Rik Van Looy

Rik Van Looy
Van Looy at the 1962
Personal information
NicknameRik II (Rik I is Van Steenbergen)
Keizer Van Herentals (Emperor of Herentals)
BornHenri Van Looy
(1933-12-20)20 December 1933
Grobbendonk, Belgium
Died17 December 2024(2024-12-17) (aged 90)
Herentals, Belgium
Team information
Current teamRetired
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
1953–1954l'Avenir
1953–1954Gitane–Hutchinson
1954Touring
1954Template:Cycling data Bianchi
1955Van Hauwaert–Maes Pils
1956–1961Template:Cycling data Faema
1962Flandria–Faema–Clément
1963Template:Cycling data Libertas
1964–1966Solo–Superia
1967–1970Template:Cycling data Willem II
Major wins
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)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki Team road race
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
1960 Karl Marx Stadt Road Race
1961 Bern Road Race
1956 Copenhagen Road Race
1963 Ronse Road Race
1953 Lugano Amateur Road Race
Men's track cycling
European Championships
1962 Zürich Madison
1962 Berlin Derny

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]

References

  1. ↑ Rik Van Looy, morto il ciclista a 90 anni. "L'imperatore di Herentals" vinse due Mondiali e tutte le Classiche (in Italian)

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