Eric Leman
 Leman in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eric Leman |
| Born | 17 July 1946 Ledegem, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1968–1971 | Flandria |
| 1972 | Bic |
| 1973 | Peugeot–BP–Michelin |
| 1974 | MIC–Ludo–De Gribaldy |
| 1975 | Alsaver-Jeunet-De Gribaldy |
| 1976 | Zoppas–Splendor |
| 1977 | Carpenter-Splendor |
| Major wins | |
| Tour of Flanders (1970, 1972, 1973) Tour de France, 5 stages Vuelta a España, 1 stage Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1968) | |
Eric Leman (born 17 July 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from West Flanders, Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders three times.[1]
Major results
- 1968
- 1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1st, Porto–Lisboa
- 1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, Stage 21, Tour de France
- 1969
- 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1st, Stage 3, Paris–Nice
- 1st, Stages 1, 2, 5 and 7, Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st, Stage 3, Tour de France
- 1970
- 1st, GP Briek Schotte
- 1st, Tour of Flanders
- 1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice
- 1st, Stage 1 and 3b, Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st, Prologue, Tour of Belgium
- 1971
- 1st, Gullegem Koerse
- 1st, Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen
- 1st, Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 1st, Stage 1a and 5a, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st, Stages 1, 2a and 4, Paris–Nice
- 1st, Prologue B and Stage 2, Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st, Stage 1a, 6a and 7, Tour de France
- 1972
- 1st, Tour of Flanders
- 1st, Stage 4, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, Stages 1 and 3, Paris–Nice
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour of Belgium
- 1973
- 1st, Tour of Flanders
- 1st, Stage 2b, Paris–Nice
- 1974
- 1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice
- 1st, Stage 2, Vuelta a España
- 1975
- 1st, Stage 1, Paris–Nice
- 1976
- 1st, Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
- 1977
- 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a Aragón
References
- ^ Larousse Tour des Flandres " Les Belges Achille Bruyne, Éric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen et l'Italien Fiorenzo Magni figurent, avec trois victoires chacun, en tête du palmarès de cette classique créée en 1913 et traditionnellement organisé le premier dimanche d'avril. "
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