Frans Van Looy
| To person | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | August 26, 1950 |
| date of death | 20th September 2019 |
| nation |
 Belgium
|
| discipline | Street |
| End of career | 1982 |
| Team (s) | |
| 1972 1973 1974 1975–76 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 |
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| Team (s) as team manager | |
| 1983 1984-1987 1988-1991 1992-2003 2004-2006 |
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| Last updated: May 17, 2020 | |
Frans Van Looy ( August 26, 1950 in Merksem , Antwerp Province - September 20, 2019 in Merksem , Antwerp Province) was a Belgian road cyclist and team manager . Van Looy was a professional from 1972 to 1982. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , he took part in the road race.
Career
After his career as a cyclist, Van Looy worked as a team manager at Team Telekom and T-Mobile until 2006. Even though he had celebrated a few victories as an active road cyclist, he celebrated the greatest victories as the supervisor of Jan Ullrich and Erik Zabel .
Parental home and death
It appears that he committed suicide due to difficulties with his parents' home.
successes
- 1972
- two stages of the Tour d'Algérie
- 1973
- GP Lanssens Crelan
- a stage Tour de Nord
- 1974
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- Schaal Sels
- National Sluitingsprijs
- 1975
- 1976
- Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas
- Ronde van Limburg
- Leeuwse Pijl
- 1977
- National Sluitingsprijs
- GP Lanssens Crelan
- one stage Omloop Almond-Leie-Schelde
- 1978
- Omloop van het Waasland
- Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- De Kustpijl
- Liedekerkse Pijl
- one stage tour of Catalonia
- a stage three days from De Panne
- 1979
- National Sluitingsprijs
- one stage Aragon tour
- 1980
- Halle – Ingooigem
- Grote Prijs Briek Schotte
- Grote 1-MeiPrijs
- GP Zele
Web links
- Frans Van Looy in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Frans Van Looy in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uwe Bödeker: Tragic death: Jan Ullrich's ex-boss at Team Telekom dies at the age of 69. In: express.de. September 23, 2019, accessed May 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Frans Van Looy, oud-renner en ploegleider, is overleden. In: standaard.be. September 21, 2019, accessed May 29, 2020 (Dutch).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Van Looy, Frans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th September 2019 |
| Place of death | Antwerp |