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Historic Overview Rik van Linden

Rider

Overall Rank483
NameRik VAN LINDEN
Country
  Belgium
Date of birth28-Jul-1949 - Wilrijk (Antwerpen)

Biography

Rik van Linden

Rik Van Linden (born 28 July 1949 in Wilrijk, Antwerp) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France, ahead of Eddy Merckx.

Van Linden also won several stages in all of the three Grand Tours, and the classic cycle race Paris–Tours twice (1971, 1973).

Through his career, he eventually won 359 races, of which 73 as junior cyclist in 1968.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

4 9 2 2 2 35

Major Victories

Paris - Tours 1971, 1973
Milano - Torino 1977
G.P. Bruno Beghelli / Milano - Vignola 1975, 1976, 1978
Tour de France - stages 1972 (1), 1975 (3)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1973 (2), 1975 (1), 1976 (2), 1977 (1), 1978 (3)
Vuelta a España - stages 1974 (2)
Paris - Nice - stages 1973 (3), 1974 (1), 1980 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 1972 (1), 1976 (1), 1977 (1), 1978 (1)
Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta del Sol - stages 1973 (4)
Setmana Catalana - stages 1975 (1)
More results

Seasons

Rik van Linden - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1969 Individual 5 905
2. 1971 Hertekamp - Magniflex 433 130
3. 1972 Van Cauter - Magniflex - De Gribaldy 1068 41
4. 1973 Rokado - De Gribaldy 1462 28
5. 1974 IJsboerke - Colner 1224 32
6. 1975 Bianchi - Campagnolo 1869 13
7. 1976 Bianchi - Campagnolo 804 55
8. 1977 Bianchi - Campagnolo 1237 27
9. 1978 Bianchi - Faema 528 106
10. 1979 Bianchi - Faema 193 231
11. 1980 Daf Trucks - Lejeune 153 272
12. 1981 Boule d'Or - Sunair 68 424
13. 1982 Hoonved - Bottecchia 77 410
14. 1983 Batavus 0 1190
Overall: 9121 483