Willy Van Neste (born 10 March 1944) is a retired Belgian 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 ...

who competed as a professional from 1966 to 1976. He participated in seven editions of the

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 ...

, where he won a stage in the

1967 Tour de France The 1967 Tour de France was the 54th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 29 June and 23 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of . Thirteen national teams of ten riders competed, with three French ...

and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for the following day. Other career highlights include winning the

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

in 1970, the Züri-Metzgete in 1972 and Grand Prix de Fourmies in 1967. He also finished second in the 1968 Gent–Wevelgem and the 1970 Amstel Gold Race.

Major results

;1965 :Tour de Namur ;1966 :Flèche Ardennaise :Wavre – Liège ;1967 :Arras :Lokeren Criterium :Wieze :Zwevezele :

: ::Winner stage 2 ::Wearing yellow jersey for one day :GP Fourmies ;1969 :Ronse – Doornik – Ronse ;1970 :Zwevezele :Four days of Dunkerque ;1971 :De Panne :Kortrijk :Westrozebeke ;1972 : Zürich-Metzgete

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* * Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners 1944 births Living people Cyclists from West Flanders People from Wingene {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub