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Full name | Benoni Beheyt | |||||||||||||
Born | Zwijnaarde, Belgium | 27 September 1940|||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||
1963 World Champion 1 stage 1964 Tour de France | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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