Albert Van Damme
Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist
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Full name | Albert Van Damme | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Berten The Lion of Laarne | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1940-12-01) 1 December 1940 (age 83) Laarne, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Cyclo-cross | ||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1962–1978 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Cyclo-cross World Champion
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Albert "Berten" Van Damme (born 1 December 1940) is a former Belgian cyclo-crosser. He won 109 individual races, became six times Belgian National Champion and once World Champion, in 1974. His career lasted from 1959 till 1978.
He was active in the same years as the brothers Eric and Roger De Vlaeminck. Together with his own brother, Daniël Van Damme there was a bit of a "battle" between the two families.
The first Albert Van Damme A-cyclocross race was held in October 2011 and was won by Sven Nys.
References
- Albert Van Damme at Cycling Archives
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- Jean Robic (1950)
- Roger Rondeaux (1951–1953)
- André Dufraisse (1954–1958)
- Renato Longo (1959)
- Rolf Wolfshohl (1960–1961)
- Renato Longo (1962)
- Rolf Wolfshohl (1963)
- Renato Longo (1964–1965)
- Erik De Vlaeminck (1966)
- Renato Longo (1967)
- Erik De Vlaeminck (1968–1973)
- Albert Van Damme (1974)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1975)
- Albert Zweifel (1976–1979)
- Roland Liboton (1980)
- Hennie Stamsnijder (1981)
- Roland Liboton (1982–1984)
- Klaus-Peter Thaler (1985)
- Albert Zweifel (1986)
- Klaus-Peter Thaler (1987)
- Pascal Richard (1988)
- Danny De Bie (1989)
- Henk Baars (1990)
- Radomír Šimůnek (1991)
- Mike Kluge (1992)
- Dominique Arnould (1993)
- Paul Herygers (1994)
- Dieter Runkel (1995)
- Adri van der Poel (1996)
- Daniele Pontoni (1997)
- Mario De Clercq (1998–1999)
- Richard Groenendaal (2000)
- Erwin Vervecken (2001)
- Mario De Clercq (2002)
- Bart Wellens (2003–2004)
- Sven Nys (2005)
- Erwin Vervecken (2006–2007)
- Lars Boom (2008)
- Niels Albert (2009)
- Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011)
- Niels Albert (2012)
- Sven Nys (2013)
- Zdeněk Štybar (2014)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2015)
- Wout van Aert (2016–2018)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2019)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2020–2021)
- Tom Pidcock (2022)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2023–2024)