Ludo Loos
Belgian cyclist
Ludo Loos (13 January 1955 – 1 March 2019) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Major results
- 3 References
- 4 External links
Career
During the 1980 Tour de France Loos was able to escape in a solo breakaway during Stage 18, which was a major mountain stage. He was the first rider over all five climbs and won the stage finishing 5:19 ahead of the group of favorites which included his teammate Lucien Van Impe, Robert Alban, Joaquim Agostinho and eventual yellow jersey winner Joop Zoetemelk. Loos would finish eighteenth in that year's general cl*ification and second in the mountains cl*ification.
In the 1985 Vuelta a España, Loos collided with a dog, and broke a neck vertebra. This effectively ended his career as cyclist.
On 1 March 2019, Loos died following a long illness.
Major results
1980Tour de France:Winner stage 18References
External links
- Ludo Loos at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Ludo Loos