Herman Frison (born 16 April 1961, in

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) is a former

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professional road bicycle racer and former assistant manager at Lotto-Soudal. During the 1987 Tour de France he managed to go on a solo attack during a relatively short stage that took place entirely within

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. Stage 4 was only about 80km long and went from Stuttgart to

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, but Frison managed to stay away from the

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and win the stage by about a minute and a half ahead of the main field.

Major results

;1984 :Booischot ;1985 :Tongerlo ;1986 :GP Stad Vilvoorde :Leeuwse Pijl :Chaumont - Gistoux ;1987 :Peer : Four Days of Dunkirk :

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 ...

: ::Winner stage 4 :Grote 1-Mei Prijs ;1988 :Polder-Kempen :Kalmthout :Humbeek :Geetbets ;1989 :Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen :Sint-Katelijne-Waver :Viane ;1990 :

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was cr ...

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;1991 : Nationale Sluitingsprijs :Wetteren ;1992 :Wavre :Dilsen ;1993 :

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;1994 :Heusden O-Vlaanderen

External links

* * Belgian male cyclists 1961 births Living people Belgian Tour de France stage winners People from Geel Cyclists from Antwerp Province {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub