Henk van Vught

Henk van Vught (10 December 1946 – 13 February 2024) was a Dutch cyclist who was active in the 1960s. He won among others a stage in the Tour of Austria.

Henk van Vught

Personal information
Born	(1946-12-10)10 December 1946[1] Boxtel, the Netherlands
Died	13 February 2024(2024-02-13) (aged 77)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
Caballero

Biography

Van Vught was born on 10 December 1946 in Boxtel, the Netherlands, where he also grew up. As a cyclist he was active in the 1960s. He is regarded as one of the best cyclist ever of his region.^[2]

Van Vught rode with the amateur Caballero team. He rode criteriums in the Netherlands, many in North Brabant and won several of them.^[3] In 1967 he starting earning international top-10 results at the Tour of Austria.^[1] The next year had a podium finish at a stage of the 1968 Olympia's Tour.^[1] In June he won the sixth stage of the 1968 Tour of Austria after finishing second in the fourth stage. He won the stage with a two-minute gap ahead of Austrian Csenar.^[4][5][6] At the end of June 1968 he finished second at the Internationales Ernst-Sachs-Gedächtnis-Rennen behind Johannes Knab.^[7][8] In 1969 he finished sixth in the general classification of the Scottish Milk Race.^[1] In 1970 his season stopped due to a crash in the Tour of Haaren. The next year he had to retire from cycling due to persistent headache from the crash.^[3]

In the 1970s he moved from Boxtel to Sint-Michielsgestel.^[2] He stayed connected with Boxtel. He worked among others at the Michaëlschool where a schoolyard is named after him. He was also active for football clug ODC [nl] and the youth academy of RKVV Sint-Michielsgestel [nl] that later became SCG '18 [nl].^[2][3] In 2016 he won the "club hero" award by Brabants Dagblad.^[9]

Van Vught died on 13 February 2024 at the age of 77 years.^[2][9] His funeral service took place on 21 February on the main field of football club SCG '18.^[3]