Rik Van Looy

Rik Van Looy , born the December 20th 1933 with Grobbendonk, is a Belgian racing cyclist. Called the Emperor of Herentals . With gained 482 victories in all: 371 professional victories (including 100 stages of Turns), 68 victories like amateur, and 43 victories like beginner. Rik was surrounded by its famous “Red Guard”, to gain all the traditional ones one day of the calendar (except for Bordeaux-Paris, it individual). He was thereafter owner of an open horse-gear, and chair football club of Herentals.

Prize list

492 victories over road
2 positive controls antidopage and 1 Victorious report of deficiency
of all traditional the

In 1962, the Faema-Flandria team of Van Looy gains the World cup Intermarques
Trophée Edmond Gentil (exploit cyclist of the year): 1959
World champion: 1960,1961 (2nd: 1956,1963)
Champion of Belgium on road Prof: 1956,1958
Champion of Belgium into American: 1969 (with Sercu)
Champion of Belgium on road amat.: 1952,1953
Champion of Flandres: 1959
Paris-Roubaix: 1961,1962,1965 (2nd: 1963,1967; 3rd: 1958)
Turn of Flandres: 1959,1962 (3rd: 1960)
Liege-Bastogne-Liege: 1961
Walloon Arrow: 1961,1968
of the Ardennes Weekend: 1961
Milan-San Remo: 1958 (2nd: 1961)
Turn of Lombardy: 1959
Paris-Turns: 1959,1967 (2nd: 1964,1966)
Ghent-Wevelgem: 1956,1957,1962 (2nd: 1958; 3rd: 1964)
Paris-Brussels: 1956,1958 (2nd: 1964; 3rd: 1966)
Paris-Luxembourg: 1964
Turn of Holland: 1956,1957
Turn of Belgium: 1961
Turn of Sardinia: 1959,1962,1965,1974
Turn of the Brabant: 1960
Critérium of the Aces: 1961
Cut Salts: 1957
Coppa Bernocchi: 1957,1958
Three-Days of Antwerp: 1956
Three sisters Cities: 1956
Parisian Grand Prix: 1962
Wheel of Gold: 1960 (with Pino Cerami), 1962
Rome-Naples-Rome: 1957
Roubaix-Huy: 1954
Milan-Mantoue: 1958
Moulens-Engilbert: 1959
Sassari-Cagliari: 1961
Brussels-Meulebecke: 1964,1965
Forest-Meulebecke: 1965
Arrow of Enghien: 1965
Circuit of Flandres Eastern: 1955,1957
Circuit of the Flemish Areas: 1963
Circuit of the Eleven Cities: 1965
Border regions: 1966,1967
Trophy of Flandres: 1957,1958
Grand Prix of the Scheldt: 1956,1957,1961
Vilvorde Grand Prix: 1959
Grand Prix of Chateaulin: 1963,1964
Grand Prix E 3:1964, 1965,1966,1969
Grand Prix of Antwerp: 1969
7 stages of the Tour de France (Points score: 1963)
12 stages of the Turn of Italy
18 stages of the Turn of Spain (including 8 in 1965)

Six-Jours:

of Brussels: 1957
of Ghent: 1958,1960,1961 (2nd: 1968)
of Berlin: 1960,1962
of Antwerp: 1961,1962,1969
of Cologne: 1961
of Dortmund: 1962

2nd Het Volk: 1958
3rd of the Six-Jours of Charleroi: 1968
3rd of the championship of the world on road amateurs: 1953

2nd of the Desgrange-Colombo Challenge: 1958
3rd of Pernod Super-Prestige: 1959,1961

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