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Historic Overview Marc Demeyer

Rider

Overall Rank385
NameMarc DEMEYER
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth19-Apr-1950 - Avelgem (West Vlaanderen)
Date of death20-Jan-1982 - Merelbeke (Oost Vlaanderen)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Marc Demeyer

Marc Demeyer (19 April 1950 – 20 January 1982) was a professional road racing cyclist from Avelgem, Belgium. Although known as the "master servant" for Freddy Maertens, the powerful Demeyer was able to win 60 professional road races. He died of a heart attack at the age of 31.

Demeyer turned professional in 1972 for the Flandria team managed by Briek Schotte. He signed the contract while resting it on a car beside the start of Dwars door België, which he then won. Shortly afterwards he won the Grand Prix d'Isbergues.

Demeyer was one of the so-called "Three Musketeers", riding with and for Freddy Maertens and Michel Pollentier He led out sprints for Maertens in particular but could win them for himself, including stages of the Tour de France. He rode the Tour six times, finishing 72nd in 1973, 41st in 1974, 42nd in 1975, 56th in 1976, 49th in 1978 and 57th in 1979.

He won the intermediate sprints competition, known then as Points Chaud ('hot spot sprints') in the Tours of 1973 and 1975. He won two stages: the 19th in 1978 from Lausanne to Belfort, and the 14th in 1979 from Belfort to Evian-les-Bains. In 1974 he won Paris–Brussels and two years later Paris–Roubaix.

In January 1982, two weeks after an ambitious-looking Demeyer was presented as the new signing of Splendor, he died of a heart attack. Various causes were subsequently mentioned, including suicide.

source - Wikipedia

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Major Victories

Paris - Roubaix 1976
Dwars door Vlaanderen 1972
Paris - Bruxelles 1974
Scheldeprijs - Schoten 1974, 1977
Le Samyn 1972
Nokere Koerse 1975
G.P. de Denain 1973
G.P. Pino Cerami 1974
Tour de France - stages 1978 (1), 1979 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1977 (2)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1979 (1)
G.P. du Midi-Libre - stages 1979 (2), 1980 (1)
4 Jours de Dunkerque - stages 1973 (1), 1974 (1), 1975 (1), 1979 (3)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1975 (1)
Setmana Catalana - stages 1979 (1)
Wyścig Pokoju / Závod Míru / Friedensfahrt - stages 1971 (2)
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Seasons

Marc Demeyer - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1971 Flandria - Mars 100 309
2. 1972 Beaulieu - Flandria 237 196
3. 1973 Flandria - Carpenter - Shimano 435 105
4. 1974 Carpenter - Confortluxe - Flandria 1492 22
5. 1975 Carpenter - Confortluxe - Flandria 1177 28
6. 1976 Flandria - Velda - West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf 1206 34
7. 1977 Flandria - Velda - Latina Assicurazioni 1080 33
8. 1978 Flandria - Velda - Lano 788 53
9. 1979 Flandria - Ca-va seul 1759 16
10. 1980 IJsboerke - Warncke Eis 851 55
11. 1981 Capri Sonne 354 163
12. 1982 Splendor - Wickes Bouwmarkt 0 1157
Overall: 9479 385