Willy Teirlinck

Willy Teirlinck (born 10 August 1948) is a retired Belgian road cyclist. He was professional from 1970 to 1986 and won 96 races. In 1975 he won the national title on the road. Teirlinck rode the Tour de France ten times and won three stages in 1972, one stage and one day in the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 1973, and one stage in 1976. His other victories include individual stages of the Vuelta a España, Deutschland Tour, Étoile de Bessèges, Tour de Luxembourg, Tour de l'Oise as well as one day races Grand Prix Pino Cerami, Grand Prix de Fourmies and the Grand Prix de Denain. An annual cycling event Willy Teirlinck Classic takes place in his honor in Liedekerke.

Major results

1969 3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 1970 1st Stage 4 Tour d'Algérie 1st Grand Prix des Marbriers

1971 1st De Kustpijl Étoile des Espoirs 1st Stages 1, 3 and 4 1st Sint-Amands 1972 Tour de France:

1st Stages 10, 16 and 20b 1st Stage 2 Tour du Nord 1st Wattrelos 1st Machelen 1973 Tour de France 1st Stage 1a

2nd Overall Étoile des Espoirs 1st Stage 5b (ITT) 1st Liedekerkse Pijl 1st Oradour-sur-Glane 1st :fr:Grand Prix d'Orchies 1st Sin-le-Noble 1st Ruisbroek 2nd GP Union Dortmund 2nd Leeuwse Pijl 3rd Brussels-Meulebeke 1974 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen 1st Grand Prix de Denain 1st Ruisbroek 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies 1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg 2nd Overall Étoile des Espoirs 1st Stage 1 1975

1st Halse Pijl 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg 2nd Halle–Ingooigem 2nd Nokere Koerse 2nd Leeuwse Pijl 3rd Overall Tour de l'Oise 1st Stage 3 1976 Tour de France 1st Stage 13 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami 1st Les Herbiers Tour de l'Aude 1st Stages 2 and 5 1st Bredene 1st Ronse 1st Eeklo 2nd Liedekerkse Pijl

1977

1st Stage 3b 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Aude 3rd Overall Étoile des Espoirs 1st Stage 1 1st Bricqueville 1st Teralfene 1st Merchtem 1st Wetteren 2nd Paris–Roubaix 2nd Halle–Ingooigem 3rd Brabantse Pijl 3rd :fr:Circuit de l'Indre 3rd Ninove 1978 Vuelta a España: 1st Stages 5 and 10

1st Teralfene

1979 Tour de France

Vuelta a Aragón 1st Stages 1 and 5b (ITT) 1st Herne 1st :nl:Criterium van Buggenhout 2nd Tour of Leuven 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs 1980 1st Halse Pijl 1st Stage 2 Paris–Bourges 1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour 1st Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen 1st Geraardsbergen-Viane 1st Teralfene 1st Sint-Martens-Lierde 1st Ninove 1st GP Betekom 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 3rd GP Frans Verbeeck | 1.2 1981 1st Ninove 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint 1st Ninove 1st Strombeek-Bever 1st Zwevegem 1st Sombreffe 2nd Omloop van het Waasland 2nd Scheldeprijs 2nd Liedekerkse Pijl 1982 1st Circuit des Frontières 1st Sint-Gillis-Waas 1st Kampioenschap van Brabant 1st Hyon-Mons 2nd Liedekerkse Pijl 3rd Grote 1-MeiPrijs 1983 1st Trofee Luc Van Biesen 1st Liedekerkse Pijl 1st Circuit de Niel 1st Baasrode 1st Eeklo 1st Houthulst 1st Wezembeek-Oppem 1st Bonheiden 1st Willebroek 1st Wetteren 1st Boom 2nd Maaslandse Pijl 3rd Halle–Ingooigem 3rd Omloop van West-Brabant 1984 1st Halle–Ingooigem 1st Beveren-Waas 1st Gullegem Koerse 1st Alken 1st Wachtebeke 1st Vilvoorde-Houtem 2nd Ninove 1985 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde 1st Kampioenschap van Oost-Vlaanderen 1st Polders-Kempen 1st GP Benego 1st Overmere 1st Omloop Groot Oostende 1st Humbeek 1st Omloop van de Vlasstreek 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 1986 1st Moorsele 1st Willebroek 1st Geetbets