Noël Van Clooster (2 December 1943 – 12 July 2022
) was a Belgian former
racing cyclist
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.
He rode in four editions of the
Tour de France
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, as well as two editions of the
Giro d'Italia
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and one
Vuelta a España
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.
Major results
;1965
: 1st
Kattekoers
: 1st Stage 2a
Tour du Nord
: 3rd
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais
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;1966
: 2nd
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...
: 8th
Rund um den Henninger Turm
Rund is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Cathleen Rund (born 1977), German swimmer
* Hanno Rund (1925–1993), German mathematician
* Thorsten Rund (born 1976), German road and track cyclist
See also
* Rand (surname)
* Ruud R ...
;1967
: 1st
De Kustpijl
De Kustpijl is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale
The Union Cy ...
;1968
: 5th Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía
The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...
::1st Stage 4
;1969
: 1st
Omloop van het Houtland Lichtervelde
;1970
: 1st
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...
: 1st Torhout
: 2nd
GP Union Dortmund
: 2nd GP Flandria
;1971
: 1st
Brussels–Ingooigem
: 4th
Rund um den Henninger Turm
Rund is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Cathleen Rund (born 1977), German swimmer
* Hanno Rund (1925–1993), German mathematician
* Thorsten Rund (born 1976), German road and track cyclist
See also
* Rand (surname)
* Ruud R ...
: 4th
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...
: 9th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...
;1972
: 1st
Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
: 1st
De Kustpijl
De Kustpijl is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale
The Union Cy ...
: 2nd Overall
Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
: 2nd
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...
: 5th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...
;1974
: 4th
Bordeaux–Paris
The Bordeaux–Paris professional road bicycle racing, cycle race was one of Europe's classic cycle races, and one of the longest in the professional calendar, covering approximately – more than twice most single-day races. It started in north ...
References
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1943 births
2022 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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