Rudy Dhaenens

Rudy Dhaenens ( born April 10, 1961 in Deinze, † April 6, 1998 in Aalst ) was a Belgian racing cyclist.

Rudy Dhaenens celebrated a surprising success, as he won the world road championship in Japan in 1990. In the same year he was also second in the cycling World Cup and honored as Belgian athlete of the year.

After some minor success Dhaenens ' career was ended because of heart problems in 1992. In 1998, he was killed in his car on the way to target the Tour of Flanders in Ninove - Meerbek where he was to accompany as a co- commentator for the television Euro Sport the race. To him, the GP Rudy Dhaenens was named in honor.

Aalst, Belgium UCI Road World Cup Belgian Sportsman of the year Alfredo Binda Georges Ronsse Learco Guerra Georges Speicher Jean Aerts Antonin Magne Éloi Meulenberg Marcel Kint Hans Knecht Rik Van Steenbergen Fausto Coppi Louison Bobet Stan Ockers Ercole Baldini Rik Van Looy Jean Stablinski Jan Janssen Tom Simpson Harm Ottenbros Marino Basso Hennie Kuiper Freddy Maertens Francesco Moser Jan Raas Bernard Hinault Giuseppe Saronni Joop Zoetemelk Moreno Argentin Stephen Roche Gianni Bugno Lance Armstrong Luc Leblanc Abraham Olano Johan Museeuw Laurent Brochard Oscar Camenzind Mario Cipollini Tom Boonen Paolo Bettini Alessandro Ballan Cadel Evans Mark Cavendish Philippe Gilbert Rui Costa (cyclist)
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