Rik Van Looy

Henri "Rik" Van Looy (20 December 1933 – 17 December 2024) was a Belgian professional cyclist. He won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Rik Van Looy

Van Looy at the 1962
Personal information
Nickname	Rik II (Rik I is Van Steenbergen) Keizer Van Herentals (Emperor of Herentals)
Born	Henri Van Looy (1933-12-20)20 December 1933 Grobbendonk, Belgium
Died	17 December 2024(2024-12-17) (aged 90) Herentals, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
1953–1954	l'Avenir
1953–1954	Gitane–Hutchinson
1954	Touring
1954	Template:Cycling data Bianchi
1955	Van Hauwaert–Maes Pils
1956–1961	Template:Cycling data Faema
1962	Flandria–Faema–Clément
1963	Template:Cycling data Libertas
1964–1966	Solo–Superia
1967–1970	Template:Cycling data Willem II
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (1963) 7 individual stages (1963, 1965, 1969) 1 TTT Stage (1962) Combativity award (1963) Giro d'Italia Mountains classification (1960) 12 individual stages (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962) Vuelta a España Points classification (1959, 1965) 18 individual stages (1958, 1959, 1964, 1965) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1960, 1961) National Road Race Championship (1958, 1963) Milan–San Remo (1958) Tour of Flanders (1959, 1962) Paris–Roubaix (1961, 1962, 1965) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1961) Giro di Lombardia (1959) Gent–Wevelgem (1956, 1957, 1962) La Flèche Wallonne (1968)
Medal record Representing Belgium Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team road race Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1960 Karl Marx Stadt Road Race 1961 Bern Road Race 1956 Copenhagen Road Race 1963 Ronse Road Race 1953 Lugano Amateur Road Race Men's track cycling European Championships 1962 Zürich Madison 1962 Berlin Derny

Van Looy died on 17 December 2024 in Herentals, Belgium, two days before his 91st birthday.

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