Lucien Van Impe

Lucien Van Impe

Van Impe at the 1975 Acht van Chaam
Personal information
Full name	Lucien Van Impe
Nickname	de kleine van Mere
Born	(1946-10-20) 20 October 1946 (age 77) Mere, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional teams
1969–1974	Sonolor–Lejeune
1975–1976	Gitane–Campagnolo
1977	Lejeune–BP
1978	C&A
1979	Kas–Campagnolo
1980	Marc–Carlos–V.R.D.–Woningbouw
1981	Boston–Mavic
1982-1984	Metauro Mobil
1985	Santini–Krups
1986	Dormilón
1987	Sigma–Fina
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1976) Mountains classification (1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983) 9 individual stages (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983) Giro d'Italia Mountains classification (1982, 1983) 1 individual stage (1983) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1979) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1983)

Lucien Van Impe (pronounced [lʏsˈjɛɱ vɑn ˈɪmpə]; born 20 October 1946) is a Belgian cyclist, who competed professionally between 1969 and 1987. He excelled mainly as a climber in multiple-day races such as the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France, and six times winner of the mountains classification in the Tour de France.^[1]