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Historic Overview Eric Vanderaerden

Rider

Overall Rank106
NameEric VANDERAERDEN
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth11-Feb-1962 - Herk de Stad (Limburg)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Eric Vanderaerden

Eric Vanderaerden (born 11 February 1962) is a Belgian retired road cyclist.

He was a considerable talent, winning the prologue time trial of the Vuelta a España in his debut year of 1983. During the 1983 Tour de France he also won the prologue and held the yellow jersey for two days. During the 1984 Tour de France he won two stages, including the final stage of the race which finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. His participation in the 1985 edition was a strong one, beating the eventual Tour winner Bernard Hinault in a time trial stage. He held the yellow jersey again during this tour, this time for three days. The following year, he won the green jersey.

In subsequent years, he won two monument races: in 1985, at 23, he won the storm ridden edition of the Tour of Flanders, and in 1987 he won Paris–Roubaix.

After 1988, his career went in decline and, despite his talent, he failed to win major races. He certainly had considerable talent as a time trial racer, but as a climber in the mountains his talent was limited. Perhaps, he was partly a victim of the high expectations the Belgian public had to get a successor for Eddy Merckx, a cyclist who was very versatile in winning both classic races and big stage races.

After his active career, Vanderaerden has led a few semi-professional racing teams and was also assistant-manager of a professional Belgo-Italian team. He became a directeur sportif with the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in August 2006. His son Michael Vanderaerden signed a contract with the team in September 2007.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

3 5 3 5 2 2 75

Major Victories

Ronde van Vlaanderen 1985
Paris - Roubaix 1987
Gent - Wevelgem 1985
G.P. E3 - Harelbeke 1986
Dwars door Vlaanderen 1986, 1991
Paris - Bruxelles 1984
Driedaagse De Panne 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993
Ronde van Limburg 1985, 1988
Tour of Ireland - Nissan Classic 1989
Ronde van Nederland 1985
Tour de France - stages 1983 (1), 1984 (2), 1985 (2)
Vuelta a España - stages 1983 (2), 1992 (1)
Paris - Nice - stages 1983 (2)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 1985 (1), 1988 (1), 1990 (1)
Tour de Suisse - stages 1984 (3), 1985 (1), 1989 (1)
Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta del Sol - stages 1989 (1)
G.P. du Midi-Libre - stages 1983 (2)
Etoile de Bessèges - stages 1985 (1), 1990 (2), 1993 (1)
Driedaagse De Panne - stages 1984 (2), 1985 (2), 1986 (1), 1987 (3), 1988 (2), 1989 (2), 1990 (1)
4 Jours de Dunkerque - stages 1984 (2), 1988 (2)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 1989 (1), 1990 (1), 1991 (1)
Tour of Ireland - Nissan Classic - stages 1986 (1), 1989 (4), 1991 (1), 1992 (1)
Tour de l'Avenir - stages 1990 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1984 (1), 1985 (2), 1986 (1), 1989 (1), 1990 (1)
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Seasons

Eric Vanderaerden - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1981 Individual 40 479
2. 1982 Individual 10 792
3. 1983 Jacky Aernoudt Meubelen - Rossin - Campagnolo 1569 15
4. 1984 Panasonic 2314 6
5. 1985 Panasonic 2536 6
6. 1986 Panasonic 2073 6
7. 1987 Panasonic - Isostar 1976 11
8. 1988 Panasonic - Isostar 1494 21
9. 1989 Panasonic - Isostar 1360 23
10. 1990 Buckler 821 69
11. 1991 Buckler 1476 20
12. 1992 Buckler 602 94
13. 1993 WordPerfect 482 107
14. 1994 Brescialat - Refin 206 245
15. 1995 Brescialat - Fago 265 191
16. 1996 Palmans - Boghemans 46 542
Overall: 17270 106