# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frans-melckenbeeck
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:27:26.672Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frans-melckenbeeck"
name: "Frans Melckenbeeck"
slug: "frans-melckenbeeck"
description: "Frans Melckenbeeck was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Melckenbeeck won one stage of the Tour de France, and in 1963 he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He won four stages in the 1964 and 1965 Vuelta a España. Melckenbeeck also competed in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics."
tagline: "Belgian cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frans_Melckenbeeck_1962.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1940-11-15"
deathDate: "2025-10-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.47296666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump