Rudy Matthijs (born 3 March 1959, in Eeklo) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France, 3 of which came during the 1985 Tour de France on stages 1 and 2, and then on the final stage of the tour with one of the biggest sprinter's stages in all of cycling on the Champs Elysees.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rudy Matthijs |
| Born | 3 March 1959 Eeklo, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 1981 | Fangio–Sapeco–Mavic |
| 1982–1983 | Boule d'Or–Sunair |
| 1984–1988 | Splendor–Jacky Aernoudt Meubelen |
| Major wins | |
| 4 stages Tour de France (1983, 1985) | |
Major results
edit- 1981
- 1st Omloop Schelde-Durme
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Aragón
- 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 3rd Polder–Kempen
- 1982
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2nd Omloop van het Leiedal
- 3rd Nokere Koerse
- 1983
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 1st Leeuwse Pijl
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 7th Dwars door België
- 9th Omloop Het Volk
- 1984
- 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 5a (ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2nd Dwars door België
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 9th GP Stad Zottegem
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 1985
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 22
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Aragón
- 2nd GP Ouest–France
- 2nd Leeuwse Pijl
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
External links
edit- Rudy Matthijs at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for Rudy Matthijs
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