Wim Schepers (25 September 1943 – 25 September 1998) was a Dutch professional road cyclist. A professional from 1966 to 1975, he won two stages of the 1970 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished second in the

1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège The 1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 58th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 20 April 1972. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team. General classific ...

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. After the final stage of the

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, Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Ferdinand Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.

Major results

;1965 : 1st Stages 1 & 6

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...

;1966 : 1st

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: 4th Overall

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 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

;1967 : 3rd

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: 4th Amstel Gold Race ;1968 : 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm : 5th Amstel Gold Race : 6th

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: 9th Overall Tour of Belgium ;1969 : 1st

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: 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium ;1970 : 1st Stages 2a & 2b Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 1st Stage 4

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: 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm : 10th Amstel Gold Race ;1971 : 10th Overall Tour of Belgium ;1972 : 2nd

: 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm : 8th La Flèche Wallonne : 9th Gent–Wevelgem ;1973 : 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm : 10th

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References

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* 1943 births 1998 deaths Dutch male cyclists People from Stein, Limburg Cyclists from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub