Frans Van Looy
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 26 August 1950 Merksem, Belgium |
| Died | 20 September 2019 (aged 69) |
Frans Van Looy (26 August 1950 – 20 September 2019) was a Belgian cyclist. Looy was professional from 1972 to 1982. He competed in the individual road race at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
After his career as a cyclist, Van Looy worked as a team manager with Team Telekom and T-Mobile until 2006. and had helped run his family's farm in Merksem. However, a local government order ruled that Van Looy could no longer live at the farm, despite a petition signed by 3,000 people to preserve the residence that Van Looy had been born in.[2] After this order, which ruled his birthplace to be uninhabitable and lead to his eviction, he committed suicide in September 2019.[3]
Honours
- 1974
- 1977
- 1978
- Omloop van het Waasland
- Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 3rd stage of Volta a Catalunya
- 3rd stage of Three Days of De Panne
- 1979
- 1980
Teams
- 1972 : Novy - Dubble Bubble
- 1973 : Novy - Romy
- 1974 : Flandria - Carpenter
- 1975-76 : Molteni (Italy)
- 1977 : Maes - Mini Flat
- 1978 : Mini Flat - Boule d'Or
- 1979 : KAS - Campagnolo
- 1980 : Mini Flat - Vermeer Thijs
- 1981 : Vermeer Thijs
- 1982 : Europ Decor
References
- ^ "Frans Van Looy Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Former T-Mobile sports director Frans Van Looy dies, aged 69". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Frans Van Looy, oud-renner en ploegleider, is overleden". De Standaard. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
External links
- Frans Van Looy at Cycling Archives (archive)
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