Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (born 31 May 1955 in Mouscron) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, track cyclist and directeur sportif. He is an uncle of Frank Vandenbroucke. He was a prologue specialist, winning 19 prologues throughout his career.
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| Full name | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1955 Mouscron, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1975–1979 | Peugeot–BP–Michelin | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1985 | La Redoute–Motobécane | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Kas–Kaskol | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Hitachi–Bosal–B.C.E. Snooker | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1988–1999 | Lotto | |||||||||||||||||
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Cycling career
editHe won the one-day classic Blois-Chaville (a reconfigured version of Paris-Tours) in 1982. However, certain victory in the race was snatched from Laurent Fignon, who broke a pedal crank while in the lead near the finish.
Major results
edit- 1975
- 1st Flèche Ardennaise
- 1st Omloop van de Westhoek
- 5th Omloop van het Houtland
- 9th Circuit des Frontières
- 9th Grand Prix des Nations
- 1976
- 1st
Overall Étoile des Espoirs
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Omloop van het Zuidwesten
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Milan–San Remo- 5th Paris–Tours
- 7th Tour du Condroz
- 8th Grand Prix des Nations
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 1977
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 4th Dwars door België
- 4th Omloop Het Volk
- 4th Grand Prix des Nations
- 5th Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 5th Tour du Haut Var
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 6th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 9th Paris–Brussels
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 1978
- 1st Circuit des Frontières
- 1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 2b Tour de l'Aude
- 1st Prologue Tour de Corse
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 3rd Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
- 1st Stage 2a
- 3rd Tour du Haut Var
- 3rd Paris–Brussels
- 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Grand Prix de Monaco
- 7th Grand Prix des Nations
- 1979
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- Étoile des Espoirs
- 1st Prologue & Stage 2
- 2nd Omloop van het Zuidwesten
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 7th Paris–Brussels
- 9th Dwars door België
- 1980
- 1st
Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 4b (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2a (ITT)
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Alfons De Wolf)
- 6th Tour du Haut Var
- 7th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 6
- 8th Overall Étoile des Espoirs
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Omloop Het Volk
- 1981
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 1st Stage 2b
- 1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 3rd Omloop Het Volk
- 3rd Tour du Haut Var
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 1st Prologue
- 9th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7a
- 1982
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5b (ITT)
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 1st Prologue
- 2nd Dwars door België
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Prologue
- 1983
- 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen
- Étoile des Espoirs
- 1st Prologue & Stage 6 (ITT)
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 1st Prologue
- 4th Grand Prix des Nations
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1984
- 1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude
- 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2nd Omloop Het Volk
- 2nd Critérium des As
- 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Prologue & Stage 4a (ITT)
- 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th Grand Prix des Nations
- 7th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 8th Trofeo Baracchi
- 9th Paris–Tours
- 10th GP du canton d'Argovie
- 1985
- 1st
Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 1st
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude
- 3rd Grand Prix des Nations
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 8th Nice–Alassio
- 9th Paris–Brussels
- 10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 1986
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude
- 3rd Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 5th Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 5th Grand Prix Cerami
- 1987
- 1st Prologue Vuelta a España
- 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 3rd Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 7th Circuit des Frontières
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Oise
- 9th Overall Tour d'Armorique
- 10th Le Samyn
- 1988
- 1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen
External links
edit- Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke at ProCyclingStats
- Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke at CycleBase