# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-sels
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:01:06.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-sels"
name: "Edward Sels"
slug: "edward-sels"
description: "Edward Sels is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven stages in the Tour de France and one in the Giro d'Italia. He wore the yellow jersey for two days in the 1964 Tour de France. His sister, Rosa Sels, was a cyclist too."
tagline: "Belgian road bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ward_Sels_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1941-08-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.07
  momentum:             3.461538461538462
  historical:           12.87829466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "ادوارد سيلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3"
    title: "ادوارد سلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Sels"
    title: "Ward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Селс, Эдвард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sels"
    title: "Edward Sels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1293578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump