André Dierickx Explained

André Dierickx
Birth Date:29 October 1947
Birth Place:Oudenaarde, Belgium
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Classics specialist
Proyears1:1969
Proyears2:1970
Proyears3:1971
Proyears4:1972–1973
Proyears5:1974
Proteam5:Merlin Plage–Shimano–Flandria
Proyears6:1975
Proyears7:1976–1977
Proyears8:1978–1980
Proyears9:1981
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

La Flèche Wallonne (1973, 1975)

Züri-Metzgete (1973)

Grand Prix de Denain (1971)Stage races

Tour de Luxembourg (1971)

Tour of Belgium (1978)

André Dierickx (born 29 October 1947) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who competed between 1969 and 1981. He competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1] He also won the La Flèche Wallonne in 1973 and 1975, the 1971 Tour de Luxembourg, the 1978 Tour of Belgium and the 1973 Züri-Metzgete among other races.

Notable results

1968
  • 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Amateurs
    1969
  • 1st Stage 3a Tour de Romandie
    1970
  • 1st Grand Prix Cerami
  • 1st Nokere Koerse
  • 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
  • 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
  • 1st De Kustpijl
  • 1st Gullegem Koerse
  • 1st
  • 1st Stage 1 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
  • 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
  • 3rd Omloop Het Volk
  • 3rd Amstel Gold Race
  • 3rd Züri-Metzgete
  • 3rd Le Samyn
  • 4th Paris–Roubaix
  • 7th Dwars door België
  • 9th La Flèche Wallonne
    1971
  • 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Overall Tour de l'Oise
  • 1st Stage 2b
  • 1st Grand Prix de Denain
  • 1st Omloop van het Houtland
  • 1st Stages 2 & 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  • 2nd Schaal Sels
  • 3rd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
    1972
  • 1st Stage 4a Paris–Nice
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium
  • 2nd Paris–Roubaix
  • 2nd Tour of Flanders
  • 2nd Omloop Het Volk
  • 6th Amstel Gold Race
  • 7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  • 8th Milan–San Remo
    1973
  • 1st La Flèche Wallonne
  • 1st Züri-Metzgete
  • 1st
  • 5th Giro di Lombardia
  • 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
    1974
  • 1st Le Samyn
  • 1st GP Stad Zottegem
  • 2nd Omloop der Zennevallei
  • 6th Paris–Roubaix
  • 7th Züri-Metzgete
  • 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
  • 8th La Flèche Wallonne
  • 10th Paris–Tours
    1975
  • 1st La Flèche Wallonne
  • 1st Grand Prix du canton d'Argovie
  • 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
  • 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
  • 2nd Omloop van het Houtland
  • 2nd GP Union Dortmund
  • 3rd Paris–Roubaix
  • 3rd Paris–Brussels
  • 3rd Grand Prix de Denain
  • 4th Amstel Gold Race
  • 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 6th Overall Tour de Suisse
  • 7th Gent–Wevelgem
  • 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
  • 7th Omloop Het Volk
  • 8th Züri-Metzgete
    1976
  • 1st GP Union Dortmund
  • 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
  • 8th La Flèche Wallonne
  • 9th Gent–Wevelgem
  • 10th Tour of Flanders
    1977
  • 1st Leeuwse Pijl
  • 1st
  • 1st
  • 1st Stage 1 Étoile de Bessèges
  • 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 2nd Tour du Condroz
  • 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde
  • 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
  • 5th Züri-Metzgete
  • 6th Gent–Wevelgem
    1978
  • 1st Overall Tour of Belgium
  • 4th Omloop Het Volk
  • 5th Paris–Tours
  • 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1979
  • 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
  • 1st Prologue (TTT) Vuelta a Andalucía
  • 2nd Paris–Brussels
    1981
  • 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: André Dierickx Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418053324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/andre-dierickx-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 15 September 2014 . sports-reference.com.