Noël Vantyghem

Noël Vantyghem
Personal information
Born (1947-10-09)9 October 1947
Ypres, Belgium
Died 10 June 1994(1994-06-10) (aged 46)
De Panne, Belgium
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
1969 Pull Over Centrale–Tasmania
1970–1971 Hertekamp–Magniflex
1972 Novy–Dubble Bubble
1973 Flandria–Carpenter
1974 Merlin Plage–Shimano–Flandria
1975 Alsaver–Jeunet–de Gribaldy
Major wins
Paris–Tours (1972)

Noël Vantyghem (born 9 October 1947 – 10 June 1994) was a Belgian professional cyclist.[1]

Vantyghem's biggest win was the 1972 Paris–Tours. Later, he remarked "Together with Eddy Merckx, I won all classics races that could be won. I won Paris-Tours, he the rest."[2]


Major results

1968
1st National Amateur Road Race Championships
1st Stage 2 Peace Race
2nd Overall Tour of Greece
1st Stage 2
1969
2nd GP Isbergues
2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
1970
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Circuit des Frontières
2nd Schaal Sels
2nd De Kustpijl
1971
1st Stage 2 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
3rd Omloop Het Volk
1972
1st Paris–Tours
1st Circuit des Frontières
1st Schaal Sels
1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk
2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
3rd De Kustpijl
3rd Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
9th Omloop Het Volk
1973
1st Nokere Koerse
4th Omloop Het Volk

References

  1. "Noël Vantyghem". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. "70 Feitjes over jarige kannibaal Eddy Merckx" (in Dutch). Sportnieuws. 17 June 2015.
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