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{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{family name hatnote|Van Impe|Impe|lang=Dutch}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Lucien Van Impe
| image = Lucien van Impe, Acht van Chaam 1975 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Van Impe at the 1975 [[Acht van Chaam]]
| fullname = Lucien Van Impe
| nickname = de kleine van Mere
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Erpe-Mere|Mere]], Belgium
| height = {{height|m=1.67}}<ref name="PCS"/>
| weight = {{convert|59|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="PCS">{{cite web
|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/lucien-van-impe|title=Lucien Van Impe|work=ProCyclingStats|access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = [[Climbing specialist|Climber]]
| amateuryears1 = 
| amateurteam1 = 
| proyears1 = 1969–1974
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Sonolor|1969}}
| proyears2 = 1975–1976
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Gitane–Campagnolo|1975}}
| proyears3 = 1977
| proteam3 = [[Lejeune–BP]]
| proyears4 = 1978
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|C&A|1978}}
| proyears5 = 1979
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|KAS|1979}}
| proyears6 = 1980
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|Marc|1980a}}
| proyears7 = 1981
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|Boston|1981}}
| proyears8 = 1982-1984
| proteam8 = [[Vini Ricordi–Pinarello–Sidermec|Metauro Mobil]]
| proyears9 = 1985
| proteam9 = [[Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè|Santini–Krups]]
| proyears10 = 1986
| proteam10 = [[Relax–GAM|Dormilón]]
| proyears11 = 1987
| proteam11 = {{UCI team code|Sigma|1987}}
| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::'''[[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]]''' ([[1976 Tour de France|1976]])
::[[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]<br>([[1971 Tour de France|1971]], [[1972 Tour de France|1972]], [[1975 Tour de France|1975]], [[1977 Tour de France|1977]], [[1981 Tour de France|1981]], [[1983 Tour de France|1983]])
::9 individual stages<br>([[1972 Tour de France|1972]], [[1973 Tour de France|1973]], [[1975 Tour de France|1975]], [[1976 Tour de France|1976]], [[1977 Tour de France|1977]], [[1979 Tour de France|1979]], [[1981 Tour de France|1981]], [[1983 Tour de France|1983]])
:'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::[[Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|Mountains classification]] ([[1982 Giro d'Italia|1982]], [[1983 Giro d'Italia|1983]])
::1 individual stage ([[1983 Giro d'Italia|1983]])
:'''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::1 individual stage ([[1979 Vuelta a España|1979]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[Belgian National Road Race Championship|National Road Race Championships]] (1983)
}}

'''Lucien Van Impe''' ({{IPA|nl-BE|lyˈɕɛ̃ː vɑn ˈɪmpə}}; born 20 October 1946) is a former [[Belgians|Belgian]] cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a [[climbing specialist|climber]] in multiple-day races such as the [[Tour de France]]. He was the winner of the [[1976 Tour de France]], and six times winner of the [[mountains classification in the Tour de France]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Lucien Van Impe |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=1465 |website=FirstCycling.com |language=nl}}</ref>

==Biography==
Van Impe credits the start of his career to [[Spain|Spaniard]] [[Federico Bahamontes]], a climber nicknamed ''the eagle of [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]'' and a former Tour de France winner.  In 1968 van Impe was King of the Mountains in the [[Tour de l'Avenir]]. Bahamontes used his influence to get van Impe a contract as a professional. In 1969, Van Impe started his professional career with a 12th place in the [[1969 Tour de France]].
In 1971, Van Impe won his first [[mountains classification in the Tour de France]]. He would repeat that five more times,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4016.html|title=Past results for Lucien VAN IMPE (BEL)|publisher=letour.fr|access-date=3 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609095429/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4016.html|archive-date=9 June 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> a record then shared with Bahamontes. When [[Richard Virenque]] broke the record with a seventh victory in [[2004 Tour de France|2004]], Van Impe criticized Virenque for being opportunistic rather than the best climber; he said he had himself refrained from breaking Bahamontes' record himself out of reverence.

