Gustaaf Van Cauter

Gustaaf Van Cauter (born March 31, 1948 in Mechelen ) is a former Belgian cyclist and world champion in cycling .

Athletic career

Van Cauter was a successful junior and amateur before making his first start in the Belgian national team in 1971; he drove the GDR tour and retired from the race after a stage win due to a crash.

In August he was the title holder in the team time trial at the road world championships . Shortly beforehand, the Belgian four-man had won the Olympic prize (a 100-kilometer team time trial) in the GDR. The following year he was third in the Military World Championships and won a stage of the domestic Tour of Belgium , which he finished in fourth place. At the Summer Olympics in Munich he finished fourth with the Belgian foursome, later the third-placed Dutch team was disqualified and Belgium was awarded the bronze medal.

In 1973 Van Cauter became a professional driver for the Watney-Maes team . In 1973 he rode the Tour de France and retired on the 13th stage. After a less than successful season in 1973, he ended his career.

Web links

• Gustaaf Van Cauter in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Gustaaf Van Cauter in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 24/1979 . Berlin 1979, p. 3 .
2. ↑ Rene Jacobs et al. a .: Velo . Brussels 1973, p. 163 .
3. ^ Tour Encyclopedie 1966-1975 . Uitgeverij Worldstrip, Gent 2000, p. 160 .