Daniel Willems

Daniel Willems

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Willems
Born	16 August 1956 (1956-08-16) (age 55) Herentals, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1978–1980 1981 1982–1983 1984 1985	Ijsboerke Capri Sonne-Koga Miyata Boule d'Or Murella Safir-Van de Ven
Major wins
La Flèche Wallonne (1981) Paris–Tours (1980) Tour de France, 4 stages
Infobox last updated on 22 December 2007

Daniel Willems (born 16 August 1956 in Herentals) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. Health problems ended his career in 1986.

Palmarès

1976

 Belgium National Military Road Race Champion

1977

 Belgium National Amateur Road Race Champion

1st, Overall, Ruban Granitier Breton

1978

1st, Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st, Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

1st, kermesse Stekene

1979

1st, Rund um den Henninger-Turm

1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium

Winner Stage 4b

1st, Overall, Quatre Jours de Dunkerque

Winner Stage 4b

1st, Brabantse Pijl

1st, Grote Scheldeprijs

1st, Omloop van het Leiedal

1st, Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen

1st, kermesses Purnode, Kalmthout, Zele & Herselt

3rd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège

3rd, Ronde van Vlaanderen

4th, GP d'Automne

5th, Overall, Paris–Nice

1980

1st, Paris–Tours

1st, Overall, Vuelta a Andalucía

Winner Stages 3 & 5a

1st, Ronde van Limburg

1st, Boucles de l'Aulne

1st, kermesses Oostkamp, De Haan, Moerbeke, Humbeek, Lede, Kalmthout, Zingem & Rummen

2nd, Overall, Tour of Belgium

Winner Stage 5

5th, Overall, Tour de Suisse

Winner Prologue, stages 1, 2, 3, 4a & 4b

5th, Züri-Metzgete

1981

1st, Flèche Wallonne

1st, GP d'Antibes

1st, Critérium des As

1st, kermesses Wielsbeke, Booischot, Heist-op-den-Berg, Neder-over-Heembeek & Bilzen

1st, Hamburg (with Dietrich Thurau)

1st, Stages 11 & 19, Tour de France

1st, Stage 3, GP du Midi-Libre

1st, Stage 1a, Tour of Belgium

1st, Stage 3, Tour de l'Aude

5th, Overall, Setmana Catalana

Winner Stages 1, 4 & 5

1982

1st, Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

1st, kermesses Partinico, Kruishoutem, Ronse & Herselt

1st, Stages 1 & 2a, Tour Midi-Pyrénées

1st, Stage 1, Quatre Jours de Dunkerque

2nd, Overall, Three Days of De Panne

Winner Stage 4

7th, Overall, Tour de France:

Winner Stages 2 & 20

1983

1st, kermesses Moerbeke & Buggenhout

External links

• Daniel Willems profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Daniel Willems

Persondata
Name	Willems, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1956-08-16
Place of birth	Herentals, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death