Julien Stevens Explained

Julien Stevens
Fullname:Julien Stevens
Birth Date:1943 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Mechelen, Belgium
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road and track
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

1 individual stage (1969)

Vuelta a España

1 individual stage (1975)One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1968)

Julien Stevens (born 25 February 1943) is a retired Belgian cyclist who raced from 1963 to 1977. Stevens spent most part of his career employed to help other riders, such as Rik Van Steenbergen, Rik Van Looy and Eddy Merckx. In 1969, at the road world championship in Zolder he got clear with Dutchman Harm Ottenbros but lost the sprint.

Stevens was also active in track cycling, where he was Belgian national champion in many competitions.

Major results

1966
  • 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
    1968
  • 1st Road Race, Belgian National Road Race Championships
  • 1st Individual Pursuit, Belgian National Track Cycling Championships
  • 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    1969
  • 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour de France
    1972
  • 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Patrick Sercu)
  • 1st Six days of Montréal
    1973
  • 1st Omnium, Belgian National Track Cycling Championships
  • 1st Team Pursuit, Belgian National Track Cycling Championships
    1974
  • 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Graeme Gilmore)
  • 1st Stage 5a Tour of Belgium
    1975
  • 1st stage 19 Vuelta a España
    1976
  • 1st Half Fond, Belgian National Track Cycling Championship