Rik Van Linden

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Rik Van Linden
Personal information
Full nameRik Van Linden
Born (1949-07-28) 28 July 1949 (age 74)
Wilrijk, Belgium
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional teams
1971 Hertekamp–Magniflex
1972 Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy
1973 Rokado
1974 IJsboerke–Colner
19751977 Bianchi–Campagnolo
19781979Bianchi–Faema
1980 DAF Trucks–Lejeune
1981 Boule d'Or
1982Hoonved–Bottecchia
1983Batavus–Jos Meesters
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (1975)
4 individual stages (1972, 1975)
Giro d'Italia
9 individual stages (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (1974)

One-day races and Classics

Paris–Tours (1971, 1973)

Stage races

Giro di Sardegna (1974)

Track Championships

National Track Championships
Derny (1978, 1979)

Rik Van Linden (born 28 July 1949 in Wilrijk, Antwerp) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France, ahead of Eddy Merckx.

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Van Linden also won several stages in all of the three Grand Tours, and the classic cycle race Paris–Tours twice (1971, 1973).

Through his career, he eventually won 359 races, of which 73 as junior cyclist in 1968.

Major results

Road

1968
1st MaillotBelgica.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1969
1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
1971
1st Paris–Tours
2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
2nd Omloop der Zennevallei
3rd GP di Larciano
8th Trofeo Matteotti
9th Scheldeprijs
1972
Tour de France
1st Stage 2
2nd Points Classification
1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd GP van Malderen
8th Paris–Tours
9th Amstel Gold Race
10th Brussel-Ingooigem
1973
1st Paris–Tours
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 7 & 17
Paris–Nice
1st Stages 2, 3b (TTT), 5 & 5a
Tour of Belgium
1st Prologue (TTT)
Giro di Sardegna
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4b
1st Puivelde Koerse
2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Prologue & Stages 1, 4 & 6
3rd Paris–Brussels
4th Milan–San Remo
10th E3 Harelbeke
1974
1st Jersey gold.svg Overall Giro di Sardegna
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 3 & 4
10th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Jersey pink.svg Points Classification
1st Stage 7a
1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen
2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
2nd Omloop Schelde-Durme
3rd Omloop Het Volk
3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
3rd GP van Malderen
5th Scheldeprijs
6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
7th Tour of Flanders
7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
8th Paris–Tours
9th Road race, National Road Championships
1975
Tour de France
1st Jersey green Epic Series.svg Points classification
1st Stages 1b, 19 & 21
1st Milano–Vignola
1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 3a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st GP Union Dortmund
2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
3rd Gent–Wevelgem
3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
5th Tour of Flanders
7th Brabantse Pijl
1976
1st Milano–Vignola
1st Giro di Campania
1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1 Giro di Puglia
Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 3 & 15
1st GP Berlare
2nd Gent–Wevelgem
6th Milan–San Remo
6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
1977
1st Milano–Torino
1st Stage 2a Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Circuit de Niel
2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
1st Stage 4
2nd Acht van Chaam
2nd Ronde van Limburg
2nd Maaslandse Pijl
4th Milan–San Remo
1978
1st Milano–Vignola
1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico
10th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stages 1, 5 & 6
Giro di Puglia
1st Stage 3
5th Milan–San Remo
7th Gent–Wevelgem
1979
3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
7th Overall Giro di Puglia
1980
1st Stage 7a Paris–Nice
2nd Grand Prix de Cannes
3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
1981
1st Ruddervoorde Koerse
2nd Omloop van Neeroeteren
10th Le Samyn
1982
3rd Milano–Torino

Track

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