Noël Vantyghem

Noël Vantyghem (9 October 1947 – 10 June 1994) was a Belgian professional cyclist.^[1]

Noël Vantyghem

Vantyghem after winning 1969 Gullegem Koerse
Personal information
Born	(1947-10-09)9 October 1947 Ypres, Belgium
Died	10 June 1994(1994-06-10) (aged 46) De Panne, Belgium
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional teams
1969	Pull Over Centrale–Tasmania
1970–1971	Hertekamp–Magniflex
1972	Novy–Dubble Bubble
1973	Flandria–Carpenter
1974	Merlin Plage–Shimano–Flandria
1975	Alsaver–Jeunet–de Gribaldy
Major wins
Paris–Tours (1972)

Vantyghem's biggest win was the 1972 Paris–Tours. Later, he remarked "Together with Eddy Merckx, I won all classics races that could be won. I won Paris–Tours, he the rest."^[2]

Major results

1968

1st National Amateur Road Race Championships

1st Stage 2 Peace Race

2nd Overall Tour of Greece

1st Stage 2

1969

1st Gullegem Koerse

2nd GP Isbergues

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1970

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies

1st Circuit des Frontières

2nd Schaal Sels

2nd De Kustpijl

1971

1st Stage 2 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire

3rd Omloop Het Volk

1972

1st Paris–Tours

1st Circuit des Frontières

1st Schaal Sels

1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk

2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen

2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

3rd De Kustpijl

3rd Dwars door West–Vlaanderen

3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm

3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies

9th Omloop Het Volk

1973

1st Nokere Koerse

4th Omloop Het Volk