Jos Huysmans

Jos Huysmans (18 December 1941 to 10 October 2012) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, born in Beerzel. He rode as a professional from 1962 to 1977, for Mann, then Faema in 1970, Molteni from 1971 to 1976 and Fiat France in 1977. His list of results includes wins in the one-day classics Bruxelles-Liège in 1964 and La Flèche Wallonne in 1969, second place in the 1969 Amstel Gold Race and in Paris-Tours in 1972, and second overall in the 1965 Tour de Suisse. At the Tour de France he finished eighth overall in 1967 and won a stage in 1968. He also took many smaller Belgian kermesse and criterium wins through the 1960s and early 1970s.