Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (born 31 May 1955 in

Mouscron Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropol ...

) is a

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and

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. He is an uncle of

Frank Vandenbroucke Frank Vandenbroucke is the name of: *Frank Vandenbroucke (politician) (born 1955), Belgian politician *Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist) Frank Vandenbroucke (6 November 1974 – 12 October 2009) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. After ...

. He was a prologue specialist, winning 19 prologues throughout his career.

Cycling career

He won the one-day classic Blois-Chaville (a reconfigured version of Paris-Tours) in 1982. However, certain victory in the race was snatched from Laurent Fignon, who broke a pedal crank while in the lead near the finish.

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* 1955 births Living people People from Mouscron Belgian male cyclists Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Hainaut (province) {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1950s-stub