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Willy Vanden Berghen

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Willy Vanden Berghen
Vanden Berghen in 1960
Personal information
Born(1939-07-03)3 July 1939
Vilvoorde, Belgium
Died30 March 2022(2022-03-30) (aged 82)
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
1 stage Tour de France
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place Rome 1960 Road race
World championships
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Sachsenring Amateur's Road race

Willy Vanden Berghen (3 July 1939 – 30 March 2022) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1960 he won two bronze medals in the road race, one at the amateur world championships and the other at the Olympic Games.[1][2][3]

Major results

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1958
Gent-Staden
1959
 Belgium national amateur track pursuit championship
Schaal Sels-Merksem
1960
GP de la Famenne
Heist-op-den-Berg
Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olympic Road Race
Braine-le-Comte
Waarschoot
1961
Buggenhout
Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
Jambes
1962
GP Monaco
Machelen
Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
Tour de France:
Winner stage 4
1963
Tienen
Petegem-aan-de-Leie

References

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  1. ^ Willy Vanden Berghen. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Willy Vanden Berghen. cyclingarchives.com
  3. ^ "Turbulente leven van ex-renner Willy Vanden Berghen (82) is tot een einde gekomen". Sporza. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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