Walter Planckaert

Walter Planckaert is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, born on 8 April 1948. He belongs to a family of racing cyclists: he is the younger brother of Willy Planckaert, the older brother of Eddy Planckaert and the uncle of Jo Planckaert. His English Wikipedia article credits him with 74 victories in his professional career. After he stopped riding he built a long second career in team management, working for the Panasonic, Novemail-Histor, Palmans, Lotto-Adecco and Chocolade Jacques teams. The article is short and lists his major results in a table that this entry does not reproduce, and it points to the Cycling Archives and to the official Tour de France results pages for his race record.