Dirix, Andre

Andre Dirix
Andre Dirix
	the nether André dierickx
	; Andre Dirix in 1971
personal information
Citizenship	Belgium
Date of Birth
Place of Birth	;
Rider Information
Sports career	1969-1981
Current team	Completed career
Specialization	, ,
Professional teams
1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979-1980; 1981	Peugeot-bp-michelin; Flandria-mars; Watneys-avia; Flandria-beaulieu; Flandria-carpenter; Merlin Plage-Shimano-Flandria; Rokado; Maes-rokado; Maes-mini flat; Ijsboerke-gios; Ijsboerke-warncke; Safir-galli-ludo
Performance statistics
Main victories
	Multi-day racesPicardy Tour (1971)Luxembourg Tour (1971)Tour of Belgium (1978) Day Races and ClassicsTour de Eurometropol (1968)Pino Cherami Grand Prix (1970)Noker Course (1970)Grand Prix of Denin (1971)Omlop van hat Houtland (1971)Flash Valon ( 1973 , 1975 )Zurich Championship (1973)Le Samen (1974)Grand Prix of Wallonia (1975)Grand Prix of the canton of Argau (1975)

Andre Dirix ( Dutch: André Dierickx ; born October 29, 1946 , municipality of Oudenaarde , East Flanders , Belgium ) - Belgian professional road bicycle racer in 1969-1981. Winner of multi-day bike races: Picardy Tour, Luxembourg Tour and Belgium Tour . Two-time winner of the classic one-day bike race Flash Valon . Winner of one-day bicycle races: Tour de Eurometropol , Pino Cherami Grand Prix , Noker Course , Denen Grand Prix , Omlop van hat Hautland , Zurich Championship , Le Samen , Grand Prix of Wallonia , Grand Prix of the canton of Argau . Member of the 1968 Summer Olympics .

Content

Achievements

1968

1st - Stages 4 and 6 Tour of Belgium (lovers)

1st Tour de Eurometropol

1st Flanders Tour U23

1969

1st - Stage 3 Tour of Romandia

10th E3 Harelbeke

1970

1st Grand Prix Pino Cherami

1st Nokere Course

1st - Stage 1 Grand Prix du Midi libre

1st Vuelta Andalucia - Spectacle Classification

2nd Isberg Grand Prix

3rd Omlop Hat Nieuwsblad

3rd Amstel Gold Flight

3rd Zurich Championship

3rd Le Samen

4th Paris - Roubaix ^[1]

7th Dvars dor Flanders

9th Flash Valon

1971

1st Grand Prix of Denen

1st Picardy Tour - General Classification

1st - Stage 2b

1st Luxembourg Tour - General Classification

1st - Stage 2

1st Omlop van het Houtland

1st - Steps 3 and 5 Criterion Dauphine

2nd Grand Prix of Antibes

2nd Three Days of West Flanders

2nd Shal Celse

3rd Grand Prix du Midi libre - General Classification

7th Scheldepreys

1972

1st - Stage 1 Belgium Tour

1st - Stage 4 Paris - Nice

2nd Omlop Hat Nieuwsblad

2nd Flanders Tour

2nd Paris - Roubaix ^[2]

2nd Shal Celse

5th Four Day Dunkirk - General Classification

6th Amstel Gold Flight

7th E3 Harelbeke

8th Milan - Sanremo ^[3]

10th Super Prestige Perno

1973

1st Flash Valon

1st Zurich Championship

5th Giro di Lombardy

6th Eschborn - Frankfurt

10th Tour of Luxembourg - General Classification

1974

1st le samen

Zottegem 1st Grand Prix

4th Paris - Brussels

6th Paris - Roubaix ^[4]

6th Four Day Dunkirk - General Classification

7th Eschborn - Frankfurt

7th Zurich Championship

8th Flash Valon

10th Paris - Tour

1975

1st Flash Valon

1st Grand Prix of Wallonia

1st Grand Prix of the canton of Argau

