Noël Vantyghem (9 October 1947 – 10 June 1994) was a Belgian professional cyclist.[1]
).jpg) Vantyghem after winning 1969 Gullegem Koerse | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 October 1947 Ypres, Belgium |
| Died | 10 June 1994 (aged 46) De Panne, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1969 | Pull Over Centrale–Tasmania |
| 1970–1971 | Hertekamp–Magniflex |
| 1972 | Novy–Dubble Bubble |
| 1973 | Flandria–Carpenter |
| 1974 | Merlin Plage–Shimano–Flandria |
| 1975 | Alsaver–Jeunet–de Gribaldy |
| Major wins | |
| Paris–Tours (1972) | |
Vantyghem's biggest win was the 1972 Paris–Tours. Later, he remarked "Together with Eddy Merckx, I won all classics races that could be won. I won Paris–Tours, he the rest."[2]
Major results edit
- 1968
- 1st
National Amateur Road Race Championships - 1st Stage 2 Peace Race
- 2nd Overall Tour of Greece
- 1st Stage 2
- 1969
- 1st Gullegem Koerse
- 2nd GP Isbergues
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1970
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Circuit des Frontières
- 2nd Schaal Sels
- 2nd De Kustpijl
- 1971
- 1st Stage 2 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
- 3rd Omloop Het Volk
- 1972
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Circuit des Frontières
- 1st Schaal Sels
- 1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 3rd De Kustpijl
- 3rd Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
- 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 9th Omloop Het Volk
- 1973
- 1st Nokere Koerse
- 4th Omloop Het Volk
References edit
- ^ "Noël Vantyghem". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ^ "70 Feitjes over jarige kannibaal Eddy Merckx" (in Dutch). Sportnieuws. 17 June 2015.
External links edit
- Noël Vantyghem at Cycling Archives
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