Albert Van Vlierberghe
Albert Van Vlierberghe (born March 18, 1942 in Belsele ( Sint-Niklaas ), † December 20, 1991 in ibid.) Was a Belgian cyclist and national cycling champion .
Athletic career
His greatest successes as an amateur were winning the Belgian road racing championship in 1963 and the bronze medal at the UCI road world championships in the team time trial in 1964 . A year later he became a professional driver in the Flandria-Romeo team , in which 1963 world champion Benoni Beheyt also drove. He remained active as a professional until 1980 and was in various domestics teams for his captains (including Gösta Pettersson at Ferretti and Freddy Maertens at Flandria). His debut with the professionals was successful with a stage win at the Tour of Portugal in 1965. He was a fast driver and was able to win a number of criteria and circuit races with this quality . In 1967 he won a stage of the Giro d'Italia , in 1969 and 1972 he succeeded again. In 1971 he won a stage section of the Tour de France . He rode the tour a total of seven times, his best result in the overall standings was 29th place in 1971 .
Web links
- Albert Van Vlierberghe in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bürte Hoppe: Encyclopedia Tour de France . Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-577-8 , p. 434 .
1936 Armand Putzeys | 1937 August Deleeuw | 1938–1939 Jacques Geus | 1940 not held 1941 Irené De Keyzer | 1942 Marcel Boumon | 1943 Marcel Rijckaert | 1944 not held 1945 Henri van Holle | 1946 Henri Van Kerckhove | 1947 Frans Gielen | 1948 Lode Wouters | 1949 Léon Delathouwer | 1950 Martin Van Geneugden | 1951 Marcel Janssens | 1952–1953 Rik van Looy | 1954 Julien Schepens | 1955 Gentil Saelens | 1956 Alfons Hermans | 1957 Clément Roman | 1958 Alfons Hermans | 1959 Herman Cornelis | 1960 Joseph Geurts | 1961 Frans Melckenbeeck | 1962 Julien Stevens | 1963 Albert Van Vlierberghe | 1964 Jozef Boons | 1965 Eddy De Sitter | 1966 Jean-Marie Gorez | 1967 Valère Van Sweevelt | 1968 Noël Van Tyghem | 1969 Raphael Hooybergs | 1970 Victor Peeters | 1971 Freddy Maertens | 1972 Luc De Brauwere | 1973 Leopold Verboven | 1974 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | 1975 Pol Verschueren | 1976 Eddy Schepers | 1977 Daniel Willems | 1978 Alfons De Wolf | 1979 Eddy Van Hoof | 1980 Jean-Marie Wampers | 1981 Marc Sergeant | 1982 Francis Vermaelen | 1983 Rudi Dexters | 1984 Johan Capiot | 1985 Geert Van De Walle | 1986 Chris Scharmin | 1987 Danny Lippens | 1988 Luc Van De Vel | 1989 Johan Remels | 1990 Wilfried Nelissen | 1991 Peter Van Petegem | 1992 Wim Omloop | 1993 Carl Roes | 1994 Mario Moersmans
After 1994 the division between amateurs and professionals was lifted.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Van Vlierberghe, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belsele ( Sint-Niklaas ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1991 |
| Place of death | Sint-Niklaas |