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Historic Overview Rik van Looy

Rider

Overall Rank12
NameRik VAN LOOY
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth20-Dec-1933 - Grobbendonk (Antwerpen)
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Biography

Rik van Looy

Henri "Rik" Van Looy (born 20 December 1933 in Grobbendonk) is a Belgian former professional cyclist of the post-war period. Nicknamed the King of the Classics or Emperor of Herentals (after the small Belgian city where he lived), he dominated the classic cycle races in the late 1950s and first half of the ‘60s.

Van Looy was twice world professional road race champion, and was the first cyclist to win all five 'Monuments': the most prestigious one-day classics – a feat since achieved by just two others (both also Belgians: Roger De Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx).

With 379 professional road victories, he ranks second all-time behind Eddy Merckx. Van Looy is ninth on the all-time list of Grand Tour stage winners with thirty-seven victories. These numbers could still have risen had he not been the victim of a significant number of falls resulting in serious injuries. Moreover, early in his career he had to compete with the legendary Rik Van Steenbergen, and at the end with Merckx.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 3 6 7 12 18 2 14 2 3 7 3 3 4 111

Major Victories

World Championships Road Race 1960, 1961
Milano - Sanremo 1958
Ronde van Vlaanderen 1959, 1962
Paris - Roubaix 1961, 1962, 1965
Liège - Bastogne - Liège 1961
Giro di Lombardia 1959
Gent - Wevelgem 1956, 1957, 1962
La Flèche Wallonne 1968
G.P. E3 - Harelbeke 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969
Paris - Tours 1959, 1967
Paris - Bruxelles 1956, 1958
Vuelta a Valencia 1959
Scheldeprijs - Schoten 1956, 1957
Driedaagse van Antwerpen 1956
Coppa Bernocchi 1957, 1958
Sassari - Cagliari 1965
Paris - Luxembourg 1964
Ronde van Nederland 1956, 1957
Elfstedenronde 1965
Tour de France - stages 1963 (4), 1965 (2), 1969 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1959 (4), 1960 (3), 1961 (3), 1962 (2)
Vuelta a España - stages 1958 (5), 1959 (4), 1964 (1), 1965 (8)
Paris - Nice - stages 1960 (2), 1961 (2), 1962 (2), 1963 (3), 1966 (1), 1967 (1)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1963 (2), 1964 (1)
Dwars door Vlaanderen - stages 1958 (1)
Vuelta a Valencia - stages 1958 (3), 1959 (3)
Corsa XX Settembre (Roma-Napoli-Roma) - stages 1957 (1)
Driedaagse van Antwerpen - stages 1954 (1), 1956 (1), 1957 (2), 1958 (1), 1960 (1)
Paris - Luxembourg - stages 1964 (1)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1965 (3), 1966 (1)
Tour du Sud-Est - stages 1965 (1)
G.P. Marvan - stages 1958 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1956 (2), 1957 (3)
Grote Prijs van Nederland - stages 1966 (1)
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Seasons

Rik van Looy - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1952 Individual 3 1216
2. 1953 Gitane - Hutchinson 193 223
3. 1954 Gitane - Hutchinson 342 147
4. 1955 Girardengo - Eldorado 160 294
5. 1956 Faema - Guerra - Van Hauwaert 2154 7
6. 1957 Faema - Guerra 1927 13
7. 1958 Faema - Guerra - Clément 3070 1
8. 1959 Faema - Guerra 2949 1
9. 1960 Faema 2954 2
10. 1961 Faema 3456 2
11. 1962 Flandria - Faema - Clément 2979 2
12. 1963 G.B.C. - Libertas 3094 2
13. 1964 Solo - Superia 1920 12
14. 1965 Solo - Superia 3317 1
15. 1966 Solo - Superia 1581 20
16. 1967 Willem II - Gazelle 1482 19
17. 1968 Willem II - Gazelle 1140 28
18. 1969 Willem II - Gazelle 870 49
19. 1970 Willem II - Gazelle 72 357
Overall: 33663 12