- Alfons De Wolf
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Alfons De Wolf
fullname = Alfons De Wolf
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|6|22
country = Belgium
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Classics specialist
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majorwins = Giro di Lombardia (1980)
Milan-Sanremo (1981)
Tour de France, 1 stage
Vuelta a España, 5 stages
:Points Competitoin (1979)
updated =October 5 ,2007 Alfons ("Fons") De Wolf (born
June 22 ,1956 inWillebroek ) is a retired Belgian road race cyclist, a professional from 1979 to 1990. He represented his country at the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal, Canada .He was forecast, with
Daniel Willems , to be the successor toEddy Merckx . De Wolf seemed to fulfill that promise by winning the 1980Giro di Lombardia and the 1981Milan-Sanremo , the last and first classic of the season . He almost won the 1982Liège-Bastogne-Liège , beaten by ItalianSilvano Contini in the final sprint.After winning a stage in the 1984
Tour de France , his career faded. He helped his teammateEddy Planckaert win thegreen jersey in the1988 Tour de France . He ended his career in 1990.He became a funeral director in his native Breendonk in the south of
Antwerp (province) .Although he won the
Omloop Het Volk two times, De Wolf was an atypical Flemish cyclist, preferring Italian races such as Milan-Sanremo toParis-Roubaix ,Ghent-Wevelgem and theRonde van Vlaanderen . He was at ease in hilly races, though he wasn't an impressive climber.He complained that he was seen as a 'new Eddy Merckx', that the public had expected too much.
Palmarès
;1976:Tour de Namur;1978:BEL National Amateur Road Championship;1979:Erembodegem-Terjoden:Malderen:Omloop Schelde-Durme:Sint-Kwintens-Lennik:Vuelta a España:::Winner stages 2, 7, 9, 16B and 19::Winner points classification:Dilsen:Sombreffe:Boom;1980:
Druivenkoers Overijse :Nederbrakel:Strijpen:Willebroek:Giro di Lombardia :Trofeo Baracchi (withJean-Luc Vandenbroucke );1981:Circuit des Frontières:Malderen:Peer:Polder-Kempen:Six Days of Antwerpen (withRené Pijnen ):Milan-Sanremo :Ottignies:Herselt:Eeklo;1982:Sassari - Cagliari:Omloop Het Volk ;1983:Coppa Ugo Agostoni :Giro della Romagna :Giro di Toscana :Omloop Het Volk ;1984:Malderen:Tour de France:::Winner stage 14;1985:Deerlijk:Vuelta a España:::Winner stage 9:Roeselare;1986:Reutlingen;1987:Strombeek-Bever;1989:MalderenExternal links
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* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4512.html Official Tour de France results for Alfons De Wolf]Persondata
NAME= De Wolf, Alfons
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= De Wolf, Fons
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1956-6-22
PLACE OF BIRTH=Willebroek ,Belgium
DATE OF DEATH=
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