Herman van Springel
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Herman van Springel |
| Date of birth | August 14, 1943 |
| Country | Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter, Time Trial |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France green jersey (1973) Tour de France, 5 career stage wins Giro di Lombardia (1968) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| April 16, 2007 | |
| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} Belgium |
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| Road bicycle racing | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 1968 Imola | Elite Men's Road Race | |
Herman van Springel (born 14 August 1943) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine region.
He was an accomplished time-trial rider, almost winning the Tour de France in 1968, when he was beaten in the last stage by Dutchman, Jan Janssen, ironically in a time-trial. In the autumn that year, he won the classic Giro di Lombardia.
He won seven editions of the marathon race Bordeaux-Paris. He also won the green jersey in the 1973 Tour de France without winning a single stage. However, he did win five stages during his ten participations in the Tourrance. He kept on cycling through the seventies and ended his long career at the end of 1981.
Flemish TV-maker and presenter, Marc Uytterhoeven, motivated by the 1968 Tour, founded a Herman Van Springel fan club.
[edit] Major results
- Season champion, Super Prestige Pernod International (1968)
- Tour de France
- 1966, 6th overall,
- 1967, 24th overall, 1 stage win
- 1968, 2nd overall, 1 stage win
- 1969, 18th overall, 2 stage wins
- 1971, 14th overall, 1 stage win
- 1973, 6th overall, Points classification
- 1974, 10th overall
- 1975, 31st overall
- Giro d'Italia
- 1971, 2nd overall
- One-day events, classics and semi-classics
- UCI Road World Championships - Men's Road Race, 2nd/Silver Medal (1968)
- Belgian National Road Race Championships (1971)
- Giro di Lombardia (1968)
- Gent-Wevelgem (1966)
- Omloop Het Volk (1968)
- Paris-Tours (1969)
- Grand Prix des Nations (1969, 1970)
- Bordeaux-Paris (1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981)
- Züri-Metzgete (1971)
- Grote Prijs Jef Scherens (1966)
- Nokere-Koerse (1971)
- E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (1974)
- Boucles de l'Aulne (1974)
- Le Samyn (1978)
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Eddy Merckx |
Winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France 1973 |
Succeeded by Patrick Sercu |
