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Eric Vanderaerden (born 11 February 1962) is a retired road cyclist from the town of Lummen,
for three days
: 1st 
Points classification 
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: 1st GP Impanis
: 1st Stage 1 Overall
Belgium
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He was a considerable talent, winning the prologue time trial of the Vuelta a España
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in his debut year of 1983. During the 1983 Tour de France
The 1983 Tour de France was the 70th edition of the Tour de France, run from 1 to 24 July, with 22 stages and a prologue covering a total distance of The race was won by French rider Laurent Fignon. Sean Kelly of Ireland won the points classi ...
he also won the prologue and held the yellow jersey
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History
Th ...
for two days. During the 1984 Tour de France
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he won two stages, including the final stage of the race which finished on the Champs Elysees in Paris
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. His participation in the 1985 edition was a strong one, beating the eventual Tour winner Bernard Hinault
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in a time trial stage. He held the yellow jersey again during this tour, this time for three days. The following year, he won the green jersey
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In subsequent years, he won two monument races: in 1985, at 23, he won the storm ridden edition of the Tour of Flanders, and in 1987 he won Paris–Roubaix
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After 1988, his career went in decline and, despite his talent, he failed to win major races. He certainly had considerable talent as a time trial racer, but as a climber in the mountains his talent was limited. Perhaps, he was partly a victim of the high expectations the Belgian public had to get a successor for Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victorie ...
, a cyclist who was very versatile in winning both classic races and big stage races.
After his active career, Vanderaerden has led a few semi-professional racing teams and was also assistant-manager of a professional Belgo-Italian team. He became a directeur sportif
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with the DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed team in August 2006. His son Michael Vanderaerden signed a contract with the team in September 2007.
Major results
;1983 :Tour de France
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::1st Prologue
::Held for two days
: Vuelta a España
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::1st Stages 2 & 11
: 3rd Dwars door België
: 4th Milan–San Remo
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: 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
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;1984
: 1st Road race
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, National Road Championships
: Tour de France
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::1st Stages 10 & 23
: Tour de Suisse
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::1st Prologue, Stages 2 & 7
: 1st Paris–Brussels
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Paris–Brussels was first ...
: 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
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: 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
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: 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
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: 3rd Milan–San Remo
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: 9th Omloop Het Volk
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: 10th Tour of Flanders
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: 10th Nokere Koerse
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;1985
: Tour de France
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::1st Stages 13 (ITT) & 19
::Held for three days
: 1st Tour of Flanders
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: 1st Gent–Wevelgem
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: 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
: 1st Ronde van Nederland
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: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
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: 2nd Dwars door België
: 4th Milan–San Remo
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: 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
Rund is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Cathleen Rund (born 1977), German swimmer
* Hanno Rund (1925–1993), German mathematician
* Thorsten Rund (born 1976), German road and track cyclist
See also
* Rand (surname)
* Ru ...
;1986
: 1st Points classification Tour de France
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: 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
: 1st Halle–Ingooigem
: 1st Dwars door België
: 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
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: 1st Trofeo Isla de Mallorca
: 3rd Scheldeprijs
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: 10th Tour of Flanders
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;1987
: 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
: 1st Paris–Roubaix
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: 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
: 2nd Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
: 3rd Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...
: 5th Omloop Het Volk
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: 8th Gent–Wevelgem
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;1988
: 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
: 1st Ronde van Limburg
;1989
: 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
: 1st Overall Nissan Classic
: 1st GP Impanis
: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse
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: 4th Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the Tou ...
: 5th Omloop Het Volk
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;1990
: Etoile de Bessèges
::1st Stage 2 & 3
: 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
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: 1st Six Days of Antwerp
: 2nd Scheldeprijs
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: 3rd Binche–Tournai–Binche
: 8th Omloop Het Volk
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: 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
;1991
: 1st Dwars door België
: 2nd Le Samyn
: 3rd Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is ...
: 4th Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the Tou ...
: 5th Amstel Gold Race
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;1992
: 1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España
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: 1st GP Wielerrevue
: 2nd Le Samyn
: 3rd Omloop Het Volk
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: 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kil ...
;1993
: 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
: 1st Stage 3 Etoile de Bessèges
: 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the Tou ...
: 3rd Omloop Het Volk
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: 8th Le Samyn
;1995
: 4th Scheldeprijs
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: 6th Paris–Roubaix
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;1996
: 3rd Scheldeprijs
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderaerden, Eric 1962 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners Tour de France prologue winners Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists from Limburg (Belgium) People from Lummen