Lucien Van Impe (pronounced[lʏsˈjɛɱvɑnˈɪmpə]; born 20 October 1946) is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France, and six times winner of the mountains classification in the Tour de France.[1]
^"Lucien Van Impe". FirstCycling.com (in Dutch). 2023.
LucienVanImpe (pronounced [lʏsˈjɛɱ vɑn ˈɪmpə]; born 20 October 1946) is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled...
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distance of 4,017 km (2,496 mi). It was won by mountain specialist LucienVanImpe in a battle with the previous winner Bernard Thévenet and Joop Zoetemelk...
to climb the hill. The system has faced criticism. Six-time winner LucienVanImpe said in 2010 that the mountain jersey has been devalued, because it...
been achieved by four riders: Fausto Coppi (1949) Charly Gaul (1956) LucienVanImpe (1983) Claudio Chiappucci (1992) The Giro/Vuelta double has been achieved...
096 km (2,545 mi). LucienVanImpe, the winner of the previous year, wanted to repeat his victory and going into stage 16 VanImpe along with Eddy Merckx...
in World War II LucienVanImpe, cyclist, winner of the 1976 Tour de France Lucien Leopold Harrigan known professionally as Jon Lucien, jazz and R&B singer...
road bicycle racer. His father is former cyclist Frank Van Impe, and his uncle is LucienVanImpe, one of the greatest climbers in cycling history and winner...
on the 17th stage he would lose another 17 minutes. In the end only LucienVanImpe, Robert Alban and Joop Zoetemelk were able to finish inside 20:00 of...
mid-1980s, sponsoring riders such as Jacques Anquetil (1963–1965), LucienVanImpe (1974–1976), Bernard Hinault (1975–1983), Laurent Fignon (1982–1988)...
Laurent Fignon. Sean Kelly of Ireland won the points classification, and LucienVanImpe of Belgium won the mountains classification. The Tour organisation...
classifications: the points classification was won by Rik Van Linden, mountains classification by LucienVanImpe, and the intermediate sprints classification by...
with LucienVanImpe and Bernard Guyot as leaders. Aimar won the Critérium de la Polymultipliée, then came 17th in the Tour de France in support of Van Impe...
Zoetemelk (Flandria–Mars) finished second, 9:51 minutes behind, and LucienVanImpe was third (Sonolor–Lejeune), just over 11 minutes in arrears. Pre-race...
offensive in stage sixteen where he finished just six seconds behind LucienVanImpe. VanImpe had a rocky start to this Tour but was slowly clawing his way...
commentator. Three of his riders, Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, and LucienVanImpe, won the Tour de France. Another of his protégés, Greg LeMond, described...
riders in the flatter sections. Legendary climbers of the past such as LucienVanImpe had to ride out of the saddle pushing high gears for hours at a time;...
mountains classification in 2003 to tie with Federico Bahamontes and LucienVanImpe. His day-long breakaway also saw him wear the yellow jersey as leader...
Rakels and Harry Van Barneveld (judo), Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Looy, Roger De Vlaeminck, LucienVanImpe, Johan Bruyneel, Johan Museeuw, Axel Merckx and Tom...
people, including Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Looy, Roger De Vlaeminck, Walter Godefroot, Johan De Muynck, LucienVanImpe, Freddy Maertens and Briek Schotte...
shorter stage lengths in modern Tours. Of the riders on this list only VanImpe (1976) and Zoetemelk (1980) have won the race. Riders who are still active...
Delpher. Lowe 2014, p. 206. van Schoonderwal, Frans (12 July 1976). "Geel siert LucienvanImpe" [Yellow adorns LucienvanImpe]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch)...
serious injuries, but could start the next stage. In the eighth stage, LucienVanImpe attacked on the last climb. Merckx caught him and won the stage, with...
such as Paris–Camembert, which he won. That year, Guimard spurred LucienVanImpe to his only win in the Tour de France. Hinault's progress was visible...
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