Ludo Loos

Ludo Loos was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, born on 13 January 1955 and died on 1 March 2019 after a long illness. At the 1980 Tour de France he escaped alone on Stage 18, a major mountain stage, was first over all five climbs and won the stage 5 minutes 19 seconds ahead of the group of favourites that included his teammate Lucien Van Impe, Robert Alban, Joaquim Agostinho and the eventual winner Joop Zoetemelk. He finished eighteenth overall and second in the mountains classification that year. His career effectively ended in the 1985 Vuelta a Espana, when he collided with a dog in O Portadego and broke a neck vertebra.