Van Impe's Sonolor team fused with Gitane to become [[Gitane-Campagnolo]] in 1975. Former French champion [[Cyrille Guimard]], who retired in early 1976, became [[directeur sportif]] in 1976. He was considered to be among the pre-race favorites as this edition had eight high mountain stages and it was expected to be a battle between Van Impe, [[Joop Zoetemelk]] and defending champion Bernard Thevenet. Thevenet was no match for these two riders from the [[Low Countries]] in the 1976 edition, and despite a strong start from debutant [[Freddy Maertens]], the race became a duel between Van Impe and Zoetemelk with the mountains of the [[1976 Tour de France]] deciding who would become champ. Guimard claims it was his order to attack Zoetemelk that won Van Impe the Tour, shouting at Van Impe that he'd run him off the road with the car if he didn't attack.<ref>[http://www.torelli.com/owen/tour2001/tdfalpine.html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050825110525/http://www.torelli.com/owen/tour2001/tdfalpine.html|date=25 August 2005}}</ref> Van Impe has denied this. Despite Zoetemelk winning three high mountain stages Van Impe's attack gave him a lead of more than +3:00 on the Dutchman, and he then clinched his victory by finishing more than a minute ahead of Zoetemelk in the final individual time trial.

After 1976, Van Impe changed teams. In the [[1977 Tour de France]] he started favorite but failed to take a lead in the mountains. He waited until the last mountain stage to attack, which finished atop Alpe d'Huez, and was in the lead late in the stage but forgot to eat, which caused his lead to slip away. He was still in the lead when he was hit by one of the TV cars. Due to his team car being so far behind he had to stand on the side of the road and wait several minutes for a new bike as [[Bernard Thévenet]] and [[Hennie Kuiper]] rode past; and the 1977 edition would be decided between the two of them as a result.

After three years where he wasn't among the GC favorites, Van Impe rode incredibly well in the [[1981 Tour de France]]. He finished on the podium in 2nd place, although he was more than +10:00 behind [[Bernard Hinault]], however he won the mountain classification yet again. All total Van Impe finished in the top 5 of the Tour de France eight times.<ref>{{cite web |title=Palmarès de Lucien Van Impe (Bel |url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/van_impe_lucien.php |accessdate=3 June 2023 |work=Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu |language=fr}}</ref>

He also won the mountain classification in the [[Giro d'Italia]] twice.

Single-day races were not his specialty and it was a surprise that he won the national championship in 1983.

Van Impe started 15 Tours de France and reached the finish in Paris every time. This was a record when he finished his last, but he would be passed for most Tour finishes by [[Joop Zoetemelk]] in 1986, and eventually [[Sylvain Chavanel]] reached 16 finishes in 2018. He is currently tied for 2nd with [[Viatcheslav Ekimov]] who finished his 15th edition in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/races/results/results_tour_de_france.txt|title=Historical results - Tour de France|publisher=Cycling hall of fame}}</ref>
[[File:Lucien van Impe.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Van Impe in 2001]]
From 2007 to 2013, he was [[sporting director]] of a cycling team of professional riders, called {{UCI team code|AJW}}.

Lucien Van Impe lives in [[Lede, Belgium|Impe]] (his family name refers to that town) with his wife Rita, he has two grown up children, a son and a daughter. His house is called Alpe D'Huez, after the French mountain where he took the yellow jersey (the leader in the Tour de France) in 1976. When he came home that year, the bar where his supporters gathered every day to watch him win the Tour, was painted yellow entirely.

During and after his professional career, Van Impe has never tested positive, refused a doping test or confessed having used doping.<ref>{{cite news |author=Randewijk, Marije |date=7 July 2007 |title=Ik zal toch niet de enige zijn? |language=Dutch |publisher=[[de Volkskrant]] |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2698/Sport/article/detail/855917/2007/07/07/lsquo-Ik-zal-toch-niet-de-enige-zijn-rsquo.dhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923070754/http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2698/Sport/article/detail/855917/2007/07/07/lsquo-Ik-zal-toch-niet-de-enige-zijn-rsquo.dhtml |archive-date=2012-09-23}}</ref>

He has been honoured by a tasteful abstract statue on his bike, on a stone plinth on a small roundabout in Belgium at 180&nbsp;km before the finish of Belgium's blue-ribband event, the [[Tour of Flanders]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 2023 |title=Wielerheld Lucien Van Impe: ‘Niet elke kant van het heldendom is even fijn’ |url=https://www.goedgezind.be/55-plussers/wielerheld-lucien-van-impe-niet-elke-kant-van-het-heldendom-is-even-fijn/ |website=goedgezind.be |language=nl}}</ref>

Van Impe suffered a cardiac arrest in 2017, but completely recovered from it.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2017 |title=Lucien Van Impe (70) getroffen door hartinfarct, toestand nog niet stabiel |url=https://www.bndestem.nl/wielrennen/lucien-van-impe-70-getroffen-door-hartinfarct-toestand-nog-niet-stabiel~a41d7a4d/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |website=bndestem.nl |language=nl}}</ref>

