Luc Roosen (born 17 September 1964, in
Bree) is a retired
road racing
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cyclist
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from Belgium, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1997.
Career achievements
He competed in six
Tours de France
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, as well as one edition each of the
Giro d'Italia and
Vuelta a España
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. He also finished in second place in the
1990 Amstel Gold Race. Roosen obtained a total of sixteen victories during his professional career, including the
1991 Tour de Suisse.
Major results
;1986
: 8th Overall
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
::1st Stage 4b
: 8th Overall
Tour of Belgium
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It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Betw ...
;1987
: 1st Stage 6a
Grand Prix du Midi Libre
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: 3rd
GP Stad Zottegem
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: 7th
Grand Prix de Fourmies
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;1988
: 1st
Tour du Haut Var
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: 1st Stage 5
Tour de Suisse
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: 2nd
Druivenkoers-Overijse
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: 2nd Overall
Vuelta a Aragón
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: 3rd
Milano–Torino
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: 4th
Giro di Lombardia
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: 4th
Grand Prix de Wallonie
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: 5th
Züri-Metzgete
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: 6th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
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;1989
: 2nd Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
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::1st Stage 4
: 2nd Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
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::1st Stage 4a
: 3rd
Tour du Haut Var
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: 3rd
Giro di Lombardia
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: 4th
Rund um den Henninger Turm
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* Ruud R ...
: 9th Overall
Paris–Nice
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: 10th
La Flèche Wallonne
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The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
;1990
: 1st
Trophée des Grimpeurs
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: 1st Stage 3
Tour de Suisse
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: 1st Stage 7
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
: 2nd
Amstel Gold Race
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: 2nd
Trofeo Luis Puig
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: 3rd Overall
Tour de Romandie
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: 5th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional r ...
: 6th Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
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: 10th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
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;1991
: 1st Overall
Tour de Suisse
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::1st Stage 2
: 1st Stage 3a
Tour Méditerranéen
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: 3rd Overall
Tour du Vaucluse
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Cav ...
::1st Stage 4
: 9th
Züri-Metzgete
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;1992
: 3rd
Giro del Friuli
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: 5th
Amstel Gold Race
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: 7th
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
: 8th
Grand Prix des Amériques
: 9th
Road race,
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
: 10th
Wincanton Classic
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It was first held in 1989 in Newcastle, moving to Brigh ...
;1993
: 10th Overall
Tour Méditerranéen
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* Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service
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;1994
: 2nd Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
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;1995
: 2nd Overall Niederösterreich Rundfahrt
: 3rd
Gent–Wevelgem
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: 6th Overall West Virginia Classic
: 9th
Trofeo Laigueglia
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;1996
: 2nd Overall
Tour of Austria
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::1st Stage 9
;1997
: 4th
De Brabantse Pijl
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: 9th
Grand Prix de Wallonie
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
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1964 births
Living people
Belgian male cyclists
Cyclists from Ghent
Tour de Suisse stage winners
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