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Walter Godefroot

1943 - Today

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Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of Team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile Team. As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summer Olympics after his young compatriot Eddy Merckx was caught in the final. Both men turned professional in 1965 and Walter Godefroot was presented as Merckx's bane in his early days, winning several races ahead of him: the Belgian championship in 1965, Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967) and Paris–Roubaix (1969). But Godefroot eventually didn't have Merckx's abilities in stage races and concentrated on the separate stages in the grand tours. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Godefroot is the 41st most popular cyclist (up from 52nd in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 406th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Belgian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Walter Godefroot ranks 41 out of 1,613. Before him are Jan Janssen, Ferdinand Kübler, Laurent Fignon, Odile Defraye, Léon Scieur, and Ottavio Bottecchia. After him are Louison Bobet, Rudi Altig, Henri Pélissier, André Leducq, Luigi Ganna, and Hugo Koblet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Walter Godefroot ranks 219. Before him are Nicholas Negroponte, Carmen Argenziano, Winston Groom, Henry Hill, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, and Stanley Kamel. After him are Kazimira Prunskienė, Nasr Abu Zayd, André Téchiné, James Turrell, Inna Churikova, and Paul Michael Glaser.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Walter Godefroot ranks 329 out of 1,190. Before him are Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Léon Scieur (1888), Victor Boin (1886), Camille Huysmans (1871), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), and Guy Thys (1922). After him are José van Dam (1940), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Hélène Dutrieu (1877), John III, Duke of Brabant (1300), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), and Frans Hogenberg (1535).

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Among CYCLISTS In Belgium

Among cyclists born in Belgium, Walter Godefroot ranks 11. Before him are Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), Lucien Van Impe (1946), Patrick Sercu (1944), Firmin Lambot (1886), Odile Defraye (1888), and Léon Scieur (1888). After him are Sylvère Maes (1909), Freddy Maertens (1952), Romain Maes (1912), Stan Ockers (1920), Briek Schotte (1919), and Erik De Vlaeminck (1945).

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