| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Willems |
| Born | 16 August 1956 Herentals, Belgium |
| Died | 2 September 2016 (aged 60) Vorselaar, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1978–1981 | Ijsboerke |
| 1982–1983 | Boule d'Or |
| 1984 | Murella |
| 1985 | Safir-Van de Ven |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
Daniel Willems (16 August 1956 – 2 September 2016)[1] was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Health problems ended his career in 1986. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]
Major results
- 1976
- 5th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton
- 1977
- 1st
Road race, National Amateur Road Championships - 1st
Overall Ruban Granitier Breton
- 1st Stages 1a & 4a (ITT)
- 4th Flèche Ardennaise
- 6th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 1978
- 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 1st Circuit du Hainaut
- 2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 3rd Kattekoers
- 7th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1979
- 1st
Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 4b
- 1st
Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 4b
- 1st Scheldeprijs
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 4th Paris–Tours
- 4th Circuit des Frontières
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Züri-Metzgete
- 8th Milan–San Remo
- 9th Circuit du Hainaut
- 1980
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stages 3 & 5a
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 1st Grand Prix Le Télégramme
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 4th Rund um den Henninger-Turm
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Combination classification - 1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (ITT)
- 1st
- 5th Züri-Metzgete
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 8th Circuit du Hainaut
- 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 9th Tour du Haut Var
- 1981
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Critérium des As
- 1st Heistse Pijl
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 11 & 19
- 1st Stage 3 GP du Midi-Libre
- 1st Stage 1a Tour of Belgium
- 3rd Züri-Metzgete
- 3rd Rund um den Henninger-Turm
- 4th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 10th Road race, National Road Championships
- 10th Tour of Flanders
- 1982
- 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- Tour Midi-Pyrénées
- 1st Stages 1a & 2
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Le Samyn
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stages 3 & 20
- 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 1
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 8th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 1983
- 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España |
— | — | DNF | — |
| Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | 71 |
| Tour de France |
DNF | 7 | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ (in Dutch) Ex-Tourritwinnaar Daniel Willems overleden, Het Laatste Nieuws, 3 September 2016
- ↑ "Daniel Willems Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
External links
- Daniel Willems at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Daniel Willems
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