Robert Grondelaers

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Robert Grondelaers (born February 28, 1933 in Opglabbeek ; † August 22, 1989 ibid) was a Belgian cyclist who won an Olympic gold and silver medal in 1952.

Grondelaers had little racing experience when he competed in road races for Belgium at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki with André Noyelle and Lucien Victor, born in 1931 . After 190 kilometers and a little over five hours, Noyelle won with almost fifty seconds ahead of Grondelaers, just under a minute behind the German Edi Ziegler and Lucien Victor rolled over the finish line. The team ranking was determined based on the added times of the three best drivers in a country, here the Belgians won with a thirteen-minute lead over the Italians.

In 1953 Grondelaers won a stage in the Tour of Britain and took second place in a stage of the Tour of Belgium . On May 5, 1954, Grondelaers began a professional career with the Belgian racing team Plume-Sport, which, with an interruption in 1960, lasted until 1962 and did not achieve any top positions in the Grondelaers.

literature

  • Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Hervé Dauchy: Mondial Encyclopedie Cyclisme. Volume 2 GP published in 2000 by the UCI ISBN 90-74128-73-4

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SURNAME Grondelaers, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Opglabbeek
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1989
Place of death Opglabbeek