Eddy Verstraeten

Eddy Verstraeten was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, born on 15 September 1948 in Leuven and died on 7 December 2005 in Booischot. His best known result is a win on stage 2B of the 1973 Tour de France, and the results list on his English Wikipedia article also credits him with the team time trial stage 2A of that race. Earlier in his career he won the Trofee Het Volk and a stage of the Peace Race in 1970. Later victories listed include the Berner Rundfahrt in 1978, the Grand Prix Pino Cerami in 1975 and the Heistse Pijl in 1979, alongside many smaller Belgian races such as Booischot, where he won in five different seasons. He also took third place at Milano-Torino in 1976 and eighth in Bordeaux-Paris in 1980.