Wilfried David

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Wilfried David Road cycling
To person
Full name Wilfried David
Date of birth February 22, 1946
date of death June 15, 2015
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Road cycling
Team (s)
1968–1969
1970
1971–1972
1973
1974–1975
1976 		Flandria-De Clerck
Flandria-Mars
Peugeot-BP-Michelin
Flandria-Carpenter-Shimano
Flandria-Carpenter
IJsboerke-Colnago
Most important successes
Overall classification Tour of Belgium
one stage Vuelta a España 1971
Overall classification Tour de Romandie 1973
one stage Tour de France 1973
Last updated: June 21, 2015

Wilfried David (born February 22, 1946 in Bruges ; † June 15, 2015 in Wingene ) was a Belgian cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1967 Wilfried David won the Tour of Belgium for amateurs , and the following year he repeated this success in the field of professionals . In 1969 he was fourth in the overall ranking of the Tour de Suisse . In 1971 he won a stage of the Vuelta a España and finished second in the overall standings, behind compatriot Ferdi Bracke . In 1972 he won a stage of the Tour de Suisse and finished tenth overall. In 1973 he decided the Tour de Romandie and Halle-Ingooigem for himself. He competed seven times in the Tour de France and won a stage in 1973 . In 1976 he finished second again in the Tour of Belgium, after which he ended his career.

After finishing his cycling career , David and his wife ran the Munckenhove café-restaurant in Ruddervoorde until it burned down completely after a fire in December 2011. On June 15, 2015, the couple was killed when their car fell off a street early in the morning and crashed into a ditch.

Placements in the Grand Tours

Grand Tour 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Yellow jersey Vuelta a España - - - 2 - - - - -
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France DNF 27 - DNF 41 74 DNF DNF -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Placements among the monuments of cycling

Monument to cycling 1986 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Milan – Sanremo 104 - 68 - - - - -
Tour of Flanders - - - - 23 - 25th 24
Paris – Roubaix - - - 29 - - - -
Liège – Bastogne – Liège 40 - - - - 22nd - 13
Lombardy tour - - - - - - - -

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ dar: Fire in café in Ruddervoorde niet aangestoken. In: De Standaard. December 13, 2011, accessed June 23, 2015 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Bieke Cornillie: Collega-wielrenners nemen afscheid van Wilfried David and Genuine Sonja. HLN.BE, June 20, 2015, accessed June 21, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME David, Wilfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruges , West Flanders Province , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 2015
Place of death Wingene , West Flanders Province , Belgium