Willy van Neste is a former Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1966 to 1976. He participated in seven editions of the Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

 where he won a stage in the 1967 Tour de France

1967 Tour de France

The 1967 Tour de France was the 54th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 23, 1967. It consisted of 22 stages over 4780 km, ridden at 35.018 km/h...

 and wore the maillot jaune for the following day. Other career highlights include winning the Four Days of Dunkirk

Four Days of Dunkirk

The Four Days of Dunkirk is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Confusingly, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has usually been held over a 5 or 6 day period. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe...

 in 1970, the Züri-Metzgete in 1972 and Grand Prix de Fourmies

Grand Prix de Fourmies

The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. Since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour.-List of winners:...

 in 1967. He also finished second in the 1968 Gent–Wevelgem and the 1970 Amstel Gold Race

Amstel Gold Race

The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held in the southern part of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup , the UCI ProTour , UCI World Ranking and from 2011 the UCI World Tour...

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Palmarès

1965

Tour de Namur

1966

Flèche Ardennaise

Wavre - Liège

1967

Arras

Lokeren Criterium

Wieze

Zwevezele

Tour de France

1967 Tour de France

The 1967 Tour de France was the 54th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 23, 1967. It consisted of 22 stages over 4780 km, ridden at 35.018 km/h...

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Winner stage 2

Wearing yellow jersey

Yellow jersey

The general classification in the Tour de France is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey .-History:...

 for one day

GP Fourmies

1969

Ronse - Doornik - Ronse

1970

Zwevezele

Four days of Dunkerque

1971

De Panne

Kortrijk

Westrozebeke

1972

Zürich-Metzgete

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Willy van Neste