Guido Reybrouck

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Guido Reybrouck Road cycling
Guido Reybrouck won the second stage of the Tour de France in 1966, ahead of Edward Sels and Jan Janssen
Guido Reybrouck won the second stage of the
Tour de France in 1966, ahead of Edward Sels and Jan Janssen
To person
Date of birth December 25, 1941
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Street
Driver type sprinter
End of career 1973
Most important successes
classic
Paris – Tours 1964, 1966, 1968
Grand Tours
Tour de France - 1964 to 1969 - six stages
Giro d'Italia 1968 - three stages
Vuelta a España 1967, 1970 - four stages
Last updated: October 22, 2019

Guido Reybrouck (born December 25, 1941 in Bruges ) is a former Belgian cyclist .

Athletic career

Guido Reybrouck was a professional from 1964 to 1973 . His first professional victory came in 1964 at the championship in Zurich . In the same year he won the classic Paris-Tours , which he won two more times in 1966 and 1968. In 1965 Reybrouck was first at Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne , the following year Belgian road champion. In 1969 he took first place in the Amstel Gold Race . In addition, he achieved numerous stage wins in important tours , including six stages of the Tour de France , four stages of the Vuelta a España , three stages of the Giro d'Italia and two stages from Paris – Nice . He achieved a total of 43 victories in professional races and another 30 in other races.

In 1968 and 1969 Reybrouck drove in the Faema team together with Eddy Merckx , whom he supported as a “ noble helper ”, including in Merckx's 1969 victory in the Tour de France . Reybrouck reported that he supported Merckx in the stage races, whereas Merckx helped him, the sprinter, with classics and stage wins. His Belgian opponent, however, was often Rik Van Looy .

After the end of his active cycling career, Guido Reybrouck opened a car wash in Knokke and became the sporting director of the “Ebo-Cinzia” team. Together with his brother Wilfried , who was twelve years younger than him , he opened a bicycle wholesaler called “Fangio” (his son's name) and financed a cycling team of the same name, which existed from 1979 to 1987.

Miscellaneous

Guido Reybrouck comes from a family of racing cyclists: He is the nephew of Gustave Danneels , who also won Paris Tours three times . His brother Wilfried was also successful as a racing driver. His son Fangio founded the company "Museeuw Bikes" together with Johan Museeuw .

The Guido Reybrouck Classic race for juniors has been held in Damme since 2006 . The 2018 event was won by Belgian talent Remco Evenpoel , who won two junior titles at the world championships in the same year .

Successes (selection)

1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Yellow jersey Vuelta a España - - - DNF - - 49 - -
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 88 - - - 52 DNF DNF - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - 54 53 42 - 77 - DNF DNF
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

literature

  • Herman Laitem, Jozef Hamels: De Tricolore Trui. 1882-2007. 125 Jaar Belgian Campaign Schappen. Pinguin Productions et al., Balegem et al. 2008, ISBN 978-90-73322-21-9 , p. 154.

Web links

Commons : Guido Reybrouck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Between Eddy Merckx and myself we won all the major one day races, I won Paris-Tours and he won everything else!" - The Bike Comes First. In: thebikecomesfirst.com. October 11, 2015, accessed November 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Laitem / Hamels, De Tricolore Trui , p. 154.
personal data
SURNAME Reybrouck, Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruges