Willy Van Neste
Willy Van Neste ( born March 10, 1944 in Zwevezele, Belgium ) is a former Belgian cyclist.
After a 2nd place in 1964 and the victory in 1965 at the Tour de Namur in Belgium had Willy van Neste in 1966 his most successful international season in the amateur camp when he won a stage in fourth position overall in the Course de la Paix ( Peace Race ), seventh in the Tour de l' Avenir and sixth in the road World Cup could be on the Nürburgring.
In the same year he signed the team Leroux Terrot his first professional contract and moved in 1967 to the team man - Grundig to Herman van Springel. That same year, Van Neste started in the Belgian national team for the first time in the Tour de France where he won the 2nd stage and was able to slip over the yellow jersey for a day. The " Grande Boucle ", he played seven times and finished it in 1970 as 16, 1971 as the 70th, 1972 33 and 1974 on the 24th Place. 1967, 1969 and 1973, he left early.
In 1968 he recorded an impressive 5th place in the Giro d' Italia in 1970 and the victory in the overall individual competition at the stage race "Four Days of Dunkirk ". He won the 1972 Championship of Zurich and in 10 years as a professional driver with a total of 25 other races in Belgium, France and Spain.
His cycling career, he finished 32 -year-old after the 1976 season when he drove the Dutch FRISOL team and won a final winner's ribbon in a fair race in the Belgian Korte Mark.