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| Full name | Herman van Springel | ||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1943 Belgium |
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter, Time Trial | ||||||||||||
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| 1965 1966–1970 1971–1972 1973 1974 1975–1976 1977 1978–1979 1980–1981 |
Dr Mann Mann-Grundig Molteni Rokado MIC-Ludo-De Gribaldy Flandria-Velda IJsboerke-Colnago Marc Zeepcentrale-Superia Safir-Ludo |
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| Infobox last updated on 18 May 2009 |
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Herman van Springel (born 14 August 1943) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen 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 in a time-trial. In the autumn that year, he won the classic Giro di Lombardia.
He won seven editions of the marathon 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 Tour. 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.