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Marc Demeyer Personal information Full name Marc Demeyer Born 19 April 1950
BelgiumDied 20 January 1982 (aged 31) Team information Discipline Road Role Rider Major wins Paris–Roubaix (1976) Infobox last updated on
16 October 2007Marc Demeyer (19 April 1950 – 20 January 1982) was a professional road racing cyclist from Avelgem, Belgium. He died of a heart attack at the age of 31.
Demeyer turned professional in 1972 for the Flandria team managed by Briek Schotte. He signed the contract while resting it on a car beside the start of Dwars door België, which he then won. Shortly afterwards he won the GP d'Isbergues.
Demeyer was one of the so-called Three Musketeers, riding with and for Freddy Maertens and Michel Pollentier He led out sprints for Maertens in particular but could win them for himself, including stages of the Tour de France. He rode the Tour six times, finishing 72nd in 1973, 41st in 1974, 42nd in 1975, 56th in 1976, 49th in 1978 and 57th in 1979.
He won the intermediate sprints competition, known then as Points Chaud ('hot spot sprints') in the Tours of 1973 and 1975. He won two stages: the 19th in 1978 from Lausanne to Belfort, and the 14th in 1979 from Belfort to Evian-les-Bains. In 1974 he won Paris–Brussels and two years later Paris–Roubaix.
He died at home of heart attack in January 1982, while completing a crossword.
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Major achievements
- 1972
- 1st, Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1st, Grand Prix Fayt-le-Franc
- 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1973
- 1st, Grand Prix de Denain
- 1st, stage 1, Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
- 1st, Intermediate sprints classification in the Tour de France
- 1974
- 1st, Grote Scheldeprijs
- 1st, GP Pino Cerami
- 1st, Paris–Brussels
- 3rd, Paris–Roubaix
- 1975
- 1st, Nokere-Koerse
- 1st, stage 3a, Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
- 1st, stage 2, Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st, Intermediate sprints classification in the Tour de France
- 3rd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 1976
- 1st, Paris–Roubaix
- 1977
- 1st, Grote Scheldeprijs
- 1st, Omloop van het Houtland
- 1st, stage 14 and 16a, Giro d'Italia
- 1978
- 1st, stage 19, Tour de France
- 1979
- 1st, stage 4, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st, stage 1, 2 and 5a, Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
- 1st, stage 2, Tour of Belgium
- 1st, stage 14, Tour de France
- 1st, stage 1, Setmana Catalana
- 2nd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 1980
- 1st, stage 3, Midi Libre
Teams
- 1972 - Flandria-Beaulieu
- 1973 - Flandria-Carpenter
- 1974 - Flandria-Carpenter
- 1975 - Flandria-Carpenter
- 1976 - Flandria-Velda
- 1977 - Flandria-Velda
- 1978 - Flandria-Velda
- 1979 - Flandria-Velda
- 1980 - IJsboerke-Warncke
- 1981 - Capri Sonne
- 1982 - Splendor-Wickes
See also
External links
- Profile by cyclinghalloffame.com
- Profile by velo-club.net (French)
- Profile by memoire-du-cyclisme.net (French)
Sporting positions Preceded by
Roger De VlaeminckWinner of Paris–Roubaix
1976Succeeded by
Roger De Vlaeminck
Tour de France intermediate sprints classification winners 1971 Pieter Nassen • 1972 Willy Teirlinck • 1973 Marc Demeyer • 1974 Barry Hoban • 1975 Marc Demeyer • 1976 Robert Mintkiewicz • 1977 Pierre-Raymond Villemiane • 1978 Jacques Bossis • 1979 Willy Teirlinck • 1980 Rudy Pevenage • 1981 Freddy Maertens • 1982–1983 Sean Kelly • 1984 Jacques Hanegraaf • 1985 Jozef Lieckens • 1986 Gerrit Solleveld • 1987 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle • 1988 Frans Maassen • 1989 Sean Kelly
Categories:- Belgian cyclists
- Belgian Tour de France stage winners
- Doping cases in cycling
- 1950 births
- 1982 deaths
- Deaths from myocardial infarction
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