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Historic Overview Eddy Planckaert

Rider

Overall Rank253
NameEddy PLANCKAERT
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth22-Sep-1958 - Nevele (Oost Vlaanderen)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Eddy Planckaert

Eddy Planckaert (born 22 September 1958 in Nevele) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. In 1988, Planckaert enjoyed perhaps his best year by capturing the green jersey (points competition) at the 1988 Tour de France and winning the Tour of Flanders. In 1990, he won Paris–Roubaix, his second monumental classic, with the closest finish in the race's history beating Canadian Steve Bauer by less than a cm. A strong sprinter, Planckaert is one of the riders with stage wins at all three cycling Grand Tours.

Eddy Planckaert is the brother of fellow cyclists Willy and Walter Planckaert. Eddy is also the uncle of Jo Planckaert and the father of Francesco Planckaert. More than 10 years after his cycling career, the former racer got back into the public eye with a long running reality TV show about his family life, on Vtm.

After the 2016 Paris–Roubaix, Planckaert declared that second-placed Tom Boonen should have made a deal with eventual winner Mathew Hayman in order to fix the race and let Boonen win.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 10 3 56

Major Victories

Ronde van Vlaanderen 1988
Paris - Roubaix 1990
G.P. E3 - Harelbeke 1987, 1989
Omloop Het Volk / Het Nieuwsblad 1984, 1985
Dwars door Vlaanderen 1985
Etoile de Bessèges 1984
G.P. d'Ouverture - La Marseillaise 1984, 1986
Brabantse Pijl 1983
Ronde van Limburg 1990
Tour de France - stages 1981 (1), 1986 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1987 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 1982 (5), 1985 (2), 1986 (2), 1989 (1)
Paris - Nice - stages 1983 (1), 1984 (2), 1985 (2), 1987 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 1990 (1)
Tour de Suisse - stages 1984 (1)
Vuelta al Pais Vasco - stages 1982 (2)
Etoile de Bessèges - stages 1984 (4), 1986 (1)
Driedaagse De Panne - stages 1981 (1), 1982 (1), 1984 (1), 1985 (1), 1986 (1)
4 Jours de Dunkerque - stages 1983 (2), 1984 (1), 1988 (1)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1981 (1)
Setmana Catalana - stages 1986 (4)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1985 (1)
Euskal Bizikleta - stages 1990 (1)
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Seasons

Eddy Planckaert - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1978 Individual 14 594
2. 1979 Individual 12 601
3. 1980 Vermeer-Thijs - Mini-Flat 50 418
4. 1981 Splendor - Wickes Bouwmarkt - Europ Decor 781 67
5. 1982 Splendor - Wickes Bouwmarkt 1607 17
6. 1983 Splendor - Euro Shop 503 102
7. 1984 Panasonic 1372 18
8. 1985 Panasonic 1054 37
9. 1986 Panasonic 864 55
10. 1987 Panasonic - Isostar 1070 32
11. 1988 ADR - Mini-Flat - Enerday 1672 13
12. 1989 ADR - W-Cup - Bottecchia - Coors Light 1242 30
13. 1990 Panasonic - Sportlife 889 61
14. 1991 Panasonic - Sportlife 374 163
Overall: 11504 253