Rudy Matthijs

Rudy Matthijs
Personal information
Full nameRudy Matthijs
Born (1959-03-03) 3 March 1959 (age 65)
Eeklo, Belgium
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
1981Fangio–Sapeco–Mavic
1982–1983Boule d'Or–Sunair
1984–1988Splendor–Jacky Aernoudt Meubelen
Major wins
4 stages Tour de France (1983, 1985)

Rudy Matthijs (born 3 March 1959, in Eeklo) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France, 3 of which came during the 1985 Tour de France on stages 1 and 2, and then on the final stage of the tour with one of the biggest sprinter's stages in all of cycling on the Champs Elysees.