Pol Verschuere (
Kortrijk
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, 18 January 1955) was a
Belgian
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* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
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professional
road bicycle racer
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. Verschuere won a stage in the
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – ...
,
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
and the
1986 Tour de France
The 1986 Tour de France was a cycling race held in France, from 4 July to 27 July. It was the 73rd running of the Tour de France. Greg LeMond of won the race, ahead of his teammate Bernard Hinault. It was the first ever victory for a rider outs ...
.
Major results
;1975
: National Amateur Road Race Championship
;1978
:Izegem
:Kortrijk
:Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles
;1979
:
Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road ...
;1980
:Soignies
:
Tour de France
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:
::Winner stage 22
;1981
:
Le Samyn
Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...
;1982
:Ninove
:
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
:
::Winner stage 7
:Beernem
;1983
:Dentergem
;1986
:De Haan
:
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
:
::Winner stage 1
;1987
:Beernem
External links
*
Official Tour de France results for Pol Verschuere
Belgian male cyclists
1955 births
Living people
Belgian Tour de France stage winners
Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners
Sportspeople from Kortrijk
Cyclists from West Flanders
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