Eddy Verstraeten (15 September 1948, in

Leuven Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...

– 7 December 2005, in

Booischot Heist-op-den-Berg () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Heist-op-den-Berg proper (including the hamlets: Heist-Goor, Heist-Station, Zonderschot, Heist-Centrum and Bruggeneinde), the villages o ...

) was a

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professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. Verstraeten won stage 2B of the

1973 Tour de France The 1973 Tour de France was the 60th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 30 June and 22 July, with 20 stages covering a distance of . Eddy Merckx, winner of the previous four editions, did not start ...

Major results

; Source: ;1970 : 1st Stage 1

Peace Race The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

: 1st Trofee Het Volk : 1st Puurs : 2nd

Heistse Pijl The Heistse Pijl is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June around the municipality of Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Since 2016, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of r ...

: 2nd

Flèche Ardennaise The Flèche Ardennaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in the province of Liège, Belgium. Since 2010, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

amateurs ;1971 : 1st

Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis The Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis was a one-day race (cycling), one-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race held annually in Belgium from 1982 until 1994. The race took place between Kampenhout and Sint-Niklaas in the Flemish Region of Belgium. ...

: 1st Omloop van Midden-Brabant : 2nd

Elfstedenronde The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic. The race has also been called the Tour des Onze Villes and the Circuit des ...

: 3rd

Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Ninove, Belgium. The 169 km race is named after the local cyclists Kamiel Beeckman and Edgard de Caluwé, winner of the Tour of Flanders The Tour of F ...

: 4th

Ronde van Brabant The Ronde van Brabant was a men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1971. The race was run in Lubbeek in the Belgian Province of Brabant. The competition's roll of honor includes the success of Rik Van Looy Henri "Rik" Van Looy (b ...

:5th Omloop van Midden-België ;1972 : 1st Booischot : 1st Omloop van Midden-België : 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) : 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem : 2nd

: 2nd Grand Prix de Hannut (fr) : 3rd

Dwars door België Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Across Flanders)'' is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI W ...

:5th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

;1973 : 1st Booischot : 1st Circuit du Port de Dunkerque (fr) : 1st Drogenbos : 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) :

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

: ::1st stage 2a ( TTT) and 2b : 1st Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles :3rd Circuit du Tournaisis :4th

Grote 1-MeiPrijs The Grote 1-MeiPrijs (also named Ereprijs Victor De Bruyne) was a European single-day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, around Hoboken. From 2005, the race was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental C ...

;1974 : 1st Beveren-Leie : 1st Grand Prix de Hannut (fr) : 1st Hyon–Mons : 2nd

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Belgian cycling season. ...

: 2nd Maaslandse Pijl (fr) : 2nd

Omloop van het Zuidwesten The Omloop van het Zuidwesten was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1982. The course was around 185 km, with Hulste as both start and finish place. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Roger De Vlaemin ...

: 3rd

GP Stad Zottegem Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competit ...

: 3rd

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...

;1975 : 1st

Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belg ...

: 1st Stage 1

Tour of the Netherlands The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Eneco To ...

( TTT) : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

( TTT) : 2nd

Omloop van het Waasland Omloop van het Waasland ("Circuit of Waasland") is a bicycle road race held annually in the Belgian region of Waasland. Since 2009, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is also known for being the last professional cyclin ...

: 2nd Omloop der Zennevallei : 4th

Schaal Sels Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...

;1976 : 1st Booischot : 1st

: 1st Teralfene : 3rd Maaslandse Pijl (fr) : 3rd

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ev ...

: 3rd Mémorial Thijssen : 3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman (nl) ;1977 : 1st Nieuwkerken-Waas : 1st Sint-Katelijne-Waver : 2nd Circuit de Neeroeteren : 2nd

Nationale Sluitingsprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a semi classic European bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

:7th

Tour du Condroz The Tour de Condroz was a Belgian cycling race organized for the last time in 1978. With Brussels as starting place, the major part of the course was situated in the Condroz region of the Ardennes, Liège. Nandrin was the finish place. The co ...

;1978 : 1st

Berner Rundfahrt Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women. Men's event The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour. Women' ...

: 1st Grote 1-Mei Prijs : 1st Booischot : 1st Putte-Mechelen : 2nd

GP Stad Vilvoorde The GP Stad Vilvoorde is a single-day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian city of Vilvoorde. The race was first organized in 1931. The race was Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better ...

: 2nd Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) : 2nd

Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in the municipality of Kruibeke, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a ...

:3rd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen : 3rd Puivelde Koerse (nl) ;1979 : 1st Duffel : 1st

: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium : 1st Oostrozebeke : 2nd GP E5 Heverlee ;1980 : 1st Booischot : 1st Mortsel : 1st Bonheiden : 3rd

: 4th

Flèche Halloise The Flèche Halloise was a Belgian single-day road bicycle race organized for the last time in 1981. The name refers to the finish place Halle in Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province ...

: 5th

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world c ...

: 5th

: 8th Bordeaux–Paris ;1981 : 1st Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen : 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem : 2nd

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Eddy Verstraeten
1948 births 2005 deaths Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from Leuven {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub