Luc Colijn Explained

Luc Colijn
Fullname:Luc Colijn
Birth Date:2 May 1958
Birth Place:Ghent, Belgium[1]
Discipline:Road
Proyears1:1980–1982
Proyears2:1983
Proyears3:1984–1985
Proyears4:1986
Proyears5:1987–1988
Proyears6:1989
Proteam6:Humo–TW
Proyears7:1990–1991
Proyears8:1992
Proyears9:1993
Manageyears1:2003–2004
Manageyears2:2012–

Luc Colijn (born 2 May 1958) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist.[2] He rode in the 1981 Tour de France.[3] [4] He currently works as a directeur sportif for .[5] He is the grandson of cyclist Achiel Buysse.

Major results

Road

1978
  • 1st Road race, National Military Road Championships
  • 2nd Military Road World Championships
  • 3rd Brussel–Opwijk
    1979
  • 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
  • 5th Kattekoers
    1980
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie
  • 1st Coupe Egide Schoeters
  • 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
  • 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem
    1981
  • 1st Petegem-aan-de-Leie
  • 2nd Leeuwse Pijl
  • 3rd Paris–Tours
  • 3rd Nationale Sluitingprijs
  • 8th De Brabantse Pijl
  • 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    1982
  • 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs
  • 1st Berlare
  • 1st De Pinte
  • 1st GP Lanssens
  • 2nd Omloop van het Zuidwesten
  • 3rd Flèche Hesbignonne
  • 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    1983
  • 1st Omloop van de Grensstreek
  • 1st Prix de Mellet
  • 2nd Le Samyn
  • 2nd Grand Prix de Peymeinade
  • 3rd Omloop Het Volk
  • 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
  • 4th Tour of Flanders
  • 6th Grand Prix de Wallonie
  • 7th Amstel Gold Race
  • 9th De Brabantse Pijl
  • 9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  • 10th Paris–Tours
    1984
  • 1st GP Stad Zottegem
  • 1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
  • 6th Omloop Het Volk
  • 8th Tour of Flanders
  • 8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  • 10th De Kustpijl
    1985
  • 4th Dwars door België
  • 6th Omloop Het Volk
    1986
  • 1st Nokere Koerse
    1987
  • 1st Zomergem-Adinkerke
  • 5th Grand Prix Cerami
  • 8th De Kustpijl
    1989
  • 1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
    1990
  • 6th Nokere Koerse
    1991
  • 1st Gullegem Koerse
  • 6th Overall Tour d'Armorique
    1992
  • 5th Tour de Vendée

    Track

    1978
  • Belgian National Championships
  • 1st Amateur Pursuit (with François Caethoven, Hendrik Caethoven and Patrick Lerno)
    1979
  • Belgian National Championships
  • 1st Amateur Points
  • 1st Amateur Derny
    1989
  • European Track Championships
  • 1st Derny
    1991
  • European Track Championships
  • 3rd Derny

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Source:[6]

    Grand Tour1981198219831984
    Vuelta a EspañaDNF
    Giro d'Italia
    Tour de FranceDNF
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid Not Finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Luc Colyn . www.procyclingstats.com . 27 May 2022.
    2. Web site: Luc Colijn . Cycling Archives . 10 September 2020.
    3. Web site: Tour de France 1981 . Cycling Archives . 10 September 2020.
    4. Web site: 68ème Tour de France 1981. Memoire du cyclisme. https://web.archive.org/web/20120121062422/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1981.php. 21 January 2012.
    5. Web site: Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 6 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210106230209/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15260/1000523/280. 6 January 2021.
    6. Web site: Grand tour starts ProCyclingStats . www.procyclingstats.com . 27 May 2022.