Lucien Van Impe

Lucien Van Impe is a Belgian runner cyclist , born the October 20th 1946 in Mere in Eastern Flanders. A small gauge, specialist in the mountain. It was professional of 1969 with 1987, until the 41 years age! Its fifteen disputed Tour de France all were finished, by being classified nine times in the six first! In 1976, it carried it under the crook of a very new sport director, Breton the Cyrille Guimard. His/her Frank brother, born on June 1st 1955, was also professional runner.

Prize list

Challenge Yellow (Sédis): 1976

Tour de France: 1976 (2nd: 1981; 3rd: 1971,1975,1977) (the classification of best climbing: 1971,1972,1975,1977,1981,1983)
Champion of Belgium on road: 1983
Turn of the Aude: 1975
Turn of Valle Mineros: 1983
Polymultipliée: 1976
Polynormande : 1981
Grand Prix of Sérénac: 1977
Grand Prix of Assenede: 1979
Grand Prix of Mother: 1983,1987
9 stages of the Tour de France
the Classification of best climbing of the Turn of Italy: 1982,1983,1984

2nd of the Turn of Switzerland: 1977

Anecdote

He is sixteenth ten-new cyclists of the turn of France having succeeded in the performance to gain stages during 10 years or more. By its victory over the 19th stage of the turn 1983 is 11 years after its first success in 1972, it joined Jean Alavoine, Henri Pelissier, Philippe Thys, Louis Mottiat, André Leducq, Antonin Magne, Rene Vietto, Gino Bartali, André Darrigade, Jean Stablinski, Raymond Poulidor, Felice Gimondi, Gerben Karstens, Ferdinand Bracke and Joaquim Agostinho. Since this exploit, it was necessary to wait 20 years (2003) to see Lance Armstrong taking a lead in the 15th stage between Bagnières-of-Bigorre and Luz-Ardiden and gaining its 16th victory of stage (on 22), 10 years after the first success between Chalons-sur-Marne and Verdun. Richard Virenque and Cédric Vasseur is the two other cyclists having made a success of a similar exploit. ----

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