Herman Frison (born 16 April 1961, in
Geel) is a former
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 ...
and former assistant manager at
Lotto-Soudal. During the
1987 Tour de France
The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 26 July. It consisted of 25 stages over . It was the closest three-way finish in the Tour until the 2007 Tour de France, among the closest overall races ...
he managed to go on a solo attack during a relatively short stage that took place entirely within
West Germany. Stage 4 was only about 80km long and went from
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
to
Pforzheim, but Frison managed to stay away from the
peloton and win the stage by about a minute and a half ahead of the main field.
Major results
;1984
:Booischot
;1985
:Tongerlo
;1986
:GP Stad Vilvoorde
:Leeuwse Pijl
:Chaumont - Gistoux
;1987
:Peer
:
Four Days of Dunkirk
The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...
:
Tour de France:
::Winner stage 4
:Grote 1-Mei Prijs
;1988
:Polder-Kempen
:Kalmthout
:Humbeek
:Geetbets
;1989
:Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen
:Sint-Katelijne-Waver
:Viane
;1990
:
Nokere Koerse
:
Gent–Wevelgem
;1991
:
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 ...
:Wetteren
;1992
:Wavre
:Dilsen
;1993
:
Druivenkoers Overijse
;1994
:Heusden O-Vlaanderen
External links
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Belgian male cyclists
1961 births
Living people
Belgian Tour de France stage winners
People from Geel
Cyclists from Antwerp Province
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