20 September 2019(2019-09-20) (aged 69) Merksem, Belgium
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight
75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider (retired)
Assistant team manager (retired)
Rider type
Sprinter
Professional teams
1972–1973
Novy–Dubble Bubble
1974
Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria
1975–1976
Molteni–RYC
1977
Maes Pils–Mini-Flat
1978
Mini-Flat–Boule d'Or
1979
Kas–Campagnolo
1980–1981
Vermeer Thijs–Mini-Flat
1982
Europ Decor
Managerial teams
1983
Perlav–Eurosoap
1984–1987
TeVe Blad–Eddy Merckx
1988–1991
Histor–Sigma
1992–2006
Team Telekom
Frans Van Looy (26 August 1950 – 20 September 2019) was a Belgian cyclist. Looy was professional from 1972 to 1982. He competed in the individual road race at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
After his career as a cyclist, Van Looy worked as a team manager with Team Telekom and T-Mobile until 2006 and had helped run his family's farm in Merksem. However, a local government order ruled that Van Looy could no longer live at the farm, despite a petition signed by 3,000 people to preserve the residence that Van Looy had been born in.[2]
After this order, which ruled his birthplace to be uninhabitable and led to his eviction, he committed suicide in September 2019.[3]
^"Frans Van Looy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
^"Former T-Mobile sports director Frans Van Looy dies, aged 69". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
^"Frans Van Looy, oud-renner en ploegleider, is overleden". De Standaard. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
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collected during that 13th stage, and an extra penalty of 10 points. FransVanLooy and Gilbert Chaumaz also tested positive for doping. After the race...
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