Jozef Spruyt

Jozef Spruyt, also written Joseph Spruyt, is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, born on 25 February 1943. He worked as a metal worker, and his sporting career began with the Lierse club. He was a professional from 1965 to 1975. In the Tour de France he won three stages, one each in 1969, 1970 and 1974, and he held the yellow jersey of the general classification for a single day in the 1967 edition. Other highlights of his career were wins in the Brabantse Pijl and the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen. The source article is short, so the entry states only the career span, the Tour de France results and the two races named.