Frans De Mulder
 De Mulder during the 1960 Vuelta a España | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Frans De Mulder |
| Born | 17 December 1937 Kruishoutem, Belgium |
| Died | 5 March 2001 (aged 63) Deinze, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Frans De Mulder (17 December 1937 in Kruishoutem – 5 March 2001 in Deinze) was a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium between 1958 and 1963.[1]
De Mulder is most famous for winning the overall title and four stages the 1960 Vuelta a España. He bested fellow countryman Armand Desmet and Spaniard Miguel Pacheco across 3566 km in 17 stages.[2]
Major results
[edit]Source:[3]
- 1959
- 1st Stage 5a Tour de l'Ouest
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 4th Milan–San Remo
- 4th Brussels–Ingooigem
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1960
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st
Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 4, 7, 16 & 17a
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Omloop van het Houtland
- 5th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
- 6th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Dwars door België
- 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 10th Brussels–Ingooigem
- 1961
- 1st
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1962
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 7
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 3rd Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Omloop Het Volk
- 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 9th De Kustpijl
- 1963
- 1st Nokere Koerse
- 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 5th De Kustpijl
- 8th GP Stad Zottegem
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Vuelta a España
|
1 | DNF | — |
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Frans De Mulder". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
- ^ "Palmarès de Frans De Mulder (Bel)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Frans De Mulder". ProcyclingStats. 2022.
External links
[edit]- Frans De Mulder at Cycling Archives (archived)
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