Willy Vanden Berghen (3 July 1939 – 30 March 2022) was a Belgian professional
road bicycle racer
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. In 1960 he won two bronze medals in the road race, one at the amateur world championships and the other at the
Olympic Games
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Major results
;1958
:Gent-Staden
;1959
: national amateur track pursuit championship
: Schaal Sels-Merksem
;1960
:GP de la Famenne
:Heist-op-den-Berg
:Ronde van Vlaanderen for amateurs
: Olympic Road Race
:Braine-le-Comte
:Waarschoot
;1961
:Buggenhout
:Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
:Jambes
;1962
:GP Monaco
:Machelen
:Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
: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 ...
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::Winner stage 4
;1963
:Tienen
:Petegem-aan-de-Leie
References
External links
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Official Tour de France results for Willy van den Berghen
1939 births
2022 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Belgian Tour de France stage winners
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Sportspeople from Vilvoorde
Olympic bronze medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Flemish Brabant
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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