Noël Vantyghem (9 October 1947 – 10 June 1994) was a Belgian professional cyclist.
Vantyghem's biggest win was the
1972 Paris–Tours. Later, he remarked "Together with
Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an ...
, I won all classics races that could be won. I won Paris–Tours, he the rest."
Major results
;1968
: 1st
National Amateur Road Race Championships
: 1st Stage 2
Peace Race
The Peace Race (, , , (), , , , ) is a cycling race that was established as the largest event in Eastern Europe after the Second World War. Since 2013, it has been run as one of the most prestigious stage races for national U23 teams.
Histo ...
: 2nd Overall
Tour of Greece
The Tour of Hellas is a road bicycle racing stage race. It consists of five stages and is usually held between April and May. The race was first held in 1968 as the ''Antiquities Trophy'', and was later known as the ''Tour of Hellas (or Greece) ...
::1st Stage 2
;1969
: 1st
Gullegem Koerse
The Gullegem Koerse is a single-day Road bicycle racing, road cycling race held annually in Wevelgem, Belgium over a course consisting of eight 20-kilometer laps. The race was first organized in 1942 and is one of the most important criterium race ...
: 2nd
GP Isbergues
: 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 ...
;1970
: 1st
Grand Prix de Fourmies
The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. From 2005 to 2019 it was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021, it joined the UCI ProSeries
The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's ...
: 1st
Circuit des Frontières
The Circuit des Frontières was a one-day race (cycling), one-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race held annually in Belgium from 1964 until 1995.
Winners
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Circuit des Frontieres
Cycle races in Belgium
Recurr ...
: 2nd
Schaal Sels
Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Winners Men
...
: 2nd
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 ...
;1971
: 1st Stage 2
Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
: 3rd
Omloop Het Volk
;1972
: 1st
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...
: 1st
Circuit des Frontières
The Circuit des Frontières was a one-day race (cycling), one-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race held annually in Belgium from 1964 until 1995.
Winners
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Circuit des Frontieres
Cycle races in Belgium
Recurr ...
: 1st
Schaal Sels
Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Winners Men
...
: 1st Stage 2
Four Days of Dunkirk
The Four Days of Dunkirk () 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 held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...
: 2nd
Dwars door Vlaanderen
''Dwars door Vlaanderen'' ('Across Flanders') is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI Wor ...
: 2nd
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 race started out as 'Dokter Tistaertprijs' in 1934. Between 1971 ...
: 3rd
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 ...
: 3rd
Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
: 3rd
Rund um den Henninger Turm
: 3rd
Grand Prix de Fourmies
The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. From 2005 to 2019 it was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021, it joined the UCI ProSeries
The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's ...
: 9th
Omloop Het Volk
;1973
: 1st
Nokere Koerse
Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders.
The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...
: 4th
Omloop Het Volk
References
External links
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1947 births
1994 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
20th-century Belgian sportsmen
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