Joseph Bruyère
Joseph Bruyère in 1971 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Joseph Bruyère |
Born | (1948-10-05) 5 October 1948 (age 75) Maastricht, the Netherlands |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1970 | Faemino–Faema |
1971-1976 | Molteni |
1977 | Fiat France |
1978 | C&A |
1979 | Flandria-Ça va seul-Sunair |
1980 | Marc-Carlos-VRD-Woningbouw |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
Other stage races
One-day races and Classics
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Joseph Bruyere or Bruyère (born 5 October 1948 in Maastricht, Netherlands) is a former Belgian cyclist.
Career
Professional from 1970 to 1980, Joseph Bruyère, athlete of one meter 88 for 80 kilo, notably won Liège-Bastogne-Liège twice and an individual stage of the Tour de France 1972.[1]
He is one of the specialists of the classic Het Volk, which he won in 1974, 1975 and 1980 (a shared record) and of Liège-Bastogne-Liège which he won in 1976 and 1978.
Bruyère participated in six Tours de France and achieved a victory in 1972 in the 19th stage between Auxerre and Versailles. He wore the yellow jersey twice, in 1974 for three days and in 1978 for eight days. On the 1978 edition, he finished fourth in the general classification, despite a size that was not well suited to the mountains.[2]
From the start of his professional career, he was part of Eddy Merckx's team, until the latter retired from sport.
Team mate of Eddy Merckx
Bruyère rode several seasons as the strongest, and most loyal lieutenants, to the super-star rider Eddy Merckx. He was known to ride on the front of the peloton for many miles, and often for much of a mountain stage until the last climb, doing the work of a whole team of domestiques.
After Merckx retired from racing Bruyère tried to take over from Merckx as a big star, but he wasn't able to, having given his best years to the service of Merckx.[3]
Major results
As amateur
- 1968
- 1st stage 4 Tour de Namur
- 3rd National Track Championship - Men's individual pursuit
- 1969
- 1st Flèche Ardennaise
- 1st Championship of the Liège province
- 1st Romsée-Stavelot-Romsée
- 1st Seraing-Aix-Seraing
As professional
- 1970
- 1st Stage 3a Tour de France (TTT)
- 2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 2nd Tour du Condroz
- 2nd Flèche Hesbignonne
- 1971
- 1st Prologue Tour de France (TTT)
- 1st Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
- 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (TTT)
- 2nd Overall Tour de la Nouvelle France
- 5th Milan-San Remo
- 7th Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- 1972
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 3b (TTT) & 19
- 1st Overall Cronostaffetta
- 1st Stage 1b (ITT)
- 1st Flèche rebecquoise
- 3rd Leiedal Koerse
- 1973
- 1st Stage 3b (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 1st Overall Cronostaffetta
- 1st Stage 1c (ITT)
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1974
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 6b (TTT)
- Held for 3 days
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Prologue Paris–Nice (with Eddy Merckx)
- 2nd GP Union Dortmund
- 3rd Classica Sarda
- 1975
- 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 5th Milan-San Remo
- 8th Paris–Nice
- 1976
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie (with Eddy Merckx)
- 1t Stage 22 Giro d'Italia (ITT)
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1977
- 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Stage 7b Tour de France (TTT)
- 2nd Belgian National Road Race Championships - Road Race
- 3rd Tour du Condroz
- 4rd Paris–Nice
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1978
- 4th Overall Tour de France
- Held for 8 days
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Tour du Condroz
- 2nd Overall La Méditerranéenne
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1980
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
Tour de France
- 1970 - 50th
- 1971 - 60th
- 1972 - 26th; winner of 19th stage
- 1974 - 21st (4 days in the yellow jersey)
- 1978 - 4th (8 days in the yellow jersey)
References
External links
- Palmarès
- Joseph Bruyère at Cycling Archives
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- Léon Houa (1892–1894)
- (1895–1907, not held)
- André Trousselier (1908)
- Victor Fastre (1909)
- (1910, not held)
- Joseph Van Daele (1911)
- Omer Verschoore (1912)
- Maurice Moritz (1913)
- (1914–1918, not held)
- Léon Devos (1919)
- Léon Scieur (1920)
- Louis Mottiat (1921–1922)
- René Vermandel (1923–1924)
- Georges Ronsse (1925)
- Dieudonné Smets (1926)
- Maurice Raes (1927)
- Ernest Mottard (1928)
- Alphonse Schepers (1929)
- Hermann Buse (1930)
- Alphonse Schepers (1931)
- Marcel Houyoux (1932)
- François Gardier (1933)
- Théo Herckenrath (1934)
- Alphonse Schepers (1935)
- Albert Beckaert (1936)
- Éloi Meulenberg (1937)
- Alfons Deloor (1938)
- Albert Ritserveldt (1939)
- (1940–1942, not held)
- Richard Depoorter (1943)
- (1944, not held)
- Jan Engels (1945)
- Prosper Depredomme (1946)
- Richard Depoorter (1947)
- Maurice Mollin (1948)
- Camille Danguillaume (1949)
- Prosper Depredomme (1950)
- Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952)
- Alois De Hertog (1953)
- Marcel Ernzer (1954)
- Stan Ockers (1955)
- Fred De Bruyne (1956)
- Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957)
- Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)
- Albertus Geldermans (1960)
- Rik Van Looy (1961)
- Jef Planckaert (1962)
- Frans Melckenbeeck (1963)
- Willy Bocklant (1964)
- Carmine Preziosi (1965)
- Jacques Anquetil (1966)
- Walter Godefroot (1967)
- Valère Van Sweevelt (1968)
- Eddy Merckx (1969)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1970)
- Eddy Merckx (1971–1973)
- Georges Pintens (1974)
- Eddy Merckx (1975)
- Joseph Bruyère (1976)
- Bernard Hinault (1977)
- Joseph Bruyère (1978)
- Dietrich Thurau (1979)
- Bernard Hinault (1980)
- Josef Fuchs (1981)
- Silvano Contini (1982)
- Steven Rooks (1983)
- Sean Kelly (1984)
- Moreno Argentin (1985–1987)
- Adri van der Poel (1988)
- Sean Kelly (1989)
- Eric Van Lancker (1990)
- Moreno Argentin (1991)
- Dirk De Wolf (1992)
- Rolf Sørensen (1993)
- Evgeni Berzin (1994)
- Mauro Gianetti (1995)
- Pascal Richard (1996)
- Michele Bartoli (1997–1998)
- Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)
- Paolo Bettini (2000)
- Oscar Camenzind (2001)
- Paolo Bettini (2002)
- Tyler Hamilton (2003)
- Davide Rebellin (2004)
- Alexander Vinokourov (2005)
- Alejandro Valverde (2006)
- Danilo Di Luca (2007)
- Alejandro Valverde (2008)
- Andy Schleck (2009)
- Alexander Vinokourov (2010)
- Philippe Gilbert (2011)
- Maxim Iglinsky (2012)
- Dan Martin (2013)
- Simon Gerrans (2014)
- Alejandro Valverde (2015)
- Wout Poels (2016)
- Alejandro Valverde (2017)
- Bob Jungels (2018)
- Jakob Fuglsang (2019)
- Primož Roglič (2020)
- Tadej Pogačar (2021)
- Remco Evenepoel (2022–2023)
- Tadej Pogačar (2024)
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