Roger De Vlaeminck

Roger De Vlaeminck

De Vlaeminck in 1972
Personal information
Full name	Roger De Vlaeminck
Nickname	The Gypsy[1]
Born	(1947-08-24) 24 August 1947 (age 77) Eeklo, East Flanders, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional teams
1969–1971	Flandria–De Clerck–Krüger
1972	Dreher
1973–1977	Brooklyn
1978	Sanson–Campagnolo
1979	Gis Gelati
1980	Boule d'Or–Studio Casa
1981–1982	DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or
1983	Gios–Clement
1984	Gis Gelati–Tuc Lu
Major wins
Cyclo-cross World Championships (1975) National Championships (1974, 1975, 1978) Road Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1970) Giro d'Italia Points classification (1972, 1974, 1975) 22 individual stages (1972–1979) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1984) Stage races Four Days of Dunkirk (1971, 1979) Tirreno–Adriatico (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977) Giro di Sicilia (1974) Tour de Suisse (1975) Giro di Sardegna (1976, 1980) Giro di Puglia (1979) Vuelta a Mallorca (1980) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1969, 1981) Omloop Het Volk (1969, 1979) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1970) Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1970, 1971) La Flèche Wallonne (1971) E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (1971) Paris–Roubaix (1972, 1974, 1975, 1977) Milano–Torino (1972, 1974) Milan–San Remo (1973, 1978, 1979) Giro di Toscana (1973) Giro di Lombardia (1974, 1976) Tour of Flanders (1977)
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's cyclo-cross World Championships 1975 Melchnau Elite 1974 Bera Elite Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1975 Yvoir Elite road race

Roger De Vlaeminck (Flemish pronunciation: [rɔˈʑeː də ˈvlaːmɪŋk];^[2] born 24 August 1947) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as "The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation".^[1] Nicknamed "The Gypsy" because he was born into a family of traveling clothiers, he is known for exploits in the cobbled classic Paris–Roubaix race, but his performances in other "Monument" races gave him a record that few can match. His record in Paris–Roubaix earned him another nickname, "Monsieur Paris–Roubaix".