Willy Vannitsen

Willy Vannitsen
Vannitsen in 1956
Personal information
Full nameWilly Vannitsen
Born(1935-02-08)8 February 1935
Jeuk, Belgium
Died19 August 2001(2001-08-19) (aged 66)
Tienen, Belgium
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1955Van Hauwaert-Maes Pils
1956Faema-Guerra
1957Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
1958Ghigi-Coppi
1959Ghigi-Ganna
1960Carpano
1961Baratti-Milano
1962Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1963Peugeot-BP-Englebert
1964Flandria-Roméo
1965Ford France-Gitane
1966Mann-Grundig
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (1962)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1958)

One-day races and Classics

Giro di Toscana (1958)
La Flèche Wallonne (1961)
Scheldeprijs (1965)
Ronde van Limburg (1957, 1960)

Other

Acht van Chaam (1962)

Willy Vannitsen (8 February 1935 – 19 August 2001) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.[1] In 1962, Vannitsen won two stages in the 1962 Tour de France.[2]

  1. ^ "Willy Vannitsen". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. ^ "Palmarès de Willy Vannitsen (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2023.