Rik Van Linden

Rik Van Linden
Personal information
Full name	Rik Van Linden
Born	28 July 1949 (age 75); Wilrijk, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1971	Hertekamp–Magniflex
1972	Van Cauter–Magniflex–de Gribaldy
1973	Rokado
1974	IJsboerke–Colner
1975–1977	Bianchi–Campagnolo
1978–1979	Bianchi–Faema
1980	DAF Trucks–Lejeune
1981	Boule d'Or
1982	Hoonved–Bottecchia
1983	Batavus–Jos Meesters
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (1975) 4 individual stages (1972, 1975) Giro d'Italia 9 individual stages (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (1974) One-day races and Classics Paris–Tours (1971, 1973) Stage races Giro di Sardegna (1974) Track Championships National Track Championships Derny (1978, 1979)

Rik Van Linden (born 28 July 1949 in Wilrijk, Antwerp) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France, ahead of Eddy Merckx.

Van Linden also won several stages in all of the three Grand Tours, and the classic cycle race Paris–Tours twice (1971, 1973).

Through his career, he eventually won 359 races, of which 73 as junior cyclist in 1968.