the finish of Belgium's blue-ribband event, the Tour of Flanders. Career achievements Major results 1968 1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir 1969 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra 1st Stage 6 Tour of Belgium 1971 3rd Overall Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 1972 4th Overall Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 12 1973 5th Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 12b 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 3 1st Stage 3 GP du Midi-Libre 1975 3rd Overall Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 14 & 18 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude 1st Stage 1 & 3 1976 1st Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 14 2nd Overall GP du Midi-Libre 1st Stage 4b 1st Stage 2b Tour de l'Aude 1977 3rd Overall Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 15b 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 1st Stage 6 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stages 7 & 8 1979 5th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stage 15 1st Stage 16 Tour de France 1st Stage 7b Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 1981 2nd Overall Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 5 1982 4th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Mountains classification 1983 1st National Road Race Champion 4th Overall Tour de France 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 19 9th Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 11 1986 1st Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros 1st Stage 1 Grand Tour general classification results timeline Notes External links Cycling hall of fame biography Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners Tour de France winners Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners 1946 births Living people Cyclists from East Flanders Tour de Suisse stage winners People from Erpe-Mere