19 August 2001(2001-08-19) (aged 66) Tienen, Belgium
Team information
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Professional teams
1955
Van Hauwaert-Maes Pils
1956
Faema-Guerra
1957
Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
1958
Ghigi-Coppi
1959
Ghigi-Ganna
1960
Carpano
1961
Baratti-Milano
1962
Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1963
Peugeot-BP-Englebert
1964
Flandria-Roméo
1965
Ford France-Gitane
1966
Mann-Grundig
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (1962)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1958)
One-day races and Classics
Giro di Toscana (1958)
La Flèche Wallonne (1961)
Scheldeprijs (1965)
Ronde van Limburg (1957, 1960)
Other
Acht van Chaam (1962)
Willy Vannitsen (8 February 1935 – 19 August 2001) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.[1] In 1962, Vannitsen won two stages in the 1962 Tour de France.[2]
^"Willy Vannitsen". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
^"Palmarès de Willy Vannitsen (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
WillyVannitsen (8 February 1935 – 19 August 2001) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Vannitsen won two stages in the 1962 Tour de...
Rik Van Steenbergen. The record of victories, however, belongs to WillyVannitsen. "Circuit du Limbourg (Bel) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French)...
of Brussels (with Lucien Acou) 1957 1st Six Days of Brussels (with WillyVannitsen) 1st Omnium of Antwerp 1st Omnium of Brussels 1st Omnium of Gent, 29...
Petrus Oellibrandt Jan Adriaensens Daniel Denys 1960 Frans De Mulder WillyVannitsen Arthur Decabooter 1961 Michel Van Aerde Arnould Flecy Jos Hoevenaers...
Darrigade lost the lead to Flandria rider Willy Schroeders; Carpano's Antonio Bailetti won the stage. WillyVannitsen of Wiel's–Groene Leeuw won the tenth...
Arnold Ferdinando Terruzzi Dominique Forlini Georges Senfftleben Willy Lauwers WillyVannitsen 1958 Reginald Arnold Ferdinando Terruzzi Rik Van Steenbergen...
Geneugden Gaston De Wachter 1954 Joseph Schils René Mertens WillyVannitsen 1955 WillyVannitsen Stan Ockers Gerard Buyl 1956 Rik Van Looy Martin Van Geneugden...
footballer, heart attack. Inder Singh, 57, Indian Olympic hockey player. WillyVannitsen, 66, Belgian racing cyclist. Donald Woods, 67, South African journalist...
Belgian National Championships (with WillyVannitsen) 1963 3rd Belgian National Championships (with WillyVannitsen) 1961 3rd Six Days of Madrid (with José...
s.t. 3 Georges Van Coningsloo (BEL) Peugeot-BP–Michelin + 33" 4 WillyVannitsen (BEL) Ford France–Gitane s.t. 5 Jean Stablinski (FRA) Ford France–Gitane...
Jean Storms Joseph Marien Frans Gielen 1956 WillyVannitsen Rik Van Looy Jozef De Feyter 1957 WillyVannitsen Joseph Verachtert Léopold Schaeken 1958 Léon...
Championships – Omnium 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Emile Severeyns and WillyVannitsen) 3rd Six Days of Brussels (with Emile Severeyns) 1958 1st European...
the fast pace and missed the decisive break at Arras. Post’s team mate, Willy Bocklant, was in the break and sacrificed his chances by keeping the pace...
Van Steenbergen Reginald Arnold Ferdinando Terruzzi Gerrit Schulte WillyVannitsen 1958 Reginald Arnold Rik Van Looy Emile Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen...
Piet Oellibrandt Dr. Mann 1964 Belgium Jos Hoevenaers 1965 Belgium WillyVannitsen 1966 Belgium Joseph Spruyt 1967 Belgium Paul In 't Ven 1968 Belgium...
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