Albert Van Vlierberghe

Albert Van Vlierberghe

File:Overwinning van Albert Van Vlierberghe in Hulste 1965, Hulste, Marcel Ancaerkt (NEG02082002, collectie KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport).jpg Albert Van Vlierberghe (1965)
Personal information
Full name	Albert Van Vlierberghe
Born	(1942-03-18)18 March 1942 Belsele, Belgium
Died	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
3 stages Tour de France 3 stages Giro d'Italia

Albert Van Vlierberghe (18 March 1942 – 20 December 1991) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Vlierberghe won three stages in the Tour de France, and three stages in the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the team time trial and the team pursuit events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

In his 1999 book, Breaking the Chain: Drugs and Cycling, the True Story, Belgian sports physiotherapist Willy Voet described an incident involving Van Vlierberghe that occurred during the 1979 Deutschland Tour. Voet, then the soigneur with Van Vlierberghe's team, Flandria, claims that Van Vlierberghe, "a decent Belgian racer but with no taste for the hills," asked Voet to drive him ahead of his fellow racers to avoid a six-mile stretch of hill in the course. Voet claims that Van Vlierberghe slipped back into the race without being detected and went on to place sixth on the stage. Voet used the incident to defend his assertion that for many professional riders at the time, cheating was "a way of life."

Major results

1963

National Road Championships

1st Amateur road race

1965

Volta a Portugal

1st stage 17

1st Tour du Loir-et-Cher

1st stage 3

1966

1st Mere

Tour de France:

1st stage 7

1st Westouter

1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

1st Belsele - Puivelde

Tour de Romandie

1st prologue TTT

1st Strombeek-Bever

2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde

1967

1st Kemzeke

1st Kortrijk

1st Malderen

Giro d'Italia:

1st stage 9

1968

1st Belsele - Puivelde

1st De Kustpijl

1st Stekene

1st Zwijnaarde

3rd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen

1969

1st GP Hannut

1st Oostakker

1st Sint-Martens-Lierde

Giro d'Italia:

1st stage 5

2nd stage 2

1st Giro delle Tre Province

Giro di Sardegna

1st stage 4

2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen

2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

2nd stage 4

2nd stage 5

2nd Poperinge - Harelbeke

3rd GP Cemab

1970

Tour de France

Winner stage 16

1st Flèche Rebecquoise

1st Harelbeke - Poperinge - Harelbeke

3rd De Pinte

1971

Tour de France:

1st stage 1c

1st Alassio

1st GP E5 Heverlee

1st Harelbeke - Poperinge - Harelbeke

1st Houthulst

Omloop van de Fruitstreek Alken

1st Sassari - Cagliari

1st Sint-Gillis-Waas

1st Waasmunster

1st GP Hannut

1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

2nd Bruxelles–Meulebeke

1972

1st Bruxelles–Meulebeke

1st De Panne II

Giro d'Italia:

Winner stage 9

1st GP Hannut

1st Maria-Aalter

1st Ottignies

1st Sinaai

2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

5th Overall Giro di Sardegna

1973

1st Grand Prix de Wallonie

Paris-Nice

1st stage 6 TTT

1st Lokeren

1st Omloop Scheldeboorden

Tour of Belgium

1st prologue TTT

1st points classification

3rd Omloop Het Volk

1974

1st GP Roeselare

1st Ninove

1st Oostakker

1st Sinaai

1st Zele

1975

1st Belsele - Puivelde

1st Bilzen

3rd Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem

1976

2nd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen

1st Zwevezele

1977

1st GP Gemeente Kortemark

1st Zele

3rd Grand Prix de Denain

3rd Stekene

1978

1st Baasrode

2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie

2nd Circuit de la Région Linière

1979

1st Sint-Martens-Lierde

1980

1st Baasrode

1st Belsele

External links

• Albert Van Vlierberghe at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Albert Van Vlierberghe