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{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Walter Godefroot
| image = Walter Godefroot.jpg
| caption = Godefroot at the [[1997 Paris–Nice]]
| fullname = Walter Godefroot
| nickname = The Bulldog of Flanders
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|7|2}}
| birth_place = [[Ghent]], Belgium
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Manager
| ridertype = [[Classic cycle races|Classics specialist]]
| proyears1 = 1965–1966
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Groene Leeuw|1965}}
| proyears2 = 1967–1969
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Flandria|1967}}
| proyears3 = 1970
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|Salvarani|1970}}
| proyears4 = 1971–1972
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|Peugeot|1971}}
| proyears5 = 1973–1975
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|Flandria|1973}}
| proyears6 = 1976–1979
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|IJsboerke|1976}}
| manageyears1 = 1991–2005
| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|THR|1991}}
| manageyears2 = 2006
| manageteam2 = {{UCI team code|ONC|2006c}}
| manageyears3 = 2007
| manageteam3 = {{UCI team code|AST|2007}}
| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::[[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]] ([[1970 Tour de France|1970]])
::10 individual stages<br>([[1967 Tour de France|1967]], [[1968 Tour de France|1968]], [[1970 Tour de France|1970]]–[[1973 Tour de France|1973]], [[1975 Tour de France|1975]])
:'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::1 individual stage ([[1970 Giro d'Italia|1970]])
:'''[[Vuelta a España]]'''
::2 individual stages ([[1971 Vuelta a España|1971]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:{{nowrap|[[Belgian National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1965, 1972)}}
:[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] ([[1967 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|1967]])
:[[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]] ([[1968 Tour of Flanders|1968]], [[1978 Tour of Flanders|1978]])
:[[Paris–Roubaix]] ([[1969 Paris–Roubaix|1969]])
:[[Gent–Wevelgem]] ([[1968 Gent–Wevelgem|1968]])
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{flagu|Belgium}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Individual road race]]}}
}}

'''Walter Godefroot''' (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional [[road bicycle racer]] and former [[directeur sportif]] of {{UCI team code|THR|1991}}, later known as T-Mobile Team.

As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the [[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|individual road race]] of the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] after his young compatriot [[Eddy Merckx]] was caught in the final.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |title=Walter Godefroot Olympic Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/walter-godefroot-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/walter-godefroot-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=18 August 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> Both men turned professional in 1965 and Walter Godefroot was presented as Merckx's bane in his early days, winning several races ahead of him: the [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Belgian championship]] in 1965, [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] (1967) and [[Paris–Roubaix]] (1969).<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Godefroot: "Mijn leven is mooi geweest, maar de zon heeft niet altijd geschenen" |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2017/06/18/godefroot_-_mijn-leven-is-mooi-geweest-maar-de-zon-heeft-niet-al-1-3004387/ |website= |language=nl |publication-date=18 June 2017}}</ref>

But Godefroot eventually didn't have Merckx's abilities in stage races and concentrated on the separate stages in the grand tours. He won ten stages in the [[Tour de France]], including the stage on the Champs-Élysées in [[1975 Tour de France|1975]] where the Tour finished for the first time, and the green jersey in the [[1970 Tour de France]], one stage in the [[1970 Giro d'Italia]] and two stages in the [[1971 Vuelta a España]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Walter Godefroot |url=http://www.dewielersite.be/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=4482 |accessdate=16 May 2003 |work=dewielersite.be}}</ref>

Being a specialist in one-day [[classic cycle races]], he won another Belgian champion title in 1972, two [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tours of Flanders]] at ten-year intervals in 1968 and 1978, two [[Bordeaux–Paris]] in 1969 and 1976 and had numerous runner-ups in other classics.

Remarkably, Godefroot informed the Tour de Flandres organization about the existence of the [[Koppenberg]]. From 1976, the hill was included in the course of the race.

At the end of his career, following the classics campaign in April 1977, he tested positive for a doping product along with several other top riders.

In 1981, Godefroot and his wife started a cycling shop in Deurle which still exists today.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Fietsen Godefroot |url=https://www.fietsengodefroot.be/ |website= |language=nl}}</ref>

He managed the [[IJsboerke (cycling team)|Capri-Sonne-Koga Miyata]], T-Mobile and Astana teams. He was notably the sports director of [[Bjarne Riis]], [[Jan Ullrich]] and [[Erik Zabel]] during the victorious Tour de France editions in 1996 and 1997, although Riis and Zabel later admitted they used [[Erythropoietin|EPO]] in the 1996 Tour de France.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 May 2007 |title=Former Tour de France winner Riis admits doping |url=http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=309530&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__sport/ |access-date=2007-05-26}}</ref>

Godefroot stepped down as team manager before the 2006 season and was replaced by [[Olaf Ludwig]]. After the exclusion of {{UCI team code|ONC|2006c}} from the [[2006 Tour de France]], Godefroot returned to the peloton when he became manager of [[Astana Qazaqstan Team|Astana]]. His contract was not renewed when it ran out in July 2007.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 July 2007 |title=Astana und Godefroot gehen getrennte Wege |language=de |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |agency=[[Sport-Informations-Dienst]] |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/radsport-astana-und-godefroot-gehen-getrennte-wege-a-491907.html |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> He then withdrew from professional cycling.

In his racing days he was called 'The Bulldog of Flanders'.

==Major results==
[[File:Peloton Dwars door België 1975, Maurice Terryn (collectie KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport).jpg|thumb|The peloton led by Godefroot in [[Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door België]], 1975]]
Source <ref>{{Cite web |title=Palmarès de Walter Godefroot (Bel) |url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/godefroot_walter.php |access-date= |website=Mémoire du Cyclisme}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Walter Godefroot – Victories |url=https://www.wvcycling.com/en/rider/27000/palmares/2022/ |publisher=WVCycling}}</ref>
===Road===
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
;1964
: 1st Stage 2 [[Tour de Berlin]]
: 3rd [[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg|15px|link=Gold medal]] [[Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Road race]], [[1964 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour de Tunisie]]
::1st Stages 1, 4 & 8
;1965
: 1st [[File:MaillotBélgica.PNG|20px]] [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[Omloop van het Zuidwesten]]
: 3rd [[Tielt–Antwerpen–Tielt]]
: 4th [[:fr:Circuit du Tournaisis|GP du Tournaisis]]
: 7th [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]]
: 8th Overall [[Tour du Nord]]
: 10th [[Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen]]
;1966
: 1st [[1966 Dwars door België|Dwars door België]]
: 1st [[Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé]]
: 1st [[:fr:Maaslandse Pijl|Maaslandse Pijl]]
: [[1966 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]]
::1st Stages 1a, 1b, 3, 6a & 8
: 1st Stage 3 [[Tour of Belgium]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification, [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 2nd [[1966 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
: 2nd [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 2nd [[Grand Prix d'Isbergues]]
: 2nd [[Bruxelles–Meulebeke]]
: 2nd [[Elfstedenronde|Circuit des Onze Villes]]
: 4th [[1966 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 4th [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]
: 4th [[Tour of Leuven|Grote Prijs Jef Scherens]]
: 6th [[1966 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 7th Overall [[Grand Prix du Midi Libre]]
::1st Stage 1
;1967
: 1st [[1967 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 1st [[Nokere Koerse]]
: 1st [[:fr:Maaslandse Pijl|Maaslandse Pijl]]
: 1st [[:nl:Memorial Fred De Bruyne|Memorial Fred De Bruyne]]
: 1st [[Porto–Lisboa]]
: [[1967 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 1b
::Held [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] after Stage 1b
: 1st Stage 7a [[1967 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 1st Stage 1 [[1967 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
: 2nd [[Gullegem Koerse]]
: 2nd [[Bruxelles–Meulebeke]]
: 2nd [[Omloop van de Vlasstreek]]
: 4th [[1967 Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke|Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke]]
: 5th [[1967 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 6th [[1967 Dwars door België|Dwars door België]]
: 7th [[1967 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 8th [[Tour of Leuven|Grote Prijs Jef Scherens]]
: 9th Overall [[1967 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 9th [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]]
;1968
: 1st [[1968 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 1st [[1968 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 1st [[1968 Dwars door België|Dwars door België]]
: [[1968 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stages 3b & 9
::Held [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]] after Stages 5a, 9 & 11–18
: [[1968 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
::1st Stages 2 & 6
: 1st Stage 2 [[1968 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 2nd [[1968 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 2nd [[1968 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 3rd [[1968 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 3rd [[Omloop van de Vlasstreek]]
: 4th [[1968 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
: 4th [[Bruxelles–Meulebeke]]
: 4th [[LuK Challenge Chrono|Baden-Baden]] (with [[Herman Vanspringel]])
: 6th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 8th Overall [[Vuelta a Andalucía]]
::1st Stages 3 & 8
: 9th [[1968 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 9th [[1968 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
;1969
: 1st [[1969 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 1st [[1969 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 1st [[Omloop van de Fruitstreek]]
: 1st [[Heusden Koers]]
: 1st [[Grand Prix of Aargau Canton|GP du canton d'Argovie]]
: 1st [[Critérium des As]]
: 1st [[Bordeaux–Paris]]
: 1st Stage 6b [[1969 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
: 1st Stage 3a [[1969 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 2nd [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 3rd [[GP Union Dortmund]]
: 4th [[1969 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 5th [[1969 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 5th [[1969 Dwars door België|Dwars door België]]
: 5th [[Bruxelles–Meulebeke]]
: 10th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
;1970
: 1st [[Züri-Metzgete]]
: 1st [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 1st [[Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria]]
: 1st [[Grand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence]]
: [[1970 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] [[Points classification in the Tour de France|Points classification]]
::1st Stages 4 & 5a
: 1st Stage 8 [[1970 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
: 2nd Overall [[Tour of Belgium]]
::1st Stage 3a
: 2nd [[1970 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 3rd [[1970 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 4th [[Coppa Placci]]
: 4th [[Halle–Ingooigem|Brussels–Ingooigem]]
: 5th [[1970 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 5th [[1970 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 6th [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 7th [[1970 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1970 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
: 9th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 10th [[:fr:Circuit du Tournaisis|GP du Tournaisis]]
;1971
: 1st [[Textielprijs Vichte]]
: [[1971 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 9
::Held [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] after Stages 1b & 9
: [[1971 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
::1st Stages 7 & 8
: 1st Stage 1 [[Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme]]
: 2nd [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]]
: 4th [[1971 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]
: 4th [[1971 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 5th [[1971 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 9th [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
;1972
: 1st [[File:MaillotBélgica.PNG|20px]] [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 5a [[1972 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 2nd [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 3rd [[1972 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]
: 3rd [[Nationale Sluitingsprijs]]
: 3rd [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]]
: 3rd [[Critérium des As]]
: 5th [[Elfstedenronde|Circuit des Onze Villes]]
: 6th [[1972 Scheldeprijs|Scheldeprijs]]
: 7th [[1972 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
;1973
: 1st [[Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen]]
: 1st [[Omloop der drie Provinciën]]
: 1st [[GP Briek Schotte]]
: 1st [[:fr:Circuit du Brabant central|Circuit du Brabant central]]
: [[1973 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stages 5 & 16a
: 1st Stage 4a [[1973 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Vuelta a Andalucía]]
: 2nd [[1973 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 2nd [[Flèche Halloise]]
: 3rd [[1973 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 3rd [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]]
: 3rd [[Bordeaux–Paris]]
: 4th [[1973 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 5th Overall [[Tour of Belgium]]
::1st Stage 1
: 5th [[1973 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
: 6th [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 6th [[1973 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 7th [[1973 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 7th [[1973 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]]
: 8th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 9th [[1973 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]]
: 10th [[1973 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 10th [[Elfstedenronde|Circuit des Onze Villes]]
;1974
: 1st [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
::1st Stage 3a
: 1st [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 1st [[Züri-Metzgete]]
:<s>3rd [[1974 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]</s> 
: 3rd [[1974 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]]
: 3rd [[Elfstedenronde|Circuit des Onze Villes]]
: 4th [[1974 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]
: 7th [[1974 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 8th [[1974 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 10th [[1974 Dwars door België|Dwars door België]]
;1975
: 1st Stage 22 [[1975 Tour de France|Tour de France]] 
: 2nd [[:fr:Omloop van de Westkust|Omloop van de Westkust]]
: 3rd [[1975 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 3rd [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 3rd [[Ronde van Limburg (Belgium)|Ronde van Limburg]]
: 3rd [[Grote Prijs Marcel Kint]]
: 4th [[1975 Dwars door België|Dwars door België]]
: 8th [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 8th [[1975 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
;1976
: 1st [[Bordeaux–Paris]]
: 1st Prologue ([[Team Time Trial|TTT]]) [[Tour de Luxembourg]]
: 2nd [[1976 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]
: 2nd [[Maël-Pestivien]]
: 3rd [[Züri-Metzgete]]
: 3rd [[Tour du Condroz]]
: 4th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 5th [[1976 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]]
: 5th [[1976 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 5th [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]]
: 6th [[Brussels Cycling Classic|Paris–Brussels]]
: 6th [[:fr:Circuit de la vallée de la Lys|Omloop van het Leiedal]]
: 7th [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 8th Overall [[Tour of Belgium]]
::1st Stage 2
: 8th [[1976 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 8th [[Egmont Cycling Race|Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem]]
: 10th [[1976 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]]
: 10th [[Grand Prix Pino Cerami]]
: 10th [[Grand Prix de Monaco (cycling)|Grand Prix de Monaco]]
;1977
: 1st [[Heusden Koers]]
: 1st Stage 3 [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
: 2nd [[1977 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 2nd [[Milano–Torino]]
: 2nd [[Bordeaux–Paris]]
: 3rd [[Züri-Metzgete]]
: 4th [[1977 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
: 5th [[Omloop van het Zuidwesten]]
: 6th [[1977 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
: 6th [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne|Omloop der Beide Vlaanderen]]
: 6th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 8th [[1977 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]]
: 10th [[1977 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|Road race]], [[1977 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
;1978
: 1st [[1978 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 2nd [[Egmont Cycling Race|Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem]]
: 2nd [[Grand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence]]
: 8th [[1978 Dwars door België|Dwars door België]]
: 9th [[1978 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen|E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]
: 9th [[Critérium des As]]
: 10th [[1978 Omloop Het Volk|Omloop Het Volk]]
;1979
: 1st [[Circuit des Frontières]]
: 1st [[:NL:Sint-Elooisprijs 1979|Ruddervoorde Koerse]]
: 1st Stage 1a ([[Team Time Trial|TTT]]) [[Tour de Belgium]]
: 2nd [[Boucles de l'Aulne|Circuit de l'Aulne]]
: 2nd [[Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde]]
: 3rd [[:nl:Memorial Fred De Bruyne|Memorial Fred De Bruyne]]
: 6th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
: 8th [[1979 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
: 8th [[1979 Dwars door België|Dwars door België]]
: 9th [[Druivenkoers Overijse]]
{{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 1965
! scope="col" | 1966
! scope="col" | 1967
! scope="col" | 1968
! 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
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A gold jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
|[[1965 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1966 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1967 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1968 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1969 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1970 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1971 Vuelta a España|30]]
|[[1972 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1973 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1974 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1975 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1976 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1977 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1978 Vuelta a España|—]]
|[[1979 Vuelta a España|—]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|[[1965 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1966 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1967 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1968 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1969 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1970 Giro d'Italia|55]]
|[[1971 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1972 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1973 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1974 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1975 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1976 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1977 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1978 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|[[1979 Giro d'Italia|—]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|[[1965 Tour de France|—]]
|[[1966 Tour de France|—]]
|[[1967 Tour de France|60]]
|[[1968 Tour de France|20]]
|[[1969 Tour de France|—]]
|[[1970 Tour de France|29]]
|[[1971 Tour de France|DNF]]
|[[1972 Tour de France|44]]
|[[1973 Tour de France|65]]
|[[1974 Tour de France|—]]
|[[1975 Tour de France|51]]
|[[1976 Tour de France|—]]
|[[1977 Tour de France|—]]
|[[1978 Tour de France|—]]
|[[1979 Tour de France|—]]
|}

===Classics results timeline===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" colspan=19 align=center| Monuments results timeline
|-
! Monument
! scope="col" | 1965
! scope="col" | 1966
! scope="col" | 1967
! scope="col" | 1968
! 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
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Milan–San Remo]]
|[[1965 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|[[1966 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1967 Milan–San Remo|7]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1968 Milan–San Remo|9]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1969 Milan–San Remo|5]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1970 Milan–San Remo|5]]
|[[1971 Milan–San Remo|21]]
|[[1972 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1973 Milan–San Remo|10]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1974 Milan–San Remo|7]]
|[[1975 Milan–San Remo|30]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1976 Milan–San Remo|10]]
|[[1977 Milan–San Remo|16]]
|[[1978 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|[[1979 Milan–San Remo|—]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]]
|[[1965 Tour of Flanders|—]]
|[[1966 Tour of Flanders|27]]
|[[1967 Tour of Flanders|15]]
|style="background:gold;"|[[1968 Tour of Flanders|'''1''']]
|[[1969 Tour of Flanders|13]]
|style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[1970 Tour of Flanders|'''2''']]
|[[1971 Tour of Flanders|19]]
|[[1972 Tour of Flanders|—]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1973 Tour of Flanders|6]]
|[[1974 Tour of Flanders|<s>3</s>]]
|[[1975 Tour of Flanders|14]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1976 Tour of Flanders|8]]
|style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[1977 Tour of Flanders|'''2''']]
|style="background:gold;"|[[1978 Tour of Flanders|'''1''']]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1979 Tour of Flanders|8]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Paris–Roubaix]]
|[[1965 Paris–Roubaix|—]]
|[[1966 Paris–Roubaix|20]]
|[[1967 Paris–Roubaix|34]]
|style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1968 Paris–Roubaix|'''3''']]
|style="background:gold;"|[[1969 Paris–Roubaix|'''1''']]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1970 Paris–Roubaix|5]]
|[[1971 Paris–Roubaix|13]]
|[[1972 Paris–Roubaix|—]]
|style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[1973 Paris–Roubaix|'''2''']]
|[[1974 Paris–Roubaix|18]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1975 Paris–Roubaix|8]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1976 Paris–Roubaix|5]]
|[[1977 Paris–Roubaix|15]]
|[[1978 Paris–Roubaix|11]]
|[[1979 Paris–Roubaix|13]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
|[[1965 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1966 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|4]]
|style="background:gold;"|[[1967 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|'''1''']]
|style="background:#C0C0C0;"|[[1968 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|'''2''']]
|[[1969 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|18]]
|[[1970 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1971 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1973 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|'''3''']]
|[[1974 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|14]]
|style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[1975 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|'''3''']]
|[[1976 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|12]]
|[[1977 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1978 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|—]]
|[[1979 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|30]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[Giro di Lombardia]]
|[[1965 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1966 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1967 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1968 Giro di Lombardia|14]]
|[[1969 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1970 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1971 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1972 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1973 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1974 Giro di Lombardia|22]]
|[[1975 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1976 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1977 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1978 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|[[1979 Giro di Lombardia|—]]
|-
|}

