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

: 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

: 3rd Dwars door West–Vlaanderen : 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm : 3rd

: 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

* 1947 births 1994 deaths Belgian male cyclists 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1940s-stub