| Country: |  Belgium |
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| Born: | 1933-12-20 (86) | |
| Gender: |  |
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| Nicknames: | Rik II, De Keizer van Herenthals | |
| Family: | Grandfather of Katrien Van Looy | |
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| Important victories | |
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NC Belgium (1958, 1963) World Championships (1960, 1961) Milano - San Remo (1958) Giro di Lombardia (1959) Liege - Bastogne - Liege (1961) Tour of Flanders (1959, 1962) Paris - Roubaix (1961, 1962, 1965) |
| Year | Teams | CycleBase Rankings |
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| 1953 | Gitane - Hutchinson |  |
209 |
| 1954 | Gitane - Hutchinson | |
98 |
| 1955 | Van Hauwaert - Maes | |
252 |
| 1956 | Faema | |
5 |
| 1957 | Faema | |
10 |
| 1958 | Faema | |
2 |
| 1959 | Faema | |
1 |
| 1960 | Faema | |
2 |
| 1961 | Faema | |
2 |
| 1962 | Flandria - Faema - Clement | |
4 |
| 1963 | G.B.C. - Libertas | |
2 |
| 1964 | Solo - Superia | |
9 |
| 1965 | Solo - Superia | |
1 |
| 1966 | Solo - Superia | |
28 |
| 1967 | Willem II - Gazelle | |
22 |
| 1968 | Willem II - Gazelle | |
37 |
| 1969 | Willem II - Gazelle | |
67 |
| 1970 | Willem II - Gazelle | |
254 |
| Results | Victories | Analysis | Team Staff |
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Brussel - Opwijk 2nd place Omloop van de Vlaamse Gewesten (amateurs) (4/5) 1st place Tour of Austria 1st place in 5th stage Omloop Het Volk (amateurs) (8/3) 1st place Ronde van Midden-Nederland (25/5) 1st place World Championships Amateurs (29/8) 3rd place Paris - Tours (4/10) 7th place Paris - Roubaix (11/4) 103rd place Driedaagse van Antwerpen (20-22/4) 1st place in 5th stage Paris - Bruxelles (25/4) 21st place Belgium Tour (26-30/5) 2nd place GP Europe - Brasschaat (8/7) 9th place GP de l`Escaut (27/7) 4th place Roubaix - Huy (1/8) 1st place Giro d`Italia (14/5-5/6) DNF Circuit de Flandres Orientale (30/5) 1st place Circuit Escaut-Dendre-Lys (5/6) 4th place Omloop van Midden-Belgie (19/6) 3rd place Course des Trois Pays (3/7) 4th place Omloop van Vlaanderen (11/3) 8th place Milano - San Remo (19/3) 52nd place Gent - Wevelgem (25/3) 1st place Tour of Flanders (2/4) 11st place Paris - Roubaix (8/4) 11st place Driedaagse van Antwerpen (17-19/4) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage Paris - Bruxelles (22/4) 1st place Circuit Regions Fruitiere (29/4) 2nd place Vijfbergenomloop (1/5) 1st place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (6/5) 5th place Ronde van Nederland (6-13/5) 1st place 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 7th stage GP de l`Escaut (31/7) 1st place Trois Villes Soeurs (15/8) 1st place World Championships (26/8) 2nd place Sluitingsprijs (16/10) 2nd place Sassari - Cagliari (26/2) 2nd place Milano - Torino (10/3) 7th place Milano - San Remo (19/3) 74th place Gent - Wevelgem (23/3) 1st place Trofee van Vlaanderen (24/3) 5th place Tour of Flanders (31/3) 17th place GP Roulers (20/4) 1st place Roma - Napoli - Roma (24/4-1/5) 1st place in 9th stage Ronde van Nederland (6-13/5) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 7th stage Circuit de Flandres Orientale (10/6) 1st place Omloop van Midden-Belgie (30/6) 2nd place GP de l`Escaut (30/7) 1st place Driedaagse van Antwerpen (11-13/8) 4th place 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 5th stage World Championships (18/8) 4th place Coupe Sels (27/8) 1st place Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (12/9) 4th place Coppa Bernocchi (15/9) 1st place Omloop van het Houtland (26/9) 3rd place Paris - Tours (6/10) 6th place Giro di Sardegna (23-28/2) 3rd place 1st place in 3rd stage Tour de Levant (9-16/3) 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 9th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 1st place Dwars door Belgie (22-23/3) 1st place in 2nd stage Gent - Wevelgem (6/4) 2nd place Driedaagse van Antwerpen (8-12/4) 2nd place 1st place in 2nd stage Paris - Roubaix (13/4) 3rd place Trofee van Vlaanderen (17/4) 2nd place Paris - Bruxelles (20/4) 1st place La Flèche Wallonne (26/4) 13rd place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (27/4) 10th place Vuelta a Espana (30/4-15/5) 3rd place in 1st stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 6th stage 1st place in 7th stage 2nd place in 8th stage 1st place in 10th stage 1st place in 11st stage Circuit de Flandres Orientale (26/5) 4th place Milano - Mantua (15/6) 1st place Ronde van Nederland (17-22/6) 5th place NC Belgium (10/8) 1st place GP Marvan (23-25/8) 8th place 1st place in 2nd stage Coppa Bernocchi (14/9) 1st place Omloop van het Houtland (2/10) 4th place Paris - Tours (5/10) 4th place Sluitingsprijs (14/10) 3rd place Giro di Lombardia (19/10) 27th place Championnat de Barcelona 2nd place Giro di Sardegna (22-27/2) 1st place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 6th stage Tour de Levant (8-15/3) 1st place 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 7th stage 1st place in 8th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 35th place Tour of Flanders (30/3) 1st place Paris - Roubaix (12/4) 4th place Paris - Bruxelles (19/4) 5th place GP Stad Vilvoorde (21/4) 1st place Vuelta a Espana (24/4-10/5) 3rd place 1st place in points ranking 1st place in 1st stage 3rd place in 5th stage 2nd place in 6th stage 1st place in 8th stage 1st place in 9th stage 1st place in 11st stage 3rd place in 15th stage Giro d`Italia (16/5-7/6) 4th place 1st place in 1st stage 3rd place in 3rd stage 1st place in 5th stage 3rd place in 8th stage 1st place in 11st stage 2nd place in 13rd stage 1st place in 14th stage 2nd place in 15th stage 2nd place in 22nd stage NC Belgium (21/6) 5th place Tielt - Antwerpen - Tielt (26/7) 1st place GP de l`Escaut (28/7) 5th place World Championships (16/8) 38th place Criterium des As (5/9) 5th place Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (17/9) 1st place Paris - Tours (11/10) 1st place Giro di Lombardia (18/10) 1st place Trofeo Baracchi (4/11) 9th place Giro di Sardegna (28/2-4/3) 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 5th stage Sassari - Cagliari (6/3) 2nd place Paris - Nice (9-16/3) 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 8th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 6th place Tour of Flanders (3/4) 3rd place Paris - Bruxelles (24/4) 7th place Liege - Bastogne - Liege (8/5) 4th place La Flèche Wallonne (9/5) 8th place Giro d`Italia (19/5-9/6) 11st place 1st place in mountain ranking 3rd place in 5th stage 2nd place in 7th stage 1st place in 8th stage 1st place in 9th stage 2nd place in 12nd stage 1st place in 13rd stage 2nd place in 23rd stage Tour du Brabant (17/6) 1st place Driedaagse van Antwerpen (18-20/6) 5th place 1st place in 3rd stage NC Belgium (31/7) 4th place World Championships (14/8) 1st place Criterium des As (3/9) 3rd place Giro di Lombardia (16/10) 11st place Bol d`Or des Monedieres 1st place Giro di Sardegna (26/2-3/3) 6th place 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 6th stage Sassari - Cagliari (5/3) 1st place Paris - Nice (10-16/3) 7th place 1st