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Historic Overview Albert van Vlierberghe

Rider

Overall Rank815
NameAlbert VAN VLIERBERGHE
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth18-Mar-1942 - Belsele (Oost Vlaanderen)
Date of death20-Dec-1991 - Sint Niklaas (Oost Vlaanderen)

Biography

Albert van Vlierberghe

Albert Van Vlierberghe (18 March 1942 – 20 December 1991) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Vlierberghe won three stages in the Tour de France, and three stages in the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the team time trial and the team pursuit events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

In his 1999 book, Breaking the Chain: Drugs and Cycling, the True Story, Belgian sports physiotherapist Willy Voet described an incident involving Van Vlierberghe that occurred during the 1979 Deutschland Tour. Voet, then the soigneur with Van Vlierberghe's team, Flandria, claims that Van Vlierberghe, "a decent Belgian racer but with no taste for the hills," asked Voet to drive him ahead of his fellow racers to avoid a six-mile stretch of hill in the course. Voet claims that Van Vlierberghe slipped back into the race without being detected and went on to place sixth on the stage. Voet used the incident to defend his assertion that for many professional riders at the time, cheating was "a way of life."

source - Wikipedia

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Major Victories

G.P. de Wallonie 1973
Sassari - Cagliari 1971, 1972
Giro d'Italia - stages 1967 (1), 1969 (1), 1972 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1966 (1), 1970 (1), 1971 (1)
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Seasons

Albert van Vlierberghe - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1965 Flandria - Roméo 22 621
2. 1966 Roméo - Smith's - Plume Sport 357 142
3. 1967 Roméo - Smith's - Plume Sport 116 284
4. 1968 Smith's 142 251
5. 1969 Ferretti 707 70
6. 1970 Ferretti 790 69
7. 1971 Ferretti 1482 23
8. 1972 Ferretti 1106 38
9. 1973 Rokado - De Gribaldy 832 65
10. 1974 Molteni 158 235
11. 1975 Miko - De Gribaldy 242 163
12. 1976 Flandria - Velda - West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf 191 230
13. 1977 Flandria - Velda - Latina Assicurazioni 112 283
14. 1978 Flandria - Velda - Lano 216 212
15. 1979 Flandria - Ca-va seul 4 840
16. 1980 Masta - Cornelo 17 586
Overall: 6494 815