Gustaf Van Roosbroeck (born 16 May 1948 in

Hulshout Hulshout () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. Wit ...

) is a retired 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 common ...

who competed in the 1970s. He finished fifth in the

1974 Amstel Gold Race The 1974 Amstel Gold Race was the ninth edition of the annual road bicycle race " Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 13, 1974, in the Dutch provinces of Limburg. The race stretched 238 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in ...

Major results

;1969 :1st Stages 2 & 3 Olympia's Tour ;1971 :1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium :1st Scheldeprijs ;1972 :1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :1st

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC are the second tier classifica ...

:1st Stage 2 Grand Prix de Fourmies :1st

Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a semi classic European bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), 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 ...

:6th Paris–Roubaix ;1973 :1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia :1st

:1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse :1st Trofeo Luis Puig :1st Prologue Tour of Belgium (TTT) ;1974 :1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie :1st Flèche Hesbignonne :2nd Züri-Metzgete :3rd Le Samyn ;1975 :7th Tour of Flanders ;1978 :1st Nokere Koerse :2nd GP Jef Scherens :3rd Züri-Metzgete :3rd

;1979 :1st Dwars door Vlaanderen :1st Overall Three Days of De Panne :2nd Circuit de Wallonie ;1980 :2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne ::1st Stage 1

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1948 births Living people Belgian male cyclists People from Hulshout Cyclists from Antwerp Province Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub