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Revision as of 15:48, 1 June 2017
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Marc Demeyer |
| Born | 19 April 1950 Avelgem, Belgium |
| Died | 20 January 1982 (aged 31) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| Paris–Roubaix (1976) | |
Marc Demeyer (19 April 1950 – 20 January 1982) was a professional road racing cyclist from Avelgem, Belgium. He died of a heart attack at the age of 31.
Demeyer turned professional in 1972 for the Flandria team managed by Briek Schotte. He signed the contract while resting it on a car beside the start of Dwars door België, which he then won. Shortly afterwards he won the Grand Prix d'Isbergues.
Demeyer was one of the so-called "Three Musketeers", riding with and for Freddy Maertens and Michel Pollentier He led out sprints for Maertens in particular but could win them for himself, including stages of the Tour de France. He rode the Tour six times, finishing 72nd in 1973, 41st in 1974, 42nd in 1975, 56th in 1976, 49th in 1978 and 57th in 1979.
He won the intermediate sprints competition, known then as Points Chaud ('hot spot sprints') in the Tours of 1973 and 1975. He won two stages: the 19th in 1978 from Lausanne to Belfort, and the 14th in 1979 from Belfort to Evian-les-Bains. In 1974 he won Paris–Brussels and two years later Paris–Roubaix.
Major results
- 1972
- 1st, Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1st, Grand Prix Fayt-le-Franc
- 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1973
- 1st, Grand Prix de Denain
- 1st, stage 1, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, Intermediate sprints classification in the Tour de France
- 1974
- 1st, Scheldeprijs
- 1st, Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 1st, Paris–Brussels
- 3rd, Paris–Roubaix
- 1975
- 1st, Nokere Koerse
- 1st, stage 3a, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, stage 2, Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st, Intermediate sprints classification in the Tour de France
- 3rd, Tour of Flanders
- 1976
- 1st, Paris–Roubaix
- 1977
- 1st, Scheldeprijs
- 1st, Omloop van het Houtland
- 1st, stage 14 and 16a, Giro d'Italia
- 1978
- 1st, stage 19, Tour de France
- 1979
- 1st, stage 4, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st, stage 1, 2 and 5a, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, stage 2, Tour of Belgium
- 1st, stage 14, Tour de France
- 1st, stage 1, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 2nd, Tour of Flanders
- 1980
- 1st, stage 3, Midi Libre
Teams
- 1972 - Flandria-Beaulieu
- 1973 - Flandria-Carpenter
- 1974 - Flandria-Carpenter
- 1975 - Flandria-Carpenter
- 1976 - Flandria-Velda
- 1977 - Flandria-Velda
- 1978 - Flandria-Velda
- 1979 - Flandria-Velda
- 1980 - IJsboerke-Warncke
- 1981 - Capri Sonne
- 1982 - Splendor-Wickes
See also
External links
- Profile by cyclinghalloffame.com
- Profile by velo-club.net Template:Fr icon
- Profile by memoire-du-cyclisme.net Template:Fr icon
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