Stol and 1912 in Brussels with Cyrille Van Hauwaert each place 2

During the First World War Vanderstuyft made ​​unpopular in Belgium because he still raced in Germany. In 1923 he had to give up cycling after he broke his kneecap because a dog had run to the velodrome during training. His pacemaker was seriously injured in this accident. As a pacemaker he could not get a foothold, so was Arthur Vanderstuyft representative for substances as an employee of his brother.

On the occasion of its 50th racing anniversary for Vanderstuyft (1955 or 1956) was organized a celebration in the Antwerp Sportpaleis. His son Freddy was active as a youth racer in a club team under Fred De Bruyne.