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Rik Van Linden

Rik Van Linden is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He won the points classification in the 1975 Tour de France, ahead of Eddy Merckx.

Major results
Road ;1968 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1969 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften ;1971 : 1st Paris–Tours : 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 2nd Omloop der Zennevallei : 3rd GP di Larciano : 8th Trofeo Matteotti : 9th Scheldeprijs ;1972 : Tour de France :: 1st Stage 2 :: 2nd Points Classification : 1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico : 3rd GP van Malderen : 8th Paris–Tours : 9th Amstel Gold Race : 10th Brussel-Ingooigem ;1973 : 1st Paris–Tours : Giro d'Italia :: 1st Stages 7 & 17 : Paris–Nice :: 1st Stages 2, 3b (TTT), 5 & 7a :Tour of Belgium :: 1st Prologue (TTT) : Giro di Sardegna :: 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4b : 1st Puivelde Koerse : 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía :: 1st Prologue & Stages 1, 4 & 6 : 3rd Paris–Brussels : 4th Milan–San Remo : 10th E3 Harelbeke ;1974 : 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna : Vuelta a España :: 1st Stages 3 & 4 : 10th Overall Paris–Nice :: 1st Points Classification :: 1st Stage 7a : 1st Omloop der Zuid-West-Vlaamse Bergen : 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 2nd Omloop Schelde-Durme : 3rd Omloop Het Volk : 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 3rd GP van Malderen : 5th Scheldeprijs : 6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 7th Tour of Flanders : 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 8th Paris–Tours : 9th Road race, National Road Championships ;1975 : Tour de France :: 1st Points classification :: 1st Stages 1b, 19 & 21 : 1st Milano–Vignola : 1st Stage 5 Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 3a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 1st GP Union Dortmund : 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 3rd Gent–Wevelgem : 3rd Dwars door West-Vlaanderen : 5th Tour of Flanders : 7th Brabantse Pijl ;1976 : 1st Milano–Vignola : 1st Giro di Campania : 1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Stage 1 Giro di Puglia : Giro d'Italia :: 1st Stages 3 & 15 : 1st GP Berlare : 2nd Gent–Wevelgem : 6th Milan–San Remo : 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm ;1977 : 1st Milano–Torino : 1st Stage 2a Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Circuit de Niel : 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna :: 1st Stage 4 : 2nd Acht van Chaam : 2nd Ronde van Limburg : 2nd Maaslandse Pijl : 4th Milan–San Remo ;1978 : 1st Milano–Vignola : 1st Stage 5a Tirreno–Adriatico : 10th Overall Giro d'Italia :: 1st Stages 1, 5 & 6 :Giro di Puglia :: 1st Stage 3 : 5th Milan–San Remo : 7th Gent–Wevelgem ;1979 : 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 7th Overall Giro di Puglia ;1980 : 1st Stage 7a Paris–Nice :2nd Grand Prix de Cannes : 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen ;1981 : 1st Ruddervoorde Koerse :2nd Omloop van Neeroeteren : 10th Le Samyn ;1982 : 3rd Milano–Torino Track ;1969 :3rd National Track Championships Juniors, Omnium ;1970 :1st National Track Championships Amateurs, Omnium ;1972 : 2nd Six Days of Antwerp with (Patrick Sercu and Alain van Lancker) :3rd National Track Championships, Madison (with Norbert Seeuws) ;1973 :2nd National Track Championships, Derny :3rd European Track Championships – Madison (with Julien Stevens) ;1974 :2nd National Track Championships, Madison (with Julien Stevens) : 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with René Pijnen) ;1975 :2nd National Track Championships, Madison (with Julien Stevens) ;1976 :National Track Championships ::2nd Madison (with Dirk Baert) ::3rd Omnium ::3rd Derny : 2nd Six Days of Milan (with Felice Gimondi) : 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with Graeme Gilmore) ;1977 :2nd National Track Championships, Derny : 1st Six Days of Milan (with Felice Gimondi) : 3rd Six Days of Antwerp (with René Pijnen) ;1978 :National Track Championships ::1st Derny ;1979 :National Track Championships ::1st Derny : 2nd Six Days of Antwerp (with Patrick Sercu and Roger De Vlaeminck) ==External links==
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