Eric Vanderaerden
Vanderaerden at the 1993 Tour de France
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Eric Vanderaerden |
| Born | 11 February 1962 Lummen, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France, green jersey win (1986) Tour de France 5 stage wins (1983, 1984, 1985) Tour de France, 5 days in yellow jersey (1983, 1985) Tour of Flanders (1985) Paris–Roubaix (1987) Three Days of De Panne, 5 time winner (1986-1989, 1993) |
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Eric Vanderaerden (born 11 February 1962) is a retired road cyclist from the town of Lummen, Belgium.
He was a considerable talent, winning the prologue time trial of each the Vuelta a España and the Tour de France in his professional debut year 1983. As for classics, he won the Tour of Flanders in 1985 and Paris–Roubaix in 1987. In the Tour de France, his participation in the 1985 edition was a strong one, beating the later winner Bernard Hinault in a time trial stage. The next year, he won the green jersey.
After 1988, his career went in decline, though every observer had the impression he could have achieved much more. He certainly had considerable talent as a time trial racer, but as a climber in the mountains his talent was limited. Perhaps, he was partly a victim of the high expectations the Belgian public had to get a successor for Eddy Merckx, a cyclist who was very versatile in winning both classic races and big stage races.[citation needed]
After his active career, Vanderaerden has led a few semi-professional racing teams and was also assistant-manager of a professional Belgo-Italian team. He became a directeur sportif with the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in August 2006.[1] His son Michael Vanderaerden signed a contract with the team in September 2007.[2]
Major results
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- 1983
- Aalst
- Brasschaat
- Oudenbosch
- Peer
- Retie
- Tour de France:
- Winner prologue
- Wearing yellow jersey for two days
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stages 2 and 11
- Wien
- 1984
- Bilzen, Criterium
- Brasschaat
Belgium national road race championship
- Oud-Gastel
- Paris–Brussels
- Ronse
- Rotterdam
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 10 and 23
- Twello
- Valkenswaard
- 1985
- Aalst
- Gent–Wevelgem
- Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- Leende
- Omloop Leiedal
- Oudenbosch
- Peer
- Ronde van Limburg
- Ronde van Nederland
- Tour of Flanders
- Sint-Truiden
- Tienen
- Tour de France:
- Winner stagse 13 and 19
- Wearing yellow jersey for three days
- Valkenswaard
- 1986
- Berlin
- Boxmeer
- Halle–Ingooigem
- Three Days of De Panne
- Dwars door Vlaanderen
- E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- Peer
- Sint-Truiden
- Tour de France:
Winner Points classification
- Trofeo Isla de Mallorca
- 1987
- Deurne
- Three Days of De Panne
- Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- Lekkerkerk
- Paris–Roubaix
- Polder-Kempen
- Scherpenheuvel
- Sint-Truiden
- Wouw
- 1988
- Bavel
- Three Days of De Panne
- Ronde van Limburg
- 1989
- Three Days of De Panne
- Geetbets
- GP Impanis
- Tour of Ireland
- 1990
- Six days of Antwerp
- s Heerenhoek
- 1991
- Dwars door Vlaanderen
- Peer
- Zwevezele
- 1992
- Geetbets
- GP Wielerrevue
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stage 17
- 1993
- Three Days of De Panne
- La Louvière
- 1995
- Geraardsbergen
- 1996
- Dilsen
- Boss of the bossberg
References
- Articles with unsourced statements from November 2007
- Pages using div col with unknown parameters
- Use dmy dates from November 2010
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Belgian male cyclists
- Belgian Tour de France stage winners
- Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners
- Tour de France prologue winners
- Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Tour de France cyclists
- Vuelta a España cyclists
- Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium)