==Major results==
===Road===
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
;1966
: 5th [[Flèche Ardennaise]]
;1968
: [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
::1st Stage 8
;1969
: 1st [[File:Jersey blue.svg|20px]] Overall [[Vuelta a Navarra|Vuelta a Navarra Amateurs]]
: 3rd [[Circuit des Frontières]]
;1970
: 1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification, [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 2nd [[Manx Trophy]]
: 6th Overall [[1970 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 7th Overall [[1970 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 9th Overall [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
: 10th [[1970 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
;1971
: 1st [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Mountains classification, [[1971 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 3rd Overall [[1971 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]
: 5th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre|GP du Midi Libre]]
: 7th Overall [[1971 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 9th Overall [[Tour de Luxembourg]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green Epic Series.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 9th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 10th Overall [[Étoile des Espoirs]]
;1972
: 2nd Overall [[1972 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification
: 3rd Overall [[1972 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 4th Overall [[1972 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]
::1st Stage 12
: 5th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 6th Overall [[À travers Lausanne]]
;1973
: 1st Stage 3 [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
: 2nd Overall [[1973 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
::1st Stage 3
: 5th Overall [[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 12b
::Held [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] after Stages 7b & 8
: 7th [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
;1974
: 1st [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Mountains classification, [[1974 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 7th [[:fr:Circuit du Tournaisis|GP du Tournaisis]]
: 9th [[Paris–Camembert]]
;1975
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour de l'Aude (men's race)|Tour de l'Aude]]
::1st Stage 1 & 3
: 2nd [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]]
: 3rd Overall [[1975 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]
::1st Stages 14 & 18 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 5th Overall [[1972 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white dots on red.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 5th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 5th Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
: 6th [[Paris–Bourges]]
: 6th [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
: 7th [[Druivenkoers Overijse]]
: 9th [[1978 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1975 UCI Road World Championships|UCI World Championships]]
;1976
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[1976 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 14
::Held [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] after Stages 10–12, 14–18b & 20
: 1st [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
: 1st Stage 2b [[Tour de l'Aude (men's race)|Tour de l'Aude]]
: 2nd Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
::1st Stage 4b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 5th Overall [[1976 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
::1st [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 7th Overall [[Escalada a Montjuïc]]
: 7th [[Nokere Koerse]]
: 9th [[1976 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 9th [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
;1977
: 2nd Overall [[1977 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
::1st [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Combination classification
::1st Stages 7 & 8
: 3rd Overall [[1977 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]
::1st Stage 15b ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 3rd Overall [[1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white dots on red.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
::1st Stage 6
: 6th [[Belgian National Road Race Championship|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 6th [[Trophée des Grimpeurs]]
: 8th Overall [[1977 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
;1978
: 9th Overall [[1978 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
;1979
: 1st Stage 16 [[1979 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 5th Overall [[1979 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::1st Stage 15
: 6th Overall [[1979 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
::1st Stage 7a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) 
: 6th Overall [[Tour of Belgium]]
: 6th [[1979 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 7th [[Tour de Wallonie]]
: 8th Overall [[Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana]]
: 8th [[1979 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]]
;1980
: 4th Overall [[1980 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
::1st [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 8th [[De Kustpijl]]
;1981
: 1st [[Polynormande]]
: 2nd Overall [[1981 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]
::1st Stage 5
: 5th [[Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde]]
: 9th [[GP Stad Vilvoorde]]
;1982
: 3rd Overall [[Tour of Sweden]]
: 4th Overall [[1982 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|Mountains classification]]
: 5th [[Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato]]
: 6th [[Grand Prix Eddy Merckx]]
: 10th [[Druivenkoers Overijse]]
;1983
: 1st [[File:MaillotBélgica.PNG|20px]] [[Belgian National Road Race Championship|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[Heusden Koers]]
: 4th Overall [[1983 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]
::1st Stage 19 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
: 8th [[Giro dell'Appennino]]
: 9th Overall [[1983 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia|Mountains classification]]
::1st Stage 11
: 10th [[GP Montelupo]]
;1984
: 6th [[Nationale Sluitingsprijs]]
: 7th Overall [[1984 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
;1985
: 5th [[Grote 1-MeiPrijs]]
: 10th [[Giro dell'Appennino]]
;1986
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Vuelta a los Valles Mineros]]
::1st Stage 1
: 8th Overall [[Vuelta a Asturias]]
{{div col end}}

