Eddy Verstraeten (15 September 1948, in

Leuven Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipalit ...

– 7 December 2005, in Booischot) was a Belgian professional

road bicycle racer 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 com ...

. Verstraeten won stage 2B of the

1973 Tour de France The 1973 Tour de France was the 60th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 30 June and 22 July, with 20 stages covering a distance of . Eddy Merckx, winner of the previous four editions, did not start ...

Major results

; Source: ;1970 : 1st Stage 1

Peace Race The Peace Race (, , , (), , , , ) is a cycling race that was established as the largest event in Eastern Europe after the Second World War. Since 2013, it has been run as one of the most prestigious stage races for national U23 teams. Histo ...

: 1st Trofee Het Volk : 1st Puurs : 2nd

Heistse Pijl The Heistse Pijl is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June around the municipality of Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Since 2016, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Victor Van Schil, ...

: 2nd

Flèche Ardennaise The Flèche Ardennaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in the province of Liège, Belgium. Since 2010, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

amateurs ;1971 : 1st Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis : 1st Omloop van Midden-Brabant : 2nd

Elfstedenronde The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic. The race has also been called the Tour des Onze Villes and the Circuit des ...

: 3rd

Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Ninove, Belgium. The 169 km race is named after the local cyclists Kamiel Beeckman and Edgard de Caluwé, winner of the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour ...

: 4th Ronde van Brabant :5th Omloop van Midden-België ;1972 : 1st Booischot : 1st Omloop van Midden-België : 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) : 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem : 2nd

: 2nd Grand Prix de Hannut (fr) : 3rd

Dwars door België DWARS, GroenLinkse Jongeren is the independent youth wing of GreenLeft, a Dutch green political party. Ideals and policies Both the ''manifest for a better world'', the organisation's program of principles and ''2025 - DWARS' proposals for th ...

:5th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. From 2005 to 2019 it was organised as a category 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021, it joined the UCI ProSeries, after being cancelled in 2020. ...

;1973 : 1st Booischot : 1st Circuit du Port de Dunkerque (fr) : 1st Drogenbos : 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: ::1st stage 2a ( TTT) and 2b : 1st Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles :3rd Circuit du Tournaisis :4th Grote 1-MeiPrijs ;1974 : 1st Beveren-Leie : 1st Grand Prix de Hannut (fr) : 1st Hyon–Mons : 2nd

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

: 2nd Maaslandse Pijl (fr) : 2nd

Omloop van het Zuidwesten The Omloop van het Zuidwesten was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1982. The course was around , with Hulste as both start and finish place. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Roger De Vlaeminck, W ...

: 3rd

GP Stad Zottegem Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competit ...

: 3rd

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for th ...

;1975 : 1st

Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before being cancelled from 2019 to 2022. Upon its return in 2 ...

: 1st Stage 1

Tour of the Netherlands The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It was an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the En ...

( TTT) : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ...

( TTT) : 2nd

Omloop van het Waasland Omloop van het Waasland ("Circuit of Waasland") is a bicycle road race held annually in the Belgian region of Waasland. From 2005 to 2016, it was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour before being moved to the national calendar. In 20 ...

: 2nd Omloop der Zennevallei : 4th

Schaal Sels Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners Men ...

;1976 : 1st Booischot : 1st

: 1st Teralfene : 3rd Maaslandse Pijl (fr) : 3rd

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ...

: 3rd Mémorial Thijssen : 3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman (nl) ;1977 : 1st Nieuwkerken-Waas : 1st Sint-Katelijne-Waver : 2nd Circuit de Neeroeteren : 2nd

Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. From 2005 to 2017, the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Eur ...

:7th

Tour du Condroz The Tour de Condroz was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1978. With Brussels as starting place, the major part of the course was situated in the Condroz region of the Ardennes, Liège. Nandrin was the finish place. The co ...

;1978 : 1st

Berner Rundfahrt Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Bern, Switzerland with races for men and women. Men's event The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour. Women's ...

: 1st Grote 1-Mei Prijs : 1st Booischot : 1st Putte-Mechelen : 2nd

GP Stad Vilvoorde The GP Stad Vilvoorde is a single-day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian city of Vilvoorde. The race was first organized in 1931. The race was Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Ed ...

: 2nd Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) : 2nd

Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in the municipality of Kruibeke, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are ...

:3rd

Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen The Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen was a post WW II-men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1979. The start and finish place was Ertvelde (East Flanders, Belgium). The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Rik Van Looy, Wa ...

: 3rd Puivelde Koerse (nl) ;1979 : 1st Duffel : 1st

: 1st Stage 5

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...

: 1st Oostrozebeke : 2nd GP E5 Heverlee ;1980 : 1st Booischot : 1st Mortsel : 1st Bonheiden : 3rd

: 4th Flèche Halloise : 5th

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens (until 2021 ''Grote Prijs Jef Scherens'') is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is ...

: 5th Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis : 8th

Bordeaux–Paris The Bordeaux–Paris professional road bicycle racing, cycle race was one of Europe's classic cycle races, and one of the longest in the professional calendar, covering approximately – more than twice most single-day races. It started in north ...

;1981 : 1st Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen : 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem : 2nd

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Eddy Verstraeten
1948 births 2005 deaths Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from Leuven 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub