Albert Van Vlierberghe

Albert Van Vlierberghe
Personal information
Full name	Albert Van Vlierberghe
Born	18 March 1942; Belsele, Belgium
Died	20 December 1991 (aged 49); Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
	3 stages Tour de France; 3 stages Giro d'Italia

Albert Van Vlierberghe (18 March 1942 – 20 December 1991) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Vlierberghe won three stages in the Tour de France, and three stages in the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the team time trial and the team pursuit events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]

In his 1999 book, Breaking the Chain: Drugs and Cycling, the True Story, Belgian sports physiotherapist Willy Voet described an incident involving Van Vlierberghe that occurred during the 1979 Deutschland Tour. Voet, then the soigneur with Van Vlierberghe's team, Flandria, claims that Van Vlierberghe, "a decent Belgian racer but with no taste for the hills," asked Voet to drive him ahead of his fellow racers to avoid a six-mile stretch of hill in the course. Voet claims that Van Vlierberghe slipped back into the race without being detected and went on to place sixth on the stage. Voet used the incident to defend his assertion that for many professional riders at the time, cheating was "a way of life."[2]

Major results

1963

Belgium National Amateur Road Race Championship

1966

Mere

Tour de France:

Winner stage 7

Westouter

Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

Belsele - Puivelde

Strombeek-Bever

1967

Kemzeke

Kortrijk

Malderen

Giro d'Italia:

Winner stage 9

1968

Belsele - Puivelde

Kustpijl

Stekene

Zwijnaarde

1969

Hannut

Oostakker

Sint-Martens-Lierde

Giro d'Italia:

Winner stage 5

Tre Province

1970

Flèche Rebecquoise

Harelbeke - Poperinge - Harelbeke

1970

Tour de France:

Winner stage 16

1971

Alassio

GP E5

Hannut

Harelbeke - Poperinge - Harelbeke

Houthulst

Omloop van de Fruitstreek Alken

Sassari - Cagliari

Sint-Gillis-Waas

Waasmunster

Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

Tour de France:

Winner stage 1C

1972

Brussel - Meulebeke

De Panne

1972

Giro d'Italia:

Winner stage 9

Hannut

Maria-Aalter

Ottignies

Sinaai

1973

Grand Prix de Wallonie

Lokeren

1974

Bankprijs

Oostakker

Sinaai

Zele

Ninove

1975

Belsele - Puivelde

Bilzen

1976

Zwevezele

1977

Kortemark

Zele

1978

Baasrode

1980

Baasrode

Belsele

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References

"Albert Van Vlierberghe Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
Voet, Willy (2002) [1999 in original language]. Breaking the Chain: Drugs and Cycling, the True Story. London: Random House UK. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-224-06117-9. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

External links

Albert Van Vlierberghe at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Albert Van Vlierberghe

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[sports-reference-1] "Albert Van Vlierberghe Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[2] Voet, Willy (2002) [1999 in original language]. Breaking the Chain: Drugs and Cycling, the True Story. London: Random House UK. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-224-06117-9. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2017.