Hertekamp was a Belgian professional

cycling team A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ...

that existed from 1970 to 1973. The team participated in the Giro d'Italia in

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

and

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

and the

1971 Vuelta a España The 26th Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance Bicycle racing, bicycle Stage (bicycle race), stage race and one of the three Grand Tour (cycling), grand tours, was held from 29 April to 16 May 1971. It consisted of 17 stage ...

. Jean Ronsmans won the 4th stage of the latter. The road team folded after 1973, and converted to a cyclo-cross team, which existed until 1988.

References

Cycling teams based in Belgium Defunct cycling teams based in Belgium 1970 establishments in Belgium 1973 disestablishments in Belgium Cycling teams established in 1970 Cycling teams disestablished in 1973 {{Belgium-sport-team-stub