Wim Schepers

Wim Schepers (25 September 1943 – 25 September 1998) was a Dutch professional road cyclist. A professional from 1966 to 1975, he won two stages of the 1970 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished second in the 1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège to Eddy Merckx.^[1]

Wim Schepers

Wim Schepers during the 1967 Tour de France.
Personal information
Born	25 September 1943 Stein, Netherlands
Died	25 September 1998 (aged 55) Meers, Stein, Netherlands
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1966–1971	Caballero
1972–1973	Rokado–Colders
1974–1975	MIC–Ludo–de Gribaldy

After the final stage of the 1971 Vuelta a España, Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Ferdinand Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.^[2]

Major results

1965

1st Stages 1 & 6 Tour of Austria

1966

1st Manx Trophy

4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

1967

3rd National Road Race Championships

4th Amstel Gold Race

1968

4th Rund um den Henninger Turm

5th Amstel Gold Race

6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

9th Overall Tour of Belgium

1969

1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde

2nd Overall Tour of Belgium

1970

1st Stages 2a & 2b Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk

5th Rund um den Henninger Turm

10th Amstel Gold Race

1971

10th Overall Tour of Belgium

1972

2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

4th Rund um den Henninger Turm

8th La Flèche Wallonne

9th Gent–Wevelgem

1973

4th Rund um den Henninger Turm

10th Züri-Metzgete