Herman Van Springel

Herman Van Springel ( born August 14, 1943 in Ranst ) is a former Belgian cyclist. Van Springel won as an amateur in 1962 and his first race was from 1965 to 1981 pro. He achieved his greatest success in the Tour de France in 1968, where he finished in second place with a gap of just 38 seconds. He wore the yellow jersey for six days and lost it only at the last stage, an individual time trial, the Dutchman Jan Janssen. Van Springel won 1970-1981 seven times the longest one-day race of cycling classic Bordeaux - Paris.

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Honors after the sports career

General classification in the Tour de France Bordeaux–Paris Molteni Gustave Garrigou Giovanni Micheletto Gaetano Belloni Philippe Thys Costante Girardengo Alfredo Binda Domenico Piemontesi Learco Guerra Aldo Bini Cino Cinelli Mario Ricci Fausto Coppi Nino Defilippis Rik Van Looy Emile Daems Jo de Roo Gianni Motta Tom Simpson Roger De Vlaeminck Francesco Moser Gianbattista Baronchelli Bernard Hinault Alfons De Wolf Hennie Kuiper Giuseppe Saronni Sean Kelly (cyclist) Moreno Argentin Charly Mottet Gilles Delion Pascal Richard Gianni Faresin Andrea Tafi (cyclist) Laurent Jalabert Oscar Camenzind Mirko Celestino Danilo Di Luca Michele Bartoli Damiano Cunego Paolo Bettini Philippe Gilbert Oliver Zaugg Stan Ockers Jean Forestier Jean Graczyk Willy Planckaert Patrick Sercu Rik Van Linden Freddy Maertens Frank Hoste Eric Vanderaerden Jean-Paul van Poppel Eddy Planckaert Olaf Ludwig Erik Zabel Robbie McEwen Baden Cooke Tom Boonen Alessandro Petacchi Mark Cavendish Peter Sagan Henri Luyten Arthur Vanderstuyft Cyrille Van Hauwaert Jean Rossius Jules Vanhevel Alphonse Schepers Georges Lemaire Gustave Danneels Jean Aerts Marcel Kint Rik Van Steenbergen Achiel Buysse Jozef Schils Frans De Mulder Jef Planckaert Edward Sels Guido Reybrouck Julien Stevens Frans Verbeeck Roger Swerts Willy Teirlinck Michel Pollentier Jos Jacobs Lucien Van Impe Marc Sergeant Ferdi Van Den Haute Etienne De Wilde Carlo Bomans Johan Museeuw Wilfried Nelissen Tom Steels Axel Merckx Ludovic Capelle Geert Omloop Stijn Devolder
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