Willy Vanden Berghen
 Willy Vanden Berghen in 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 July 1939 Vilvoorde, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 stage Tour de France | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Willy Vanden Berghen (born 3 July 1939) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1960 he won two bronze medals in the road race, one at the amateur world championships and the other at the Olympic Games.[1][2]
Major results[]
- 1958
- Gent-Staden
- 1959
Belgium national amateur track pursuit championship- Schaal Sels-Merksem
- 1960
- GP de la Famenne
- Heist-op-den-Berg
- Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs
Olympic Road Race- Braine-le-Comte
- Waarschoot
- 1961
- Buggenhout
- Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
- Jambes
- 1962
- GP Monaco
- Machelen
- Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 4
- 1963
- Tienen
- Petegem-aan-de-Leie
References[]
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- ^ Willy Vanden Berghen. cyclingarchives.com
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- 1939 births
- Living people
- Belgian male cyclists
- Belgian Tour de France stage winners
- Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
- Olympic cyclists of Belgium
- People from Vilvoorde
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Flemish Brabant
- Belgian cycling biography, 1930s birth stubs
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