Eric Leman

Eric Leman
Personal information
Leman in 2015
Full name	Eric Leman
Born	(1946-07-17) 17 July 1946 Ledegem, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
1968–1971	Flandria
1972	Bic
1973	Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1974	MIC-Ludo-De Gribaldy
1975	Alsaver-Jeunet-De Gribaldy
1976	Zoppas-Splendor
1977	Carpenter-Splendor
Major wins
Tour of Flanders (1970, 1972, 1973) Tour de France, 5 stages Vuelta a España, 1 stage Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1968)

Eric Leman (born 17 July 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from West Flanders, Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders three times.^[1]

Major results

1968: 1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne; 1st, Porto–Lisboa; 1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk; 1st, Stage 21, Tour de France
1969: 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen; 1st, Stage 3, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stages 1, 2, 5 and 7, Vuelta a Andalucía; 1st, Stage 3, Tour de France
1970: 1st, GP Briek Schotte; 1st, Tour of Flanders; 1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stage 1 and 3b, Vuelta a Andalucía; 1st, Prologue, Tour of Belgium
1971: 1st, Gullegem Koerse; 1st, Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen; 1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen; 1st, Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde; 1st, Stage 1a and 5a, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré; 1st, Stages 1, 2a and 4, Paris–Nice; 1st, Prologue B and Stage 2, Vuelta a Andalucía; 1st, Stage 1a, 6a and 7, Tour de France
1972: 1st, Tour of Flanders; 1st, Stage 4, Four Days of Dunkirk; 1st, Stages 1 and 3, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stage 2, Tour of Belgium
1973: 1st, Tour of Flanders; 1st, Stage 2b, Paris–Nice
1974: 1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stage 2, Vuelta a España
1975: 1st, Stage 1, Paris–Nice
1976: 1st, Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
1977: 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a Aragón

References

↑ Larousse Tour des Flandres " Les Belges Achille Bruyne, Éric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen et l'Italien Fiorenzo Magni figurent, avec trois victoires chacun, en tête du palmarès de cette classique créée en 1913 et traditionnellement organisé le premier dimanche d'avril. "

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Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net (French)

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Van Lerberghe (1919)

1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gérard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gérard Debaets (1927) Jan Mertens (1928) Joseph Dervaes (1929) Frans Bonduel (1930) Romain Gijssels (1931–1932) Alphonse Schepers (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934) Louis Duerloo (1935) Louis Hardiquest (1936) Michel D'Hooghe (1937) Edgard de Caluwé (1938) Karel Kaers (1939)

1940–1959	Achiel Buysse (1940–1941) Briek Schotte (1942) Achiel Buysse (1943) Rik Van Steenbergen (1944) Sylvain Grysolle (1945) Rik Van Steenbergen (1946) Emiel Faignaert (1947) Briek Schotte (1948) Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951) Roger Decock (1952) Wim van Est (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Louison Bobet (1955) Jean Forestier (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Germain Derycke (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)

1960–1979	Arthur Decabooter (1960) Tom Simpson (1961) Rik Van Looy (1962) Noël Foré (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Jo de Roo (1965) Edward Sels (1966) Dino Zandegù (1967) Walter Godefroot (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Eric Leman (1970) Evert Dolman (1971) Eric Leman (1972–1973) Cees Bal (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Walter Planckaert (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Walter Godefroot (1978) Jan Raas (1979)

1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)

2000–2019	Andrei Tchmil (2000) Gianluca Bortolami (2001) Andrea Tafi (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Steffen Wesemann (2004) Tom Boonen (2005–2006) Alessandro Ballan (2007) Stijn Devolder (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Nick Nuyens (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014) Alexander Kristoff (2015) Peter Sagan (2016)

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