===Major championship results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" |
! scope="col" | 1965
! scope="col" | 1966
! scope="col" | 1967
! scope="col" | 1968
! 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
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px|link=Classification in the World Championships|alt=Rainbow jersey]] [[UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|World Championships]]
|[[1965 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|20]]
|[[1966 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|—]]
|[[1967 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|—]]
|[[1968 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
|[[1969 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|19]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1970 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|7]]
|[[1971 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|41]]
|[[1972 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
|[[1973 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|11]]
|[[1974 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|—]]
|[[1975 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|—]]
|[[1976 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|19]]
|style="background:#ddddff;"|[[1977 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|10]]
|[[1978 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|22]]
|[[1979 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left; background:#efefef;"|[[File:MaillotBélgica.svg|20px|link=Classification in the Belgian National Road Race Championships|alt=Belgian jersey]] [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|National Championships]]
|style="background:gold;"|'''1'''
|13
|27
|17
|style="background:#C0C0C0;"|'''2'''
|style="background:#ddddff;"|6
|—
|style="background:gold;"|'''1'''
|style="background:#ddddff;"|6
|—
|style="background:#ddddff;"|8
|11
|11
|16
|—
|}

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

===Criterium===
;1965
: 1st Critérium de Libramont
;1967
: 1st Circuit de l'Armorique à Ploudalmézeau
: 1st Circuit du Maasland
;1970
: 1st Critérium de Boulogne-sur-Mer
;1975
: 1st Critérium De Panne

===Track===
;1966
: 1st [[Six Days of Madrid]] (with [[Emiel Severeyns]])
;1971
: 3rd [[Six Days of Antwerp]]
;1972
: 3rd [[Six Days of Ghent]] (with [[Graeme Gilmore]])
;1973
: 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (with [[Norbert Seeuws]])
: 3rd [[Six Days of Antwerp]]
;1975
: 3rd Madison, National Track Championships (with [[Freddy Maertens]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tour de France Green Jersey}}
{{Belgian National Road Race Championships (men)}}
{{Tour of Flanders winners}}
{{Paris–Roubaix winners}}
{{Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners}}

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