====Grand Tour general classification results timeline====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 1969
! scope="col" | 1970
! scope="col" | 1971
! scope="col" | 1972
! scope="col" | 1973
! scope="col" | 1974
! scope="col" | 1975
! scope="col" | 1976
! scope="col" | 1977
! scope="col" | 1978
! scope="col" | 1979
! scope="col" | 1980
! scope="col" | 1981
! scope="col" | 1982
! scope="col" | 1983
! scope="col" | 1984
! scope="col" | 1985
! scope="col" | 1986
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|alt=|link=List of Vuelta a España general classification winners]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1979 Vuelta a España|5]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[1986 Vuelta a España|11]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|alt=|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1982 Giro d'Italia|4]]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1983 Giro d'Italia|9]]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1984 Giro d'Italia|7]]
| [[1985 Giro d'Italia|13]]
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|alt=|link=General classification in the Tour de France]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| [[1969 Tour de France|12]]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1970 Tour de France|6]]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1971 Tour de France|'''3''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1972 Tour de France|4]]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1973 Tour de France|5]]
| [[1974 Tour de France|18]]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1975 Tour de France|'''3''']]
| style="background:yellow;"|[[1976 Tour de France|'''1''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1977 Tour de France|'''3''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1978 Tour de France|9]]
| [[1979 Tour de France|11]]
| [[1980 Tour de France|16]]
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1981 Tour de France|'''2''']]
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"  |[[1983 Tour de France|4]]
| —
| [[1985 Tour de France|27]]
| —
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

===Criteriums===
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
;1973
: 1st Plogastel Saint-Germain
;1974
: 1st Outer
: 1st Lalaing
;1975
: 1st GP Erpe-Mere
: 1st Ottignies
: 1st Lannion
: 1st Lescoet-Jugon
: 1st Kitzbuehl
;1976
: 1st Creusot
: 1st Plancoët
: 1st Brette-les-Pins
;1977
: 1st Trophée des Cimes
: 1st Aalst
: 1st Dunières
: 1st Pleaux
;1978
: 1st Lamaul-Guimileau
: 1st Geraardsbergen
;1979
: 1st Assenede
: 1st Mende
: 1st Pampelune
;1980
: 1st Tirlemont
;1981
: 1st Moerbeke
: 1st Aalst
: 1st Saint-Martin de Landelles
;1982
: 1st San Crocce sull'Arno
: 1st Kalmthout
;1983
: 1st GP Erpe-Mere
: 1st Ronse
;1984
: 1st Visp - Grächen
: 1st Buggenhout
;1987
: 1st Mere
{{div col end}}

===Honours and awards===
[[File:Lucien Van Impe en 1971.jpg|thumb|160px|Van Impe in 1971]]
* [[Challenge Yellow|Challenge Sedis]]: 1976
* Former record of [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France#Repeat winners|most Mountains classification wins in the Tour de France]]: 6 from 1971 to 1983
* A race in Mere, [[:nl:GP Lucien Van Impe|GP Lucien Van Impe]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2023 |title=Dan toch toekomst voor legendarische GP Lucien Van Impe: (andere) wielervrienden kiezen nu voor dameskoers |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230405_96304359 |website=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |language=nl}}</ref>
* Best climber of all times by climbbybike.com: 2007<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007 |title=Lucien Van Impe best climber of all time |url=https://www.climbbybike.com/best-climber-of-all-time.asp |website=climbbybike.com |language=nl}}</ref>
* A race in [[Wichelen|Serskamp]], ''Lucien Van Impe Classic'': From 2014<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 June 2023 |title=9e Lucien Van Impe Classic |url=https://lucienvanimpeclassic.be/ |website=lucienvanimpeclassic.be |language=nl}}</ref>
* Statue in [[Erpe-Mere]]: 2016<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2016 |title=FOTO. Standbeeld van Lucien Van Impe onthuld |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/bljco_02405531 |website=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |language=nl}}</ref>
* Honorary citizen of [[Lede, Belgium|Lede]]: 2018<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2018 |title=Jef Vermassen, Lucien Van Impe en Frans Melckenbeeck aangesteld als ereburgers |url=https://www.hln.be/lede/jef-vermassen-lucien-van-impe-en-frans-melckenbeeck-aangesteld-als-ereburgers~ae8df2a9/ |website=[[Het Laatste Nieuws]] |language=nl}}</ref>

==Notes==
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== External links==
*[http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/riders/rider_bio.asp?rider_id=33 Cycling hall of fame biography]

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