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Rik Van Looy Van Looy at the 1962 |
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| Nickname | Rik II (Rik I is Van Steenbergen)
Keizer Van Herentals (Emperor of Herentals) |
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| Born | Henri Van Looy
(1933-12-20)20 December 1933
Grobbendonk, Belgium |
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| Died | 17 December 2024(2024-12-17) (aged 90)
Herentals, Belgium |
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| Current team | Retired |
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| Role | Rider |
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| Rider type | All-rounder |
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| 1953–1954 | l'Avenir |
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| 1953–1954 | Gitane–Hutchinson |
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| 1954 | Touring |
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| 1954 | Template:Cycling data Bianchi |
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| 1955 | Van Hauwaert–Maes Pils |
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| 1956–1961 | Template:Cycling data Faema |
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| 1962 | Flandria–Faema–Clément |
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| 1963 | Template:Cycling data Libertas |
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| 1964–1966 | Solo–Superia |
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| 1967–1970 | Template:Cycling data Willem II |
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Grand Tours
- Tour de France
- Points classification (1963)
- 7 individual stages (1963, 1965, 1969)
- 1 TTT Stage (1962)
- Combativity award (1963)
- Giro d'Italia
- Mountains classification (1960)
- 12 individual stages (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962)
- Vuelta a España
- Points classification (1959, 1965)
- 18 individual stages (1958, 1959, 1964, 1965)
One-day races and Classics
- World Road Race Championships (1960, 1961)
- National Road Race Championship (1958, 1963)
- Milan–San Remo (1958)
- Tour of Flanders (1959, 1962)
- Paris–Roubaix (1961, 1962, 1965)
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1961)
- Giro di Lombardia (1959)
- Gent–Wevelgem (1956, 1957, 1962)
- La Flèche Wallonne (1968)
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Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional cyclist. He won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Van Looy died on 17 December 2024 in Herentals, Belgium, two days before his 91st birthday.[1]
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