Hilaire Couvreur (22 September 1924 – 17 February 1998) was a Belgian cyclist.
Couvreur was winner of the Tour du Maroc in 1953 and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 1958. He also finished third in the 1958 Vuelta a España.
He was born in Sint-Andries near Brugge in Belgium and died in Kortrijk, Belgium.
Major results Source: 1947 1st stage 4 Ronde van Limburg amateurs 1st stage 5 Tour of Belgium independents 1948 1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen 3rd Gent–Wevelgem 3rd Omloop van de Vlasstreek 1949 1st Overall Tour d'Algérie 1950 1st Overall Tour d'Algérie 1951 1st stage 4 Tour of Belgium 1952 1st Elfstedenronde 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs 2nd Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen 1953 1st Overall Tour du Maroc 1st Stage 4 1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen 4th Overall Tour of Belgium 8th Tour of Flanders 8th Paris–Roubaix 1954 1st Elfstedenronde 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia 2nd 2nd Trofee Luc Van Biesen 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen 5th Overall Paris–Nice 1955 1st Stage 1b Driedaagse van Antwerpen (TTT) 1956 10th Overall Giro d'Italia 1957 1st Stage 4 Volta a Catalunya 1958 1st Overall Tour of Valencia 1st Stage 3 (TTT) 4th Overall Vuelta a España 1959 1st Stage 4 Tour of Valencia 3rd GP Marcel Kint 7th Overall Vuelta a España 1960 1st Stage 4b Menton–Genova–Roma 1961 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse Winner mountains classification 3rd Roma–Napoli–Roma
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