 Dhaenens at the1989 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rudy Dhaenens | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1961-04-10)10 April 1961 Deinze, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 April 1998(1998-04-06) (aged 36) Aalst, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1983–1987 | Splendor–Euro Shop | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Panasonic–Sportlife | ||||||||||||||
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Rudy Dhaenens (10 April 1961 – 6 April 1998) was aBelgian professionalroad bicycle racer who is most famous for winning theroad race at the1990 UCI Road World Championships as a member of the Belgian national team.
Dhaenens excelled several times in theParis–Roubaix classic race; finishing second in 1986 and third the following year. Dhaenens won the 1990 World Championship Road Race, held inUtsunomiya, Japan, ahead ofDirk De Wolf of Belgium andGianni 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 thePDM 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 inAalst while driving to the finish of theTour of Flanders bicycle race.[1] From 1999 to 2007, theGrand Prix Rudy Dhaenens was held in his honour in late March, inNevele, Belgium.
Road race,UCI Road World Championships| Grand Tour | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | |
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 Vuelta a España | Did not contest during career | ||||||||||
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour de France | DNF | DNF | 101 | 122 | DNF | 87 | DNF | 43 | DNF | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
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