place in 6th stage 1st place in 7th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 2nd place Paris - Roubaix (9/4) 1st place Paris - Bruxelles (23/4) 7th place Belgium Tour (8-11/5) 1st place 1st place in 5th stage Liege - Bastogne - Liege (15/5) 1st place Giro d`Italia (20/5-11/6) 7th place 2nd place in 7th stage 1st place in 13rd stage 1st place in 15th stage 1st place in 17th stage 2nd place in 21st stage GP Flandria (21/7) 4th place World Championships (3/9) 1st place Criterium des As (9/9) 1st place Giro di Sardegna (24/2-1/3) 1st place 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 6th stage Paris - Nice (9-17/3) 6th place 1st place in 9th stage 1st place in 12nd stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 14th place Gent - Wevelgem (25/3) 1st place Tour of Flanders (1/4) 1st place Paris - Roubaix (9/4) 1st place Belgium Tour (23-26/4) 4th place 1st place in 4th stage Liege - Bastogne - Liege (6/5) 8th place Rund um den Henniger Turm (13/5) 3rd place Giro d`Italia (19/5-9/6) DNF 1st place in 9th stage 1st place in 11st stage Circuit Escaut-Dendre-Lys (9/6) 2nd place Circuit du Limbourg (10/6) 5th place Circuit de Flandres Orientale (11/6) 3rd place Tour de France (24/6-15/7) DNF 3rd place in 1st stage World Championships (2/9) 30th place Criterium des As (8/9) 7th place Giro di Sardegna (24/2-1/3) 2nd place 1st place in 5th stage Sassari - Cagliari (3/3) 9th place Omloop van de Vlaamse Gewesten (9/3) 1st place Paris - Nice (10-16/3) 3rd place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 9th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 71st place Gent - Wevelgem (24/3) 8th place Tour of Flanders (31/3) 6th place Paris - Roubaix (7/4) 2nd place Giro d`Italia (16/5-6/6) DNF Circuit du Limbourg (1/6) 10th place Dauphiné Libéré (3-9/6) 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 5th stage Brussel - Ingooigem (12/6) 7th place Tour de France (23/6-14/7) 10th place 1st place in points ranking 1st place in 2nd stage 3rd place in 5th stage 3rd place in 7th stage 2nd place in 9th stage 1st place in 10th stage 2nd place in 14th stage 1st place in 15th stage 3rd place in 19th stage 2nd place in 20th stage 1st place in 23rd stage NC Belgium (21/7) 1st place World Championships (11/8) 2nd place Criterium des As (7/9) 3rd place Giro di Sardegna (1-6/3) 1st place in 4th stage Sassari - Cagliari (8/3) 6th place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (14/3) 1st place Milano - San Remo (19/3) 4th place Gent - Wevelgem (22/3) 3rd place Tour of Flanders (5/4) 10th place GP Union Dortmund (12/4) 4th place Belgium Tour (13-16/4) 1st place in 5th stage Paris - Roubaix (19/4) 16th place Paris - Bruxelles (26/4) 2nd place Vuelta a Espana (30/4-16/5) DNF 2nd place in 1st stage 1st place in 3rd stage 2nd place in 4th stage 2nd place in 5th stage Brussel - Meulebeke (24/5) 1st place Dauphiné Libéré (29/5-6/6) 1st place in 6th stage Tour de France (22/6-14/7) DNF Tour du Brabant (22/8) 2nd place Parijs - Luxemburg (29-30/8) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage World Championships (6/9) 32nd place Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (17/9) 2nd place Paris - Tours (11/10) 2nd place GP Alghero (28/2) 1st place Giro di Sardegna (2-7/3) 1st place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 4th stage 1st place in 5th stage 1st place in 6th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 41st place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (27/3) 1st place Circuit des 11 Villes (28/3) 1st place Ronde van het Zuid-Oosten (31/3-4/4) 1st place