Martin Van Den Bossche Explained

Martin Van Den Bossche
Full Name:Martin Van Den Bossche
Birth Date:1941 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Hingene, Belgium
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

Mountains classification (1970)

Martin Van Den Bossche (born 10 March 1941) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Den Bossche finished in the top 10 of the Tour de France twice, and won the Mountains classification of the 1970 Giro d'Italia.

Major results

1963
  • 4th Druivenkoers Overijse
    1964
  • 1st Schaal Sels-Merksem
  • 4th Grand Prix des Nations
  • 5th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 5th GP Stad Zottegem
  • 7th Grand Prix de Denain
    1965
  • 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 4th Scheldeprijs
  • 5th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
  • 7th Grand Prix de Denain
  • 9th GP Stad Zottegem
    1966
  • 2nd Grand Prix de Denain
  • 9th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
  • 10th Overall Tour de France
    1967
  • 3rd Circuit des Frontières
  • 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde
  • 8th Overall Tour of Belgium
  • 8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    1968
  • 1st Stage 3a (TTT) Paris–Luxembourg
  • 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
  • 4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 5th Giro di Lombardia
  • 5th Tre Valli Varesine
  • 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
  • 8th Ronde van Limburg
    1969
  • 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
  • 2nd Overall À travers Lausanne
  • 2nd Milano–Torino
  • 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
  • 4th Giro di Lombardia
    1970
  • 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse
  • 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 4th Overall Tour de France
  • 7th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 8th Overall Paris–Nice
  • 9th Overall Giro di Sardegna
  • 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
    1971
  • 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    1972
  • 1st Giro del Lazio
  • 1st Stage 1a (ITT) Escalada a Montjuïc

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour1966196719681969197019711972
    Vuelta a España——38————
    Giro d'Italia——DNF—3—29
    Tour de France1059—234—15

    This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Martin Van Den Bossche".

    Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.

    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish