Wim Schepers (25 September 1943 – 25 September 1998) was a Dutch professional road cyclist. A professional from 1966 to 1975, he won two stages of the 1970 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished second in the 1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège to Eddy Merckx.[1]
 Wim Schepers during the 1967 Tour de France. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 September 1943 Stein, Netherlands |
| Died | 25 September 1998 (aged 55) Meers, Stein, Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1966–1971 | Caballero |
| 1972–1973 | Rokado–Colders |
| 1974–1975 | MIC–Ludo–de Gribaldy |
After the final stage of the 1971 Vuelta a España, Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Ferdinand Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.[2]
Major results
edit- 1965
- 1st Stages 1 & 6 Tour of Austria
- 1966
- 1st Manx Trophy
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1967
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 1968
- 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1969
- 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1970
- 1st Stages 2a & 2b Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 1971
- 10th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1972
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 1973
- 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 10th Züri-Metzgete
References
edit- ^ "Wim Schepers". ProCclingStats. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Clasificaciones Oficiales". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 17 May 1971.
External links
edit- Wim Schepers at Cycling Archives (archived)
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