Roger Spriet
Roger Spriet (born September 21, 1942 in Gistel , Belgium ) is a former Belgian cyclist .
Athletic career
Spriet grew up in Alsemberg in the Flemish Brabant and began his cycling career in road racing at the sports club Wsc Rode Sportief in neighboring Beersel . Spriet competed in his first men's races as an amateur . As a 20-year-old, he achieved his first notable successes with third places in the road criterion in Rode and the road race in Strombeek .
In 1965 he was nominated by the Belgian Cycling Federation for the three-country stage race Internationale Friedensfahrt . After Belgian teams had always done well in the peace drive in the past, Belgium was surprisingly eliminated from the 1964 tour. A young team was sent for the peace trip in 1965 , four of the six active members were just under 20 years old. One of them was Roger Spriet, who initially had difficulty adjusting and was only able to set accents in the last third of the race. He finished the ninth stage for the first time in the top ten (7th), from the 12th to the last part of the day he was the best Belgian, where he crowned his performance as the winner in the final stage. In the final standings, Spriet was the third-best Belgian and came 28th out of 75 drivers.
In 1966 Spriet moved to the professional riders' camp , where the French cycling team Peugeot-BP-Michelin signed him for a year. There he met the amateur world champion of 1964 and later five-time Tour de France winner Eddy Merckx and the German champion Winfried Bölke . As a professional Spriet could not achieve any relevant successes. In 1966, only the lower ranks were known at the Omloop Fruitstreek in Alken (46th) and the Belgisch Ronde in Limburg, Belgium (59th).
Professional
After the end of his cycling career Spriet opened a bike shop in Anderlecht and got involved in the cycling club WTC De Hoek in Sint-Genesius-Rode .
literature
- Klaus Ullrich. Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sprite, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gistel , Belgium |