Eric Leman
Eric Leman (2015) | |
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Date of birth | July 17, 1946 |
nation | Belgium |
discipline | Street |
End of career | 1977 |
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Last updated: December 17, 2018 |
Eric Leman (born July 17, 1946 in Ledegem ) is a former Belgian cyclist .
Athletic career
Eric Leman embodied the typical Belgian specialist for one-day races . As an amateur, he won a total of 25 victories in the 1967 season. He was seen as a sprint and strong-willed. These qualities contributed to the fact that he was able to beat Eddy Merckx and Walter Godefroot in his first win of a total of three (1972 and 1973) at the Tour of Flanders in 1970 . With Achiel Buysse , Fiorenzo Magni , Johan Museeuw and Tom Boonen, Leman is one of the record holders in this race, who won the race three times.
Leman achieved a total of 39 victories during his professional career. He took part in the Tour de France five times between 1968 and 1974 . He was able to win five stages. He also won several stages at Paris – Nice , the Spain and the Andalusia tour . In 1968 he also won the Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne race , the Briek Schotte Grand Prix in 1970 and the Gran Premio de Valencia in 1972 .
In 1971 his wife was killed in a car accident while traveling to the Amstel Gold Race , a few weeks after his teammate Jean-Pierre Monseré was hit by a car during a race and died.
Successes (selection)
- 1968
- Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne
- a stage 4 Jours de Dunkerque
- a stage Tour de France
- 1969
- four stages tour of Andalusia
- a stage Paris – Nice
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné
- a stage Tour de France
- 1970
- two stages tour of Andalusia
- a stage Paris – Nice
- Tour of Flanders
- Prologue Tour of Belgium
- 1971
- Prologue and a stage tour of Andalusia
- two stages Paris – Nice
- two stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné
- three stages Tour de France
- Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1972
- two stages Paris – Nice
- a stage tour of Belgium
- Tour of Flanders
- a stage 4 Jours de Dunkerque
- 1973
- a stage Paris – Nice
- Tour of Flanders
- 1974
- a stage Paris – Nice
- a stage Vuelta a España
- 1975
- two stages Paris – Nice
- 1977
- one stage Aragon tour
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |
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Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | 22nd | DNF |
Giro d'Italia | ||||||||
Tour de France | 52 | 79 | DNF | 91 | - | - | DNF | - |
Monuments of cycling
Monument to cycling | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 |
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Milan – Sanremo | 19th | 9 | 3 | - | 45 | 13 | 2 | - | - |
Tour of Flanders | 40 | 22nd | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4th | - | 26th |
Paris – Roubaix | 36 | - | 3 | 6th | 4th | 11 | 5 | 26th | 21st |
Liège – Bastogne – Liège | - | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lombardy tour |
Teams
- 1968–1971 Flandria
- 1972 Bic
- 1973 Peugeot
- 1974-1975 De Gribaldy
- 1976 Zoppas-Splendor-Sinalco
- 1977 Zeepcentrale Deinze-Carpenter-Splendor
Web links
- Eric Leman in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Eric Leman in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Eric Leman in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- ronde van Vlaanderen 1970 Eric Leman on YouTube , 28 May 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Udo Witte: Campionissimo, Monsieur Chrono, Kannibale & Co. BoD - Books on Demand, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7392-7824-7 , p. 1977 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Leman, Eric |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ledegem |