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Place of Birth: Ranst, Flemish Region, Belgium
About Herman Van Springel
- Herman Van Springel (born 14 August 1943) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region. He was an accomplished time-trial rider, almost winning the Tour de France in 1968, when he was beaten in the last stage by Dutchman, Jan Janssen in a time-trial.
- In the autumn that year, he won the classic Giro di Lombardia. He won a record seven editions of the marathon Bordeaux–Paris.
- He also won the green jersey in the 1973 Tour de France without winning a single stage.
- However, he did win five stages during his ten participations in the Tour.
- He kept on cycling through the seventies and ended his long career at the end of 1981. Flemish TV-maker and presenter, Marc Uytterhoeven, motivated by the 1968 Tour, founded a Herman Van Springel fan club.
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