1972, 1974 and 1978 (record shared with Björn Leukemans) The only professional who won a national championship in road cycling (1969, 1981), cyclo-cross (1974, 1975, 1978) and track cycling (1972) Awards and honours Mendrisio d'Or: 1975 Winner of 7 of the 8 Classic cycle races (shared with Eddy Merckx). Rik van Looy won all 8. Union Cycliste Internationale Hall of Fame: 2002 UCI Top 100: 19th place Procyclingstats.com – All Time Wins Ranking: 3rd place (161 wins, shared with Mario Chipollini) CyclingRanking – Overall ranking: 8th place See also List of riders with stage wins at all three cycling Grand Tours Belgium at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships Belgium at the UCI Road World Championships Cycling records A Sunday in Hell List of Belgians Notes References Further reading External links Complete palmares 1947 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners Belgian Giro d'Italia stage winners Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclo-cross cyclists Cyclists from East Flanders UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions (men) Tour de Suisse stage winners Olympic cyclists of Belgium Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Eeklo Belgian cyclo-cross champions Romani sportspeople