Rik Van Linden
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rik Van Linden |
| Born | 28 July 1949 Wilrijk, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 1971 | Hertekamp-Magniflex |
| 1972 | Van Cauter-Magniflex-de Gribaldy |
| 1973 | Rokado |
| 1974 | IJsboerke-Colner |
| 1975–1977 | Bianchi-Campagnolo |
| 1978–1979 | Bianchi-Faema |
| 1980 | DAF Trucks-Lejeune |
| 1981 | Boule d'Or |
| 1982 | Hoonved-Bottecchia |
| 1983 | Batavus-Jos Meesters |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Rik Van Linden (born 28 July 1949 in Wilrijk, Antwerp) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer who won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France. He also won several stages in all of the three Grand Tours. He also won the classic cycle race Paris–Tours twice (1971, 1973).
Major results[]
- 1968
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 1969
- 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 1970
- 1st Omnium, National Amateur Track Championships
- 1971
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 8th Trofeo Matteotti
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 1972
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Paris–Tours
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th Brussel-Ingooigem
- 1973
- 1st Paris–Tours
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 7 & 17
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Stages 3, 6 & 7a
- Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4b
- 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Prologue & Stages 1, 4 & 6
- 3rd Paris–Brussels
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 10th E3 Harelbeke
- 1974
- 1st
Overall Giro di Sardegna - Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 3rd Omloop Het Volk
- 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 5th Scheldeprijs
- 6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 8th Paris–Tours
- 9th Road race, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7a
- 1975
- 1st Milano–Vignola
- 1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 3a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- Tour de France
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1b, 19 & 21
- 1st
- 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 1976
- 1st Milano–Vignola
- 1st Giro di Campania
- 1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 Giro di Puglia
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 3 & 15
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Milan–San Remo
- 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1977
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Stage 2a Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Ronde van Limburg
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 1978
- 1st Derney race, National Track Championships
- 1st Milano–Vignola
- 1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1, 5 & 6
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 7th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1979
- 1st Derney race, National Track Championships
- 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 7th Overall Giro di Puglia
- 1980
- 1st Stage 7a Paris–Nice
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 1981
- 10th Le Samyn
- 1982
- 3rd Milano–Torino
External links[]
- Rik Van Linden at CycleBase.nl
- Rik Van Linden at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Rik Van Linden
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