Leonardus Quirinus Machutus ("Leo") van Vliet (born 15 November 1955) was a professional racing cyclist from 1978 to 1986. He came in 40th in the road race at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

, Canada.Leo van Vliet
sports-reference.com Van Vliet's biggest success was the 1983

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...

. He also won the seventh stage of the 1979 Tour de France. After his career, he became the director of the only Dutch cycling classic, the

Amstel Gold Race The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classic ...

. He is not related to another Dutch cyclist of the 1980s,

Teun van Vliet Teun van Vliet (born 22 March 1962 in Vlaardingen, South Holland) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1984 to 1990. Van Vliet's best year was 1987, when he won Gent–Wevelgem, Omloop "Het Vol ...

Tour de France results

* 1980 – 51st * 1982 – 52nd *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

– 75th *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

– 79th

Major results

;1976 :

Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands. History A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, w ...

;1977 :Omloop der Kempen :Ronde van Limburg ;1978 :Santpoort ;1979 :GP de Wallonie :Hengelo :

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: ::Winner stage 7 :Made :Profronde van Wateringen :Kortenhoef ;1980 :GP Barjac :GP Stad Vilvoorde :Hansweert :La Marseillaise :Largentière :Maarheze :Mijl van Mares :Profronde van Pijnacker :Steenwijk :Valkenburg ;1982 : Gouden Pijl Emmen :Kloosterzande :Petegem-aan-de-Leie :Sint-Willebrord :Profronde van Wateringen ;1983 : National Track Points Race Championship : Four Days of Dunkirk :Schijndel :Valkenburg :

:Leende ;1984 :Dongen :Hansweert :Kortenhoef ;1985 :Maasland :Tiel

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* * 1955 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Dutch Tour de France stage winners People from Naaldwijk Cyclists from South Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub

Tour de France results

Major results

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