Lucien Van Impe (pronounced [lʏsˈjɛɱ vɑn ˈɪmpə]; born 20 October 1946) is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled...

category climbs in 1963 The system has faced criticism. Six-time winner Lucien Van Impe said in 2010 that the mountain jersey has been devalued, because it...

Van Impe (1931–2020), American televangelist Jacques Van Impe (born 1941), Belgian ornithologist Kevin van Impe (born 1981), Belgian cyclist Lucien Van...

Laurent Fignon. Sean Kelly of Ireland won the points classification, and Lucien Van Impe of Belgium won the mountains classification. The Tour organisation...

distance of 4,017 km (2,496 mi). It was won by mountain specialist Lucien Van Impe in a battle with the previous winner Bernard Thévenet and Joop Zoetemelk...

096 km (2,545 mi). Lucien Van Impe, the winner of the previous year, wanted to repeat his victory and going into stage 16 Van Impe along with Eddy Merckx...

on the 17th stage he would lose another 17 minutes. In the end only Lucien Van Impe, Robert Alban and Joop Zoetemelk were able to finish inside 20:00 of...

classifications: the points classification was won by Rik Van Linden, mountains classification by Lucien Van Impe, and the intermediate sprints classification by...

in World War II Lucien Van Impe, cyclist, winner of the 1976 Tour de France Lucien Leopold Harrigan known professionally as Jon Lucien, jazz and R&B singer...

Delpher. Lowe 2014, p. 206. van Schoonderwal, Frans (12 July 1976). "Geel siert Lucien van Impe" [Yellow adorns Lucien van Impe]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch)...

offensive in stage sixteen where he finished just six seconds behind Lucien Van Impe. Van Impe had a rocky start to this Tour but was slowly clawing his way...

Mountains" in the Tour de France six times: Federico Bahamontes (Spain) and Lucien Van Impe (Belgium), while Richard Virenque (France) holds the record with seven...

with Lucien Van Impe and Bernard Guyot as leaders. Aimar won the Critérium de la Polymultipliée, then came 17th in the Tour de France in support of Van Impe...

road bicycle racer. His father is former cyclist Frank Van Impe, and his uncle is Lucien Van Impe, one of the greatest climbers in cycling history and winner...

Zoetemelk (Flandria–Mars) finished second, 9:51 minutes behind, and Lucien Van Impe was third (Sonolor–Lejeune), just over 11 minutes in arrears. Pre-race...

Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet  Lucien Van Impe (BEL) 1976 15 1 Saint-Lary-Soulan Pau  Francisco Galdós (ESP) 1977 2 1 Auch Pau  Lucien Van Impe (BEL) 1978 11 1 Pau...

Peugeot–BP–Michelin 4,000 km (2,500 mi) 114h 35′ 31″ + 2′ 47″ 2 1976  Belgium Lucien Van Impe Gitane–Campagnolo 4,017 km (2,496 mi) 116h 22′ 23″ + 4′ 14″ 1 1977...

mid-1980s, sponsoring riders such as Jacques Anquetil (1963–1965), Lucien Van Impe (1974–1976), Bernard Hinault (1975–1983), Laurent Fignon (1982–1988)...

commentator. Three of his riders, Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, and Lucien Van Impe, won the Tour de France. Another of his protégés, Greg LeMond, described...

Johan Museeuw and Tom Boonen, Cyrille Guimard's relationship with Lucien Van Impe, Bernard Hinault, and later Laurent Fignon as well as a young Greg...

serious injuries, but could start the next stage. In the eighth stage, Lucien Van Impe attacked on the last climb. Merckx caught him and won the stage, with...

 Lucien Van Impe (BEL)  Phil Anderson (AUS) 1978 11 Pau 161 1  Mariano Martínez (FRA)  Joseph Bruyère (BEL) 1976 14 Saint-Gaudens 139 1  Lucien Van Impe (BEL)...

general classification, and kept it till the end of the race. 1977: Lucien Van Impe, a Belgian rider leading the climbers' competition, broke clear on...

shorter stage lengths in modern Tours. Of the riders on this list only Van Impe (1976) and Zoetemelk (1980) have won the race. Riders who are still active...

the offensive and claimed the win. He finished ten seconds ahead of Lucien Van Impe, but won considerable time on those closest to him in the GC. Stage...

and Herman Van Springel fell down when a dog crossed the road, but both suffered no serious damage. In the second part of that stage, Van Springel bridged...

Galibier ever since it was first traversed in the 1979 Tour, when Lucien Van Impe claimed the award. The tunnel was passed through on stage 19 of the...

Bernard Thévenet (1/2) Agustín Tamames (1/1) 1976 Felice Gimondi (5/5) Lucien Van Impe (1/1) José Pesarrodona (1/1) 1977 Michel Pollentier (1/1) Bernard Thévenet...

mountains classification in 2003 to tie with Federico Bahamontes and Lucien Van Impe. His day-long breakaway also saw him wear the yellow jersey as leader...

awarded, Famcucine's Francesco Moser won the points classification, Lucien Van Impe of Metauro Mobili won the mountains classification, and Metauro Mobili's...