in 6th stage Belgium Tour (6-9/4) 1st place in 2nd stage Paris - Roubaix (11/4) 1st place Tour of Flanders (17/4) 6th place Fleche Enghiennoise (23/4) 1st place Vuelta a Espana (29/4-16/5) 3rd place 1st place in points ranking 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 2nd stage 1st place in 8th stage 1st place in 10th stage 2nd place in 11st stage 1st place in 14th stage 1st place in 16th stage 1st place in 17th stage 1st place in 19th stage Brussel - Meulebeke (23/5) 1st place Maaslandse Pijl (8/6) 3rd place Ronde van Luxemburg (11-14/6) 10th place 1st place in 1st stage 1st place in 3rd stage 1st place in 5th stage Tour de France (22/6-14/7) 31st place 1st place in 1st stage 2nd place in 12nd stage 1st place in 21st stage 2nd place in 23rd stage GP Marcel Kint (3/8) 5th place Omloop Het Volk (5/3) 20th place Paris - Nice (8-15/3) 2nd place in 2nd stage 1st place in 5th stage 2nd place in 6th stage Gent - Wevelgem (23/3) 22nd place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (26/3) 1st place Tour of Flanders (9/4) 16th place Circuit Regions Fruitiere (10/4) 1st place Paris - Roubaix (17/4) 9th place Fleche Enghiennoise (21/4) 4th place Paris - Bruxelles (24/4) 3rd place La Flèche Wallonne (29/4) 11st place Maaslandse Pijl (29/5) 6th place Omloop van Midden-Belgie (5/6) 2nd place Ronde van Luxemburg (10-13/6) 5th place 1st place in 4th stage Tour de la Flandre Orientale (19/6) 9th place Tour de France (21/6-14/7) DNF 2nd place in 5th stage 2nd place in 7th stage Paris - Tours (9/10) 2nd place Giro di Sardegna (27/2-5/3) 1st place in 2nd stage Paris - Nice (8-15/3) 6th place 1st place in 4th stage Milano - San Remo (19/3) 12nd place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (25/3) 6th place Circuit Regions Fruitiere (26/3) 1st place Tour of Flanders (2/4) 26th place Belgium Tour (4-7/4) 10th place Paris - Roubaix (9/4) 2nd place Amstel Gold Race (15/4) 15th place Fleche Enghiennoise (20/4) 2nd place La Flèche Wallonne (28/4) 15th place Giro d`Italia (22/5-11/6) DNF Tour de France (29/6-23/7) DNF Wezembeek - Oppem (22/7) 2nd place Coupe Sels (29/8) 9th place Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (14/9) 4th place Omloop van het Houtland (28/9) 2nd place Paris - Tours (8/10) 1st place Milano - San Remo (19/3) 10th place Tour of Flanders (30/3) 11st place Belgium Tour (2-5/4) 10th place Gent - Wevelgem (16/4) 8th place Fleche Enghiennoise (18/4) 2nd place La Flèche Wallonne (21/4) 1st place Rotheux - Aix - Rotheux (4/5) 1st place Tour du Condroz (23/5) 6th place Brussel - Ingooigem (12/6) 3rd place Tour de la Flandre Orientale (23/6) 4th place World Championships (1/9) 15th place Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (12/9) 3rd place Amstel Gold Race (21/9) 25th place Paris - Tours (6/10) 4th place Milano - San Remo (19/3) 82nd place E3 Prijs Harelbeke (22/3) 1st place Circuit Regions Fruitiere (5/4) 10th place Paris - Roubaix (13/4) 22nd place Gent - Wevelgem (16/4) 10th place Fleche Enghiennoise (17/4) 9th place La Flèche Wallonne (20/4) 23rd place Fleche Cotiere (10/5) 8th place Omloop van de Grensstreek (Ledegem) (24/5) 1st place Renaix - Tournai - Renaix (2/6) 7th place NC Belgium (22/6) 7th place Tour de France (28/6-20/7) DNF 1st place in 6th stage Omloop Zuid-West Vlaamse Bergen (9/7) 4th place Acht van Chaam (23/7) 5th place Parijs - Luxemburg (5-6/8) 9th place World Championships (10/8) 24th place Omloop van de Zennevallei (15/8) 1st place Coupe Sels (2/9) 5th place GP Jef Scherens (8/9) 5th place Kessel - Lier (30/5) 1st place Omloop van Midden-Belgie (7/6) 4th place |