Gerard Vianen

Gerard Vianen

Personal information
Full name	Gerard Vianen
Born	(1944-02-09)9 February 1944 Kockengen, the Netherlands
Died	10 December 2014(2014-12-10) (aged 70)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1967-1970	Caballero
1971	Fagor-Mercier
1972	Goudsmit-Hof
1973	Gitane
1974-1976	Gan-Mercier
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1974) Vuelta a España 3 individual stages (1971, 1972 2x)

Gerard Vianen (9 February 1944 – 10 December 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. A domestique for Joop Zoetemelk and Raymond Poulidor, he won one stage in the Tour de France and 3 stages in the Vuelta a España.^[1]

Vianen died from leukemia on 10 December 2014 at the age of 70.^[2]

Major results

1965

GP Faber

1966

Ronde van Overijssel

1967

Eeklo

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

Ninove

1968

Neerbeek

Yerseke

1970

Kamerik

1971

Vuelta a España:

Winner stage 10

Genoa–Nice

Schinnen

1972

Vuelta a España:

Winner stages 2 and 15

Rijen

1974

Tour de France:

Winner stage 20

1975

Obbicht

Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

Linne

1977

Kamerik

Galder

References

1. Oud-wielerprof Vianen (70) overleden - NOS (in Dutch)
2. Oud-wielrenner Gerard Vianen overleden - AD (in Dutch)

External links

• Gerard Vianen at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Official Tour de France results for Gerard Vianen^{[permanent dead link‍]}