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Eric Leman
	Leman in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Eric Leman
Born	17 July 1946 (age 78); Ledegem, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional teams
1968–1971	Flandria
1972	Bic
1973	Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1974	MIC–Ludo–De Gribaldy
1975	Alsaver-Jeunet-De Gribaldy
1976	Zoppas–Splendor
1977	Carpenter-Splendor
Major wins
	Tour of Flanders (1970, 1972, 1973); Tour de France, 5 stages; Vuelta a España, 1 stage; Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1968)

Eric Leman (born 17 July 1946) is a former professional road racing cyclist from West Flanders, Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders three times.^[1]

Major results

1968: 1st, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne; 1st, Porto–Lisboa; 1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk; 1st, Stage 21, Tour de France
1969: 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen; 1st, Stage 3, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stages 1, 2, 5 and 7, Vuelta a Andalucía; 1st, Stage 3, Tour de France
1970: 1st, GP Briek Schotte; 1st, Tour of Flanders; 1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stage 1 and 3b, Vuelta a Andalucía; 1st, Prologue, Tour of Belgium
1971: 1st, Gullegem Koerse; 1st, Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen; 1st, Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen; 1st, Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde; 1st, Stage 1a and 5a, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré; 1st, Stages 1, 2a and 4, Paris–Nice; 1st, Prologue B and Stage 2, Vuelta a Andalucía; 1st, Stage 1a, 6a and 7, Tour de France
1972: 1st, Tour of Flanders; 1st, Stage 4, Four Days of Dunkirk; 1st, Stages 1 and 3, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stage 2, Tour of Belgium
1973: 1st, Tour of Flanders; 1st, Stage 2b, Paris–Nice
1974: 1st, Stage 4, Paris–Nice; 1st, Stage 2, Vuelta a España
1975: 1st, Stage 1, Paris–Nice
1976: 1st, Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen
1977: 1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a Aragón

References

^ Larousse Tour des Flandres " Les Belges Achille Bruyne, Éric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen et l'Italien Fiorenzo Magni figurent, avec trois victoires chacun, en tête du palmarès de cette classique créée en 1913 et traditionnellement organisé le premier dimanche d'avril. "

External links

Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net (in French)

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[1] Larousse Tour des Flandres " Les Belges Achille Bruyne, Éric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen et l'Italien Fiorenzo Magni figurent, avec trois victoires chacun, en tête du palmarès de cette classique créée en 1913 et traditionnellement organisé le premier dimanche d'avril. "

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