Leo van Vliet
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| Full name | Leonardus Quirinus Machutus van Vliet | ||
| Born | October 15, 1955  Netherlands |
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| Current team | Retired | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
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| 1978 1979–1983 1984–1986 |
Miko-Mercier TI-Raleigh Kwantum Hallen-Yoko |
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| Infobox last updated on July 17, 2008 |
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Leonardus Quirinus Machutus ("Leo") van Vliet (born November 15, 1955 in Honselersdijk, South Holland) is was a professional racing cyclist from 1978 to 1986. He came 40th in the road race at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
Van Vliet's biggest success was the 1983 Gent–Wevelgem. He also won the seventh stage of the 1979 Tour de France. After his career he became the director of the only Dutch cycling classic, the Amstel Gold Race. He is not related to another Dutch cyclist of the 1980s, Teun van Vliet.
[edit] Tour de France
[edit] Palmarès
- 1976
- Olympia's Tour
- 1977
- Omloop der Kempen
- Ronde van Limburg
- 1978
- Santpoort
- 1979
- GP de Wallonie
- Hengelo
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 7
- Made
- Profronde van Wateringen
- Kortenhoef
- 1980
- GP Barjac
- GP Stad Vilvoorde
- Hansweert
- La Marseillaise
- Largentière
- Maarheze
- Mijl van Mares
- Profronde van Pijnacker
- Steenwijk
- Valkenburg
- 1982
- Gouden Pijl Emmen
- Kloosterzande
- Petegem-aan-de-Leie
- Sint-Willebrord
- Profronde van Wateringen
- 1983
Netherlands National Track Points Race Championship- Four Days of Dunkirk
- Schijndel
- Valkenburg
- Gent–Wevelgem
- Leende
- 1984
- Dongen
- Hansweert
- Kortenhoef
- 1985
- Maasland
- Tiel
[edit] External links
- Leo van Vliet profile at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Leo van Vliet
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