Willy Kemp
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| Full name | Willy Kemp | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 28, 1925  Luxembourg |
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1947-1957 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 stage 1955 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||||||
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Willy Kemp (born 28 December 1925 in Kopstal) is a former Luxembourgian professional road bicycle racer.
Kemp comes from a whealthy home and studied economics. After becoming as an amateur 1947 World University Cycling Champion his parents agreed that he became a professional cyclist. In 1949 he became national champion. Between 1948 and 1957 he rode every year the Tour de France (10 times in total) and he won a stage in the 1955 Tour de France.
Palmarès
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- 1947
World University Cycling Champion, road race
World University Cycling Championships, individual pursuit- World University Cycling Championships, team pursuit
- GP Faber
- 1949
- Luxembourg national road race championships
- 1950
- Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg
- 1951
- 2nd Luxembourg national road race championships
- 1952
- Stage 1 Ronde van Nederland
- Stage 4a Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd Overall: Euskal Bizikleta
- 1st Stage 1
- 1954
- Stage 3 Tour de Picardie
- 1955
- 2nd Luxembourg national road race championships
- 3rd Overall, Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 2
- Stage 4 Tour de France
- 1956
- Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg
- 1957
- 3rd Luxembourg national road race championships
External links
- Willy Kemp at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Official Tour de France results for Willy Kemp
