(1955-11-15) 15 November 1955 (age 68) Honselersdijk, the Netherlands
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Professional teams
1978
Miko-Mercier
1979–1983
TI–Raleigh
1984–1986
Kwantum Hallen-Yoko
Major wins
Gent–Wevelgem (1983) 1 stage 1979 Tour de France
Leonardus Quirinus Machutus ("Leo") van Vliet (born 15 November 1955) was a professional racing cyclist from 1978 to 1986. He came in 40th in the road race at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]
Van Vliet's biggest success was the 1983 Gent–Wevelgem. He also won the seventh stage of the 1979 Tour de France. After his career, he became the director of the only Dutch cycling classic, the Amstel Gold Race. He is not related to another Dutch cyclist of the 1980s, Teun van Vliet.
Leonardus Quirinus Machutus ("Leo") vanVliet (born 15 November 1955) was a professional racing cyclist from 1978 to 1986. He came in 40th in the road...
include Van de Vliet and Van der Vliet. People with this surname include: Albertine vanVliet-Kuiper [de; nl] (born 1951), Dutch mayor Andy VanVliet (born...
and uncle of racing cyclist Kim de Baat. He is however not related to LeovanVliet, another famous Dutch road cyclist in the late 1970s, early 1980s. 1979...
himself until 1995, when it was taken over by former professional cyclist LeovanVliet. The 2003 women's race almost clashed with the men's "Amstel Gold Race"...
escape involving Christian Levavasseur, Christian Poirier and LeovanVliet where vanVliet took the stage win as the overall situation remained static...
The overall lead was still held by Hanegraaf by a single second over Adri van der Poel with Fignon in the best position among the proven GC contenders...
17 Tour de France, Christian Seznec Santpoort, LeoVanVliet Stage 1 Ronde van Nederland, LeoVanVliet Overall À travers Lausanne, Joop Zoetemelk Stages...
was Lucien Van Impe, who was second in the 1981 Tour de France, winning the mountains classification. Since the 1969 Tour de France, Van Impe had started...
classification. The mountains classification was won by Raymond Martin, and Johan van der Velde won the young rider classification. Two weeks before the Tour would...
Van Roosbroeck 1979 No race 1980 LeoVanVliet Adri van Houwelingen Eddy Verstraeten 1981 Willy Desmet Paul Wellens Walter Dalgal 1982 Benjamin Van der...
Oosterbosch TI–Raleigh 1982 Belgium Frank Hoste TI–Raleigh 1983 Netherlands LeovanVliet TI–Raleigh 1984 France Bernard Hinault La Vie Claire 1985 Belgium...
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