Lucien Van Impe

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Lucien Van Impe at the 1976 Tour de France

Lucien Van Impe (born October 20, 1946 in Erpe-Mere ) is a former Belgian cyclist and winner of the Tour de France 1976 .

Career

As an amateur , he won the mountain classification of the Tour de l'Avenir in 1968 .

Van Impe began his professional career in 1969 and was able to achieve outstanding success, especially in the Tour de France , which he competed 15 times and was able to finish each time. In addition to his victory in 1976, he was on the podium three more times. He won the mountain classification six times . When he won his third mountain classification win in 1975, he was the first driver to be awarded the dotted jersey . He also won a total of nine stages. In 1982 and 1983 Van Impe also won the mountain prize of the Giro d'Italia , the " Maglia Verde ".

In contrast to stage races , Van Impe had few successes in one-day races . His most significant victory was the Belgian Road Championship in 1983. His best placement in the classics was a sixth place at Liège – Bastogne – Liège in 1979.

In 1987 Lucien Van Impe ended his career with a win in the Criterion in his hometown of Mere. During his time as a cyclist, Van Impe never tested positive for doping , nor did he ever admit doping use.

In 2008 Van Impe became team manager of the Willems Veranda cycling team .

Palmarès (selection)

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Yellow jersey Vuelta a España - - - - - - - - - - 14th - - - - - - 11
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4th 9 7th 13 -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 12 6th 3 4th 5 18th 3 1 3 9 11 16 2 - 4th - 27 -

Familiar

His brother Frank Van Impe (* 1955) was also active as a cyclist.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Randewijk, Marije: Ik zal toch niet de enige zijn? (Dutch) , de Volkskrant . July 7, 2007. 
  2. ↑ Willems Verandas 2008 in the Radsportseiten.net database , accessed on January 10, 2014
  3. ^ Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Verlag Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1914 (Flemish).

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personal data
SURNAME Van Impe, Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist and team leader
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Erpe-Mere