André Dierickx (born 29 October 1947) is a

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former professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

who competed between 1969 and 1981. He competed in the individual road race at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Notable results

;1970 – Flandria-Mars : 1st, GP Pino Cerami : 1st, Nokere Koerse : 1st, Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé ;1972 – Flandria-Beaulieu : 2nd,

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional road bicycle racing, bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling m ...

;1973 – Flandria-Carpenter : 1st, La Flèche Wallonne : 1st,

Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete ( Zürich German; en, Championship of Zürich; german: Meisterschaft von Zürich) was a European Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 unt ...

;1974 – Flandria-Carpenter : 55th,

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

;1975 – Rokado : 1st,

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...

: 1st, GP Kanton Aargau : 1st,

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It has a profile similar to the Ardennes classics The Ardennes classics a ...

: 1st, Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé : 3rd,

;1976 – Maes-Rokado : 1st, GP Union Dortmund : 1st, Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé ;1977 – Maes-Pils : 2nd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège

References

1947 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Belgium People from Oudenaarde Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists from East Flanders {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub