Eddy Verstraeten
- December 7, 2005
- 57 years
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Eddy Verstraeten, 57, Belgian road bicycle racer.
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|Eddy Verstraeten (15 September 1948, in Leuven – 7 December 2005, in Booischot) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Verstraeten won stage 2B of the 1973 Tour de France.
Major results
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- 1970
- 1st Stage 1 Peace Race
- 1st Trofee Het Volk
- 1st Puurs
- 2nd Heistse Pijl
- 2nd Flèche Ardennaise amateurs
- 1971
- 1st Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis
- 1st Omloop van Midden-Brabant
- 2nd Elfstedenronde
- 3rd Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
- 4th Ronde van Brabant
- 5th Omloop van Midden-België
- 1972
- 1st Booischot
- 1st Omloop van Midden-België
- 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr)
- 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem
- 2nd Heistse Pijl
- 2nd Grand Prix de Hannut (fr)
- 3rd Dwars door België
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1973
- 1st Booischot
- 1st Circuit du Port de Dunkerque (fr)
- 1st Drogenbos
- 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr)
- Tour de France:
- 1st stage 2a (TTT) and 2b
- 1st Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles
- 3rd Circuit du Tournaisis
- 4th Grote 1-MeiPrijs
- 1974
- 1st Beveren-Leie
- 1st Grand Prix de Hannut (fr)
- 1st Hyon–Mons
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2nd Maaslandse Pijl (fr)
- 2nd Omloop van het Zuidwesten
- 3rd GP Stad Zottegem
- 3rd Grand Prix de Denain
- 1975
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Netherlands (TTT)
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg (TTT)
- 2nd Omloop van het Waasland
- 2nd Omloop der Zennevallei
- 4th Schaal Sels
- 1976
- 1st Booischot
- 1st Omloop van het Waasland
- 1st Teralfene
- 3rd Maaslandse Pijl (fr)
- 3rd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Mémorial Thijssen
- 3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman (nl)
- 1977
- 1st Nieuwkerken-Waas
- 1st Sint-Katelijne-Waver
- 2nd Circuit de Neeroeteren
- 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 7th Tour du Condroz
- 1978
- 1st Berner Rundfahrt
- 1st Grote 1-Mei Prijs
- 1st Booischot
- 1st Putte-Mechelen
- 2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde
- 2nd Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr)
- 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 3rd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 3rd Puivelde Koerse (nl)
- 1979
- 1st Duffel
- 1st Heistse Pijl
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium
- 1st Oostrozebeke
- 2nd GP E5 Heverlee
- 1980
- 1st Booischot
- 1st Mortsel
- 1st Bonheiden
- 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde
- 4th Flèche Halloise
- 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 5th Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis
- 8th Bordeaux–Paris
- 1981
- 1st Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen
- 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem
- 2nd Heistse Pijl
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