Luc Roosen

Luc Roosen

Personal information
Born	(1964-09-17) 17 September 1964 (age 60) Bree, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1986–1987	Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko
1988	Roland
1989–1990	Histor–Sigma
1991–1992	Tulip Computers
1993–1994	Lotto
1995–1997	Vlaanderen 2002–Eddy Merckx
Major wins
Stage races Tour de Suisse (1991)

Luc Roosen (born 17 September 1964, in Bree) is a retired road racing cyclist from Belgium, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1997.[1]

Career achievements

He competed in six Tours de France, as well as one edition each of the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España. He also finished in second place in the 1990 Amstel Gold Race. Roosen obtained a total of sixteen victories during his professional career, including the 1991 Tour de Suisse.

Major results

1986

8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stage 4b

8th Overall Tour of Belgium

1987

1st Stage 6a Grand Prix du Midi Libre

3rd GP Stad Zottegem

7th Grand Prix de Fourmies

1988

1st Tour du Haut Var

1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse

2nd Druivenkoers-Overijse

2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón

3rd Milano–Torino

4th Giro di Lombardia

4th Grand Prix de Wallonie

5th Züri-Metzgete

6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1989

2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Stage 4

2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1st Stage 4a

3rd Tour du Haut Var

3rd Giro di Lombardia

4th Rund um den Henninger Turm

9th Overall Paris–Nice

10th La Flèche Wallonne

1990

1st Trophée des Grimpeurs

1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2nd Amstel Gold Race

2nd Trofeo Luis Puig

3rd Overall Tour de Romandie

5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

1991

1st Overall Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 3a Tour Méditerranéen

3rd Overall Tour du Vaucluse

1st Stage 4

9th Züri-Metzgete

1992

3rd Giro del Friuli

5th Amstel Gold Race

7th La Flèche Wallonne

8th Grand Prix des Amériques

9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

10th Wincanton Classic

1993

10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1994

2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

1995

2nd Overall Niederösterreich Rundfahrt

3rd Gent–Wevelgem

6th Overall West Virginia Classic

9th Trofeo Laigueglia

1996

2nd Overall Tour of Austria

1st Stage 9

1997

4th De Brabantse Pijl

9th Grand Prix de Wallonie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	103	104	—	27	—	—	DNF	83	68	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	37	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. "Luc Roosen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

• Luc Roosen at Cycling Archives (archived)