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Historic Overview Rudy Dhaenens

Rider

Overall Rank644
NameRudy DHAENENS
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth10-Apr-1961 - Deinze (Oost Vlaanderen)
Date of death06-Apr-1998 - Aalst (Oost Vlaanderen)
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Biography

Rudy Dhaenens

Rudy Dhaenens (10 April 1961 – 6 April 1998) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who is most famous for winning the road race at the 1990 UCI Road World Championships as a member of the Belgian national team.

Dhaenens excelled several times in the Paris–Roubaix classic race; finishing second in 1986 and third the following year. Dhaenens won the 1990 World Championship Road Race, held in Utsunomiya, Japan, ahead of Dirk De Wolf of Belgium and Gianni Bugno of Italy. In 1992, Dhaenens was forced to stop his career because of heart problems. For a long time, he was in the service of the PDM cycling team, usually as tactical captain. Dhaenens was known for his calm, reserved attitude.

He died in 1998, at the age of 36, from head injuries sustained in a car accident in Aalst while driving to the finish of the Tour of Flanders bicycle race. From 1999 to 2007, the Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens was held in his honour in late March, in Nevele, Belgium.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

4

Major Victories

World Championships Road Race 1990
Druivenkoers - Overijse 1985
Tour de France - stages 1986 (1)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1986 (1)
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Seasons

Rudy Dhaenens - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1981 Individual 3 916
2. 1983 Splendor - Euro Shop 225 235
3. 1984 Splendor - Mondial Moquettes - Marc 632 85
4. 1985 Hitachi - Splendor - Sunair 789 59
5. 1986 Hitachi - Marc - Splendor 745 63
6. 1987 Hitachi - Marc 470 145
7. 1988 PDM - Ultima - Concorde 675 85
8. 1989 PDM - Ultima - Concorde 927 45
9. 1990 PDM - Concorde - Ultima 1782 13
10. 1991 Panasonic - Sportlife 503 119
11. 1992 Panasonic - Sportlife 147 325
Overall: 6898 644