Walter Godefroot
Godefroot at the 1997 Paris–Nice | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Walter Godefroot | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Bulldog of Flanders | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 July 1943 Ghent, German-occupied Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | c. 1 September 2025 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
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| 1965–1966 | Template:Cycling data Groene Leeuw | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1969 | Flandria–De Clerck | ||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Salvarani | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | ||||||||||||||
| 1973–1975 | Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1979 | Template:Cycling data IJsboerke | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1991–2005 | Team Telekom | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Astana–Würth | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Astana | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Walter Godefroot (2 July 1943 – c. 1 September 2025) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won a bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Godefroot died in September 2025 from problems caused by Parkinson's disease at the age of 82.[1]
References
- ↑ NWS, VRT (2025-09-01). "Walter Godefroot (82) overleden: verbeten rivaal van Eddy Merckx en succesvol wielermanager van Jan Ullrich | VRT NWS: nieuws". VRTNWS (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-09-01.