Willy Schroeders (9 December 1932 in Sint-Agatha-Rode,

Huldenberg Huldenberg () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns and villages of Huldenberg proper, Loonbeek, , Ottenburg and Sint-Agatha-Rode. On January 1, 2011, Huldenberg had a total popul ...

– 28 October 2017) was a

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language ...

professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. He was professional from 1955 to 1965. He had 30 professional victories which included three stage wins in the Giro d'Italia as well as wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the

general classification The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi-stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumulati ...

in the

1962 Tour de France The 1962 Tour de France was the 49th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race consisted of 22 stages, including two split stages, starting in Nancy on 24 June and finishing at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 15 J ...

Palmarès

;1956 :GP du Brabant Wallon :

Omloop van Midden-België The Omloop van Midden-België was a men's cycling race organized for the last time in 1979. The start and finish place was Lier, Belgium. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Fred De Bruyne, Herman Van Springel and Willy P ...

:Omloop van het Westen :Puurs :Zellik ;1957 :Den Bosch :Ninove :

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 competiti ...

:Mechelen :Haacht :Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe :Hoegaarden ;1958 :Deinze :Machelen ;1959 :GP des Ardennes :GP du Brabant Wallon :Mechelen :Aalter ;1960 :Drie Zustersteden :Wavre :

Ninove Ninove () is a city and municipality located in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. It is situated on the river Dender, and is part of the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the city of Ninove proper and since the 1976 merger of ...

;1961 :Sint-Katelijne-Waver :Kumtich : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stages 3 and 19 ;1962 :GP Stad Vilvoorde : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 6 :

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 ...

: ::Leading

for three stages ;1963 :Brussel/Berchem - Ingooigem :Kontich :

Halle–Ingooigem Halle–Ingooigem is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in West Flanders, 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 competit ...

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* * 1932 births 2017 deaths Belgian male cyclists Belgian Giro d'Italia stage winners Cyclists from Flemish Brabant People from Huldenberg {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1930s-stub