Willy Planckaert

Willy Planckaert

Planckaert in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1944-04-05) 5 April 1944 (age 80) Nevele, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Points classification, Tour de France (1966) Tour de France, 2 stages Giro d'Italia, 3 stages
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1964 Sallanches Amateur's Road Race

Willy Planckaert (born 5 April 1944 in Nevele) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. His brothers, Eddy and Walter Planckaert, as well as his son Jo Planckaert, are also former professional road bicycle racers.^[1]

Major results

1965

1st, Brussels-Charleroi-Brussels

1st, Stage 1, Paris–Luxembourg

1966

Points classification, Tour de France

1st, Stages 4 and 8

1st, Stage 2, Tour de Luxembourg

1967

1st, Grand Prix Pino Cerami

1st, Stages 5, 9 and 22b, Giro d'Italia

1969

1st, Stage 1, Tour de l'Oise

1970

1st, Stage 3b, Tour de Luxembourg

1973

1st, Stage 1, Tour de Luxembourg

1st, Stage 3, Four Days of Dunkirk

1974

1st, Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

1st, Omloop van het Houtland

1st, Stage 4, Tour de Pologne

1976

1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen

1st, Stage 1a, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st, Stage 5b, Four Days of Dunkirk

1977

1st, Overall, Étoile de Bessèges

1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk

See also

• Eddy Planckaert
• Walter Planckaert
• Jo Planckaert

References

1. Cycling Dynasty Stays the Pace Archived 2006-11-28 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Profile by cyclinghalloffame.com
• Profile by velo-club.net (in French)