Belgian cyclist
Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professionalroad bicycle racer and formerdirecteur sportif ofTeam Telekom , later known as T-Mobile Team.
As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in theindividual road race of the1964 Summer Olympics after his young compatriotEddy Merckx was caught in the final.[ 1] Belgian championship in 1965,Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967) andParis–Roubaix (1969).[ 2]
But Godefroot eventually didn't have Merckx's abilities in stage races and concentrated on the separate stages in the grand tours. He won ten stages in theTour de France , including the stage on the Champs-Élysées in1975 where the Tour finished for the first time, and the green jersey in the1970 Tour de France , one stage in the1970 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the1971 Vuelta a España .[ 3]
Being a specialist in one-dayclassic cycle races , he won another Belgian champion title in 1972, twoTours of Flanders at ten-year intervals in 1968 and 1978, twoBordeaux–Paris in 1969 and 1976 and had numerous runner-ups in other classics.
Remarkably, Godefroot informed the Tour de Flandres organization about the existence of theKoppenberg . From 1976, the hill was included in the course of the race.
At the end of his career, following the classics campaign in April 1977, he tested positive for a doping product along with several other top riders.
In 1981, Godefroot and his wife started a cycling shop in Deurle which still exists today.[ 4]
He managed theCapri-Sonne-Koga Miyata , T-Mobile and Astana teams. He was notably the sports director ofBjarne Riis ,Jan Ullrich andErik Zabel during the victorious Tour de France editions in 1996 and 1997, although Riis and Zabel later admitted they usedEPO in the 1996 Tour de France.[ 5]
Godefroot stepped down as team manager before the 2006 season and was replaced byOlaf Ludwig . After the exclusion ofAstana–Würth from the2006 Tour de France , Godefroot returned to the peloton when he became manager ofAstana . His contract was not renewed when it ran out in July 2007.[ 6]
In his racing days he was called 'The Bulldog of Flanders'.
The peloton led by Godefroot inDwars door België , 1975 Source[ 7] [ 8]
1964 1st Stage 2Tour de Berlin 3rdRoad race ,Olympic Games 3rd OverallTour de Tunisie 1st Stages 1, 4 & 8 1965 1stRoad race , National Road Championships 1stOmloop van het Zuidwesten 3rdTielt–Antwerpen–Tielt 4thGP du Tournaisis 7thGrand Prix d'Isbergues 8th OverallTour du Nord 10thOmloop van Oost-Vlaanderen 1966 1stDwars door België 1stGrote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé 1stMaaslandse Pijl Volta a Catalunya 1st Stages 1a, 1b, 3, 6a & 8 1st Stage 3Tour of Belgium 1stFour Days of Dunkirk 2ndOmloop Het Volk 2ndRund um den Henninger Turm 2ndGrand Prix d'Isbergues 2ndBruxelles–Meulebeke 2ndCircuit des Onze Villes 4thLiège–Bastogne–Liège 4thParis–Brussels 4thGrote Prijs Jef Scherens 6thGent–Wevelgem 7th OverallGrand Prix du Midi Libre 1st Stage 1 1967 1stLiège–Bastogne–Liège 1stNokere Koerse 1stMaaslandse Pijl 1stMemorial Fred De Bruyne 1stPorto–Lisboa Tour de France 1st Stage 1b Held 1st Stage 7aTour de Suisse 1st Stage 1Tour de Romandie 2ndGullegem Koerse 2ndBruxelles–Meulebeke 2ndOmloop van de Vlasstreek 4thHarelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke 5thLa Flèche Wallonne 6thDwars door België 7thMilan–San Remo 8thGrote Prijs Jef Scherens 9th OverallParis–Nice 9thKuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1968 1stTour of Flanders 1stGent–Wevelgem 1stDwars door België Tour de France 1st Stages 3b & 9 Held Paris–Nice 1st Stages 2 & 6 1st Stage 2Tour de Suisse 2ndLiège–Bastogne–Liège 2ndParis–Tours 3rdParis–Roubaix 3rdOmloop van de Vlasstreek 4thOmloop Het Volk 4thBruxelles–Meulebeke 4thBaden-Baden (withHerman Vanspringel ) 6th OverallFour Days of Dunkirk 8th OverallVuelta a Andalucía 1st Stages 3 & 8 9thMilan–San Remo 9thLa Flèche Wallonne 1969 1stParis–Roubaix 1stScheldeprijs 1stOmloop van de Fruitstreek 1stHeusden Koers 1stGP du canton d'Argovie 1stCritérium des As 1stBordeaux–Paris 1st Stage 6bCritérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 3aTour de Suisse 2ndRoad race , National Road Championships 