Eddy Schepers (born 12 December 1955) is a Belgian former professional cyclist. He was a professional cyclist from 1978 to 1990 where he rode for many teams including C&A, Carrera and . He started out in the C&A cycling team of Belgian

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before riding for various teams. He competed in the individual road race event at the

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. In 1986 he rode alongside Irish cyclist

Stephen Roche Stephen Roche (; born 28 November 1959) is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only two cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de Fr ...

for the first time in the Carrera cycling team and he became a loyal teammate of Roche that year. During the following year, Schepers was instrumental in Roche winning the 1987 Giro d'Italia and the

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in supporting him on the road and also against the rest of the team who wanted the Italian

Roberto Visentini Roberto Visentini (born 2 June 1957) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who won the White Jersey in the 1978 Giro, finished in the top 10 of the 1979, 1980, and 1981 Giro's, made the podium in 1983, wore the Maglia Rosa fo ...

to win the Giro d'Italia. On the fifth stage of the 1987 Giro d'Italia, Schepers let his breakaway companion Jean-Claude Bagot take the stage win in exchange for team support from Bagot's Fagor team if it was called upon in the future. In spite of working for Roche in the Giro d'Italia, Schepers still managed to place 12th in the general classification. Again in the 1987 edition of the

, Schepers provided Roche with crucial support while the rest of the team did not. Afterwards Schepers went with Roche to the Fagor team but with Roche past his peak due to chronic knee injury, their association stopped. Schepers spent his last year in the peloton riding for the Belgian team Tulip Computers. His career victories include the overall of the

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stage race in 1977 and the first stage of the 1985

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Major results

;1977 : 1st Overall

: 1st Overall

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;1978 : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude ;1979 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd

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: 5th

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: 9th Overall GP du Midi-Libre ;1980 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 10th

;1981 : 6th

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: 6th

: 7th

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: 8th

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;1983 : 4th

;1985 : 1st Stage 1

: 6th Overall

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;1986 : 8th Overall

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;1987 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia : 4th Overall

: 8th

;1988 : 9th Overall

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References

Notes

The Agony and the Ecstasy: Stephen Roche's World of Cycling (Hardcover) by Stephen Roche (Author), David Walsh (Author) 1988 {{DEFAULTSORT:Schepers, Eddy 1955 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Belgium People from Tienen Cyclists from Flemish Brabant