Ludo Peeters

Ludo Peeters

Peeters in 1982
Personal information
Born	(1953-08-09) 9 August 1953 Hoogstraten, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1974–1980	IJsboerke–Colner
1981–1983	TI–Raleigh
1984–1988	Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago
1989	Caja Rural
1990	Stuttgart–Mercedes–Merckx–Puma
Major wins
Three stages Tour de France Paris–Brussels (1977, 1979)

Ludo Peeters (born 9 August 1953) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1974 to 1990. He rode ten editions of the Tour de France and won 3 stages, one in 1980, one in 1982 and one in 1986. He also wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day in 1982 after his stage win and also in 1984.

Major results

1974

1st Stage 10 Tour de Pologne

1975

2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs

1976

1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

2nd Overall Tour of the Netherlands

1977

1st Paris–Brussels

1st Overall Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 4 Tour of the Netherlands

1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre

1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Aude

2nd Scheldeprijs

3rd Omloop Het Volk

1978

1st Schaal Sels

1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg

3rd Brabantse Pijl

1979

1st Paris–Brussels

1st Druivenkoers Overijse

1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

1980

1st Scheldeprijs

1st Omloop van het Leiedal

1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 4b Tour of Belgium

2nd Giro della Romagna

2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

2nd Trofeo Baracchi

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

8th Overall Tour de France

1st Stage 14

1st combination classification

9th Paris–Roubaix

1981

1st Omloop van het Leiedal

1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie

1st Stage 7b Volta a Catalunya

3rd Grand Prix du Midi Libre

1982

1st Rund um den Henninger Turm

Tour de France

1st stage 1

Held for one stage

1st Stages 3 & 6 Volta a Catalunya

8th Paris–Roubaix

1983

1st Rund um den Henninger Turm

1st Paris–Tours

1st Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis

1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen

1st Stages 2 & 4 Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges

3rd Giro del Lazio

1984

1st Scheldeprijs

Tour de France

Held for one stage

1985

1st Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 1

1st Zürich-Metzgete

1st Paris–Tours

1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Aude

1986

1st Stage 7 Tour de France

1987

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1989

1st Omloop van het Leiedal

External links

• Ludo Peeters at Cycling Archives (archive)
• Official Tour de France results for Ludo Peeters
• "Ludo Peeters Cycling Team". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2018.