Frans Van Looy (26 August 1950 – 20 September 2019) was a Belgian cyclist. Looy was professional from 1972 to 1982. He competed in the individual road race at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Frans Van Looy |
| Born | 26 August 1950 Merksem, Belgium |
| Died | 20 September 2019 (aged 69) Merksem, Belgium |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 1972–1973 | Novy–Dubble Bubble |
| 1974 | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria |
| 1975–1976 | Molteni–RYC |
| 1977 | Maes Pils–Mini-Flat |
| 1978 | Mini-Flat–Boule d'Or |
| 1979 | Kas–Campagnolo |
| 1980–1981 | Vermeer Thijs–Mini-Flat |
| 1982 | Europ Decor |
| Managerial teams | |
| 1983 | Perlav–Eurosoap |
| 1984–1987 | TeVe Blad–Eddy Merckx |
| 1988–1991 | Histor–Sigma |
| 1992–2006 | Team Telekom |
After his career as a cyclist, Van Looy worked as a team manager with Team Telekom and T-Mobile until 2006 and had helped run his family's farm in Merksem. However, a local government order ruled that Van Looy could no longer live at the farm, despite a petition signed by 3,000 people to preserve the residence that Van Looy had been born in.[2] After this order, which ruled his birthplace to be uninhabitable and led to his eviction, he committed suicide in September 2019.[3]
Major wins
edit- 1972
- 4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1973
- 1st Stage 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Nord
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Mallorca
- 2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 9th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 10th Grand Prix de Denain
- 1974
- 1st Schaal Sels
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 7th E3 Harelbeke
- 8th Dwars door België
- 1975
- 2nd GP du Tournaisis
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 3rd Tour du Condroz
- 3rd Schaal Sels
- 3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 6th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 8th Scheldeprijs
- 1976
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 1st Leeuwse Pijl
- 3rd Omloop van het Leiedal
- 4th Scheldeprijs
- 4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 4th Paris–Tours
- 9th Eschborn–Frankfurt
- 9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1977
- 1st Nokere Koerse
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 3rd Halle–Ingooigem
- 5th Tour du Condroz
- 8th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1978
- 1st De Kustpijl
- 1st GP Victor Standaert
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1st Stage 3a Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 2nd GP du Tournaisis
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 6th Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 8th Schaal Sels
- 9th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 1st Stage 3
- 10th De Brabantse Pijl
- 1979
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Aragón
- 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2nd Grand Prix de Momignies
- 3rd De Kustpijl
- 3rd GP Victor Standaert
- 1980
- 1st Halle–Ingooigem
- 2nd De Kustpijl
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 4th Nokere Koerse
- 10th Belgian National Road Race Championships
- 1981
- 3rd De Kustpijl
- 7th Nokere Koerse
- 1982
- 3rd De Kustpijl
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
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Did not contest during his career | ||||||
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 71 | — | — | — | |
 Tour de France
|
99 | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Frans Van Looy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Former T-Mobile sports director Frans Van Looy dies, aged 69". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Frans Van Looy, oud-renner en ploegleider, is overleden". De Standaard. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Frans Van Looy". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Frans Van Looy". FirstCycling. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
External links
edit- Frans Van Looy at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Frans Van Looy at ProCyclingStats
- Frans Van Looy at CycleBase
- Frans Van Looy at Olympics.com
- Frans Van Looy at Olympedia
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