Marc Demeyer

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Marc Demeyer (born April 19, 1950 in Avelgem , Belgium ; †  January 20, 1982 in Merelbeke , Belgium) was a Belgian racing cyclist .

Athletic career

He has been a member of the Belgian national team since 1971, when he took part in the International Peace Tour and won the stage to Berlin. He was fourth in the overall standings. In 1971 he also competed in the GDR tour and finished sixth. Shortly before that, the Belgian four-man with Demeyer had won the Olympia prize (a 100-kilometer team time trial) in the GDR.

He began his professional career in 1972 and was active as a professional until his death in 1982. He died of a heart attack in his sleep .

Demeyer took part in the Tour de France six times and finished this in 1973 as 41st. He was successful in both one-day races and stage races . He won two tour stages, twice the intermediate sprint classification of the tour (1973 and 1975), three stages of the Giro d'Italia , Paris – Roubaix and Paris – Brussels . He owed his victory at Paris-Roubaix in part to the departure of Freddy Maertens. After he got out, Demeyer received the order from the sports management to go to the top and try to win the sprint of the top group, which was also successful.

As a helper and colleague, he was considered one of the Three Musketeers alongside Freddy Maertens and Michel Pollentier . Demeyer was usually the Maertens sprint driver.

Successes (selection)

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 234 .
  2. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 34/1971 . Berlin, S. 1 .
  3. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 24/1979 . Berlin 1979, p. 3 .
  4. ↑ Under "Avgelgem - KM 10.5" cause of death Marc Demeyer (letour.fr) ( Memento of the original of July 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (German) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.letour.fr
  5. ^ Pascal Sergent: Paris – Roubaix. Le Dico . Alan Sutton Publishing, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Cedex 2009, ISBN 978-2-84910-964-9 , pp. 44 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Demeyer, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Avelgem , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1982
Place of death Merelbeke , Belgium