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Road bicycle racer
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Male
Place of birth
Wilrijk, Belgium
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LeoAge
75 years
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DAF Trucks
Van Cauter-Magniflex-de Gribaldy
Bianchi-Piaggio
Rokado
IJsboerke
Hertekamp
Boule d'Or-Sunair-Colnago
Malvor-Bottecchia
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Biography
Rik Van Linden (born 28 July 1949 in Wilrijk, Antwerp) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer who won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France. He also won several stages in all of the three Grand Tours. He also won the classic cycle race Paris–Tours twice (1971, 1973).
Major results
- 1968
Belgium National Junior Road Race Championship- 1969
- Omloop van de Grensstreek
- 1970
- Belgium National Track Omnium Amateur Championship
- 1971
- Denderbelle
- Ekeren
- Wilrijk
- Paris–Tours
- 1972
- Eeklo
- Knokke
- Koksijde
- Londerzeel
- Mortsel
- Ninove
- Sint-Niklaas
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 2
- 1973
- Belsele - Puivelde
- Brasschaat
- Fuenterrabia
- 1973 Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stages 7 and 17
- Ulestraten
- Nijmegen
- Tienen
- Paris–Tours
- 1974
- Brasschaat
- Giro di Sardegna
- Mijl van Mares
- Ninove
- Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen
- Oostrozebeke
- Ulvenhout
- Vuelta a España:
- Winner stages 3 and 4
- Wilrijk
- Wuustwezel
- Zwevezele
- Duffel
- 1975
- Deinze
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stage 5
- GP Union Dortmund
- Luzern
- Milano–Vignola
- Sint-Niklaas
- Tour de France:
- Valkenburg
- Wuustwezel
- Boxmeer
- 1976
- Aalst
- Berlare
- Boblingen
- Böblingen
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stages 3 and 15
- 1976
- Heindonk
- Milano–Vignola (with Pierino Gavazzi)
- Montegrotte
- Welkenraedt
- Zele
- Zwijndrecht
- Giro di Campania
- Dordrecht
- 1977
- Bilzen
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stage 2A
- Knokke
- København
- Six days of Milan (with Felice Gimondi)
- Mortsel
- Niel
- Sint-Niklaas
- Valkenswaard
- Wilrijk
- Aarhus
- Milano–Torino
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stages 1, 5 and 6
- Milano–Vignola
- Belgium National Track Derny Championship
- Sint-Niklaas
- 1979
- Koksijde
- Belgium National Track Derny Championship
- 1980
- Harlingen
- 1981
- Londerzeel
- Ruddervoorde
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