3rdGP Union Dortmund 4thLa Flèche Wallonne 5thMilan–San Remo 5thDwars door België 5thBruxelles–Meulebeke 10thRund um den Henninger Turm 1970 1stZüri-Metzgete 1stCircuit de l'Aulne 1stGiro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 1stGrand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence Tour de France 1stPoints classification 1st Stages 4 & 5a 1st Stage 8Giro d'Italia 2nd OverallTour of Belgium 1st Stage 3a 2ndTour of Flanders 3rdGent–Wevelgem 4thCoppa Placci 4thBrussels–Ingooigem 5thMilan–San Remo 5thParis–Roubaix 6thRoad race , National Road Championships 7thRoad race ,UCI Road World Championships 9thRund um den Henninger Turm 10thGP du Tournaisis 1971 1stTextielprijs Vichte Tour de France 1st Stage 9 Held Vuelta a España 1st Stages 7 & 8 1st Stage 1Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 2ndGrand Prix de Wallonie 4thE3 Prijs Vlaanderen 4thParis–Tours 5thLa Flèche Wallonne 9thCircuit de l'Aulne 1972 1stRoad race , National Road Championships 1st Stage 5aTour de France 2ndCircuit de l'Aulne 3rdE3 Prijs Vlaanderen 3rdNationale Sluitingsprijs 3rdKampioenschap van Vlaanderen 3rdCritérium des As 5thCircuit des Onze Villes 6thScheldeprijs 7thOmloop Het Volk 1973 1stOmloop van Oost-Vlaanderen 1stOmloop der drie Provinciën 1stGP Briek Schotte 1stCircuit du Brabant central Tour de France 1st Stages 5 & 16a 1st Stage 4aParis–Nice 1st Stage 5Vuelta a Andalucía 2ndParis–Roubaix 2ndFlèche Halloise 3rdLiège–Bastogne–Liège 3rdGrand Prix de Wallonie 3rdBordeaux–Paris 4thGent–Wevelgem 5th OverallTour of Belgium 1st Stage 1 5thOmloop Het Volk 6thRoad race , National Road Championships 6thTour of Flanders 7thLa Flèche Wallonne 7thParis–Tours 8thRund um den Henninger Turm 9thAmstel Gold Race 10thMilan–San Remo 10thCircuit des Onze Villes 1974 1stFour Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 3a 1stRund um den Henninger Turm 1stZüri-Metzgete 3rdTour of Flanders 3rdAmstel Gold Race 3rdCircuit des Onze Villes 4thE3 Prijs Vlaanderen 7thMilan–San Remo 8thGent–Wevelgem 10thDwars door België 1975 1st Stage 22Tour de France 2ndOmloop van de Westkust 3rdLiège–Bastogne–Liège 3rdRund um den Henninger Turm 3rdRonde van Limburg 3rdGrote Prijs Marcel Kint 4thDwars door België 8thRoad race , National Road Championships 8thParis–Roubaix 1976 1stBordeaux–Paris 1st Prologue (TTT )Tour de Luxembourg 2ndE3 Prijs Vlaanderen 2ndMaël-Pestivien 3rdZüri-Metzgete 3rdTour du Condroz 4thRund um den Henninger Turm 5thParis–Roubaix 5thLa Flèche Wallonne 5thGrand Prix de Wallonie 6thParis–Brussels 6thOmloop van het Leiedal 7thCircuit de l'Aulne 8th OverallTour of Belgium 1st Stage 2 8thTour of Flanders 8thHerinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem 10thMilan–San Remo 10thGrand Prix Pino Cerami 10thGrand Prix de Monaco 1977 1stHeusden Koers 1st Stage 3Four Days of Dunkirk 2ndTour of Flanders 2ndMilano–Torino 2ndBordeaux–Paris 3rdZüri-Metzgete 4thGent–Wevelgem 5thOmloop van het Zuidwesten 6thOmloop Het Volk 6thOmloop der Beide Vlaanderen 6thRund um den Henninger Turm 8thAmstel Gold Race 10thRoad race ,UCI Road World Championships 1978 1stTour of Flanders 2ndHerinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem 2ndGrand Prix d'Aix-en-Provence 8thDwars door België 9thE3 Prijs Vlaanderen 9thCritérium des As 10thOmloop Het Volk 1979 1stCircuit des Frontières 1stRuddervoorde Koerse 1st Stage 1a (TTT )Tour de Belgium 2ndCircuit de l'Aulne 2ndOmloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 3rdMemorial Fred De Bruyne 6thRund um den Henninger Turm 8thTour of Flanders 8thDwars door België 9thDruivenkoers Overijse Grand Tour general classification results timeline [ edit ] Classics results timeline [ edit ] Major championship results timeline [ edit ] 1965 1st Critérium de Libramont 1967 1st Circuit de l'Armorique à Ploudalmézeau 1st Circuit du Maasland 1970 1st Critérium de Boulogne-sur-Mer 1975 1st Critérium De Panne 1966 1stSix Days of Madrid (withEmiel Severeyns ) 1971 3rdSix Days of Antwerp 1972 3rdSix Days of Ghent (withGraeme Gilmore ) 1973 2nd Madison, National Track Championships (withNorbert Seeuws ) 3rdSix Days of Antwerp 1975 3rd Madison, National Track Championships (withFreddy Maertens )
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