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Rudy Dhaenens
Rudy Dhaenens (10 April 1961 – 6 April 1998) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who is most famous for winning the road race at the 1990 UCI Road World Championships as a member of the Belgian national team.
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| Dhaenens at the 1989 Tour de France | |||
| Rudy Dhaenens | |||
| (1961-04-10)10 April 1961Deinze, Belgium | |||
| 6 April 1998(1998-04-06) (aged 36)Aalst, Belgium | |||
| Road | |||
| Rider | |||
| Splendor–Euro Shop | |||
| PDM–Ultima–Concorde | |||
| Panasonic–Sportlife | |||
| Grand Tours | |||
| Tour de France | |||
| 1 individual stage (1986) | |||
| One-day races and Classics |
World Road Race Championships (1990) | | | | | | | 1990 Utsunomiya | Road race | | | | | | | | 1990 Utsunomiya | Road race | |
Rudy Dhaenens (10 April 1961 – 6 April 1998) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who is most famous for winning the road race at the 1990 UCI Road World Championships as a member of the Belgian national team.
Dhaenens excelled several times in the Paris–Roubaix classic race; finishing second in 1986 and third the following year. Dhaenens won the 1990 World Championship Road Race, held in Utsunomiya, Japan, ahead of Dirk De Wolf of Belgium and Gianni Bugno of Italy. In 1992, Dhaenens was forced to stop his career because of heart problems. For a long time, he was in the service of the PDM cycling team, usually as tactical captain. Dhaenens was known for his calm, reserved attitude.
He died in 1998, at the age of 36, from head injuries sustained in a car accident in Aalst while driving to the finish of the Tour of Flanders bicycle race. From 1999 to 2007, the Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens was held in his honour in late March, in Nevele, Belgium.
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- Rudy Dhaenens at Cycling Archives
- Rudy Dhaenens at ProCyclingStats
- Rudy Dhaenens at InterSportStats
- Official Tour de France results for Rudy Dhaenens
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