Herman Van Springel
Herman Van Springel (born 14 August 1943) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region.
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| Full name | Herman Van Springel | |||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1943 Belgium | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter, Time Trial | |||||||||||||
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| 1965 | Dr Mann | |||||||||||||
| 1966–1970 | Mann-Grundig | |||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Molteni | |||||||||||||
| 1973 | Rokado | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | MIC-Ludo-De Gribaldy | |||||||||||||
| 1975–1976 | Flandria-Velda | |||||||||||||
| 1977 | IJsboerke-Colnago | |||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Marc Zeepcentrale-Superia | |||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Safir-Ludo | |||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||
| Tour de France green jersey (1973) Tour de France, 5 career stage wins Gent-Wevelgem (1966) Giro di Lombardia (1968) Bordeaux-Paris (1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was an accomplished time-trial rider, almost winning the Tour de France in 1968, when he was beaten in the last stage by Dutchman, Jan Janssen in a time-trial. In the autumn that year, he won the classic Giro di Lombardia.
He won a record seven editions of the marathon Bordeaux–Paris. He also won the green jersey in the 1973 Tour de France without winning a single stage. However, he did win five stages during his ten participations in the Tour. He kept on cycling through the seventies and ended his long career at the end of 1981.
Flemish TV-maker and presenter, Marc Uytterhoeven, motivated by the 1968 Tour, founded a Herman Van Springel fan club.
Major results
- Season champion, Super Prestige Pernod International (1968)
- Tour de France
- 1966, 6th overall,
- 1967, 24th overall, 1 stage win
- 1968, 2nd overall, 1 stage win
- 1969, 18th overall, 2 stage wins
- 1971, 14th overall, 1 stage win
- 1973, 6th overall, Points classification
- 1974, 10th overall
- 1975, 31st overall
- Giro d'Italia
- 1971, 2nd overall
- One-day events, classics and semi-classics
- UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2nd/Silver Medal (1968)
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- Giro di Lombardia (1968)
- Gent–Wevelgem (1966)
- Omloop Het Volk (1968)
- Paris–Tours (1969)
- Grand Prix des Nations (1969, 1970)
- Bordeaux–Paris (1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981)
- Züri-Metzgete (1971)
- Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (1966)
- Nokere Koerse (1971)
- E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (1974)
- Boucles de l'Aulne (1974)
- Le Samyn (1978)
- Trofeo Baracchi (1969 with Joaquim Agostinho)