Gerard Vianen

Gerard Vianen
Personal information
Full name Gerard Vianen
Born 9 February 1944
Kockengen, the Netherlands
Died 10 December 2014 (aged 70)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
1967-1970 Caballero
1971 Fagor-Mercier
1972 Goudsmit-Hof
1973 Gitane
1974-1976 Gan-Mercier
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 individual stage (1974)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (1971, 1972 2x)
Infobox last updated on
11 December 2014

Gerard Vianen (9 February 1944 10 December 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. A domestique for Joop Zoetemelk and Raymond Poulidor, he won one stage in the Tour de France and 3 stages in the Vuelta a España.[1]

Vianen died from leukemia on 10 December 2014 at the age of 70.[2]

Palmarès

1965
GP Faber
1966
Ronde van Overijssel
1967
Eeklo
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Ninove
1968
Neerbeek
Yerseke
1970
Kamerik
1971
Vuelta a España:
Winner stage 10
Genua-Nice
Schinnen
1972
Vuelta a España:
Winner stages 2 and 15
Rijen
1974
Tour de France:
Winner stage 20
1975
Obbicht
Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
Linne
1977
Kamerik
Galder

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