Eddy Verstraeten

Eddy Verstraeten (15 September 1948, in Leuven – 7 December 2005, in Booischot) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Verstraeten won stage 2B of the 1973 Tour de France.

Major results Source: 1970 1st Stage 1 Peace Race 1st Trofee Het Volk 1st Puurs 2nd Heistse Pijl 2nd Flèche Ardennaise amateurs 1971 1st Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis 1st Omloop van Midden-Brabant 2nd Elfstedenronde 3rd Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé 4th Ronde van Brabant 5th Omloop van Midden-België 1972 1st Booischot 1st Omloop van Midden-België 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem 2nd Heistse Pijl 2nd Grand Prix de Hannut (fr) 3rd Dwars door België 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie 1973 1st Booischot 1st Circuit du Port de Dunkerque (fr) 1st Drogenbos 1st Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) Tour de France: 1st stage 2a (TTT) and 2b 1st Trèfle à Quatre Feuilles 3rd Circuit du Tournaisis 4th Grote 1-MeiPrijs 1974 1st Beveren-Leie 1st Grand Prix de Hannut (fr) 1st Hyon–Mons 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 2nd Maaslandse Pijl (fr) 2nd Omloop van het Zuidwesten 3rd GP Stad Zottegem 3rd Grand Prix de Denain 1975 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Netherlands (TTT) 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg (TTT) 2nd Omloop van het Waasland 2nd Omloop der Zennevallei 4th Schaal Sels 1976 1st Booischot 1st Omloop van het Waasland 1st Teralfene 3rd Maaslandse Pijl (fr) 3rd Milano–Torino 3rd Mémorial Thijssen 3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman (nl) 1977 1st Nieuwkerken-Waas 1st Sint-Katelijne-Waver 2nd Circuit de Neeroeteren 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs 7th Tour du Condroz 1978 1st Berner Rundfahrt 1st Grote 1-Mei Prijs 1st Booischot 1st Putte-Mechelen 2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde 2nd Harelbeke–Poperinge–Harelbeke (fr) 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden 3rd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen 3rd Puivelde Koerse (nl) 1979 1st Duffel 1st Heistse Pijl 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium 1st Oostrozebeke 2nd GP E5 Heverlee 1980 1st Booischot 1st Mortsel 1st Bonheiden 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde 4th Flèche Halloise 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 5th Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis 8th Bordeaux–Paris 1981 1st Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem 2nd Heistse Pijl