(1962-02-11) 11 February 1962 (age 62) Lummen, Belgium
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Sprinter
Professional teams
1983
Jacky Aernoudt–Rossin–Campagnolo
1984–1989
Panasonic–Raleigh
1990–1993
Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1994–1995
Brescialat–Ceramiche Refin
1996
San Marco Group
1996
Palmans–Boghemans
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (1986)
5 individual stages (1983, 1984, 1985)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (1983, 1992)
Stage races
Three Days of De Panne (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993)
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (1984)
Tour of Flanders (1985)
Paris–Roubaix (1987)
Gent–Wevelgem (1985)
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (1986)
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.[1]
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.[citation needed]
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.[2] His son Michael Vanderaerden signed a contract with the team in September 2007.[3]
^"Eric Vanderaerden". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^"From Roubaix to Wolverhampton – Eric's back at the races". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
^"DFL-Cyclingnews wants more Belgians". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
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