Valère Van Sweevelt

Valère Van Sweevelt
Personal information
Born (1947-04-15) 15 April 1947 (age 79)
Kuringen, Belgium
Cycling career
SportCycling
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1968Smith's
1969Faema
1970Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1973Goldor–Hercka
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1968)

Valère Van Sweevelt (born 15 April 1947) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He won the 1968 edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

Valère was the older brother of Belgian former racing cyclist Ronny Van Sweevelt.

Major results

1966
1st Internationales Ernst-Sachs-Gedächtnis-Rennen
2nd Circuit du Hainaut
1967
1st Flèche Ardennaise
1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
1968
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Paris–Nice
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 4b
1st Stage 3a Tour de Romandie
2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
2nd Züri-Metzgete
4th Tour du Condroz
5th Nokere Koerse
7th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke
7th Bruxelles–Meulebeke
8th Grand Prix Flandria
1969
3rd Omloop Het Volk
3rd Ronde van Limburg
4th Tour du Condroz
6th Gent–Wevelgem
9th Amstel Gold Race
1970
6th Omloop van de Fruitstreek
9th Grand Prix de Wallonie

Classics results timeline

Monument 1968 1969 1970
Milan–San Remo 12 95 —
Tour of Flanders Did not contest
Paris–Roubaix — — 24
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1 — —
Giro di Lombardia Did not contest
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Valere Van Sweevelt". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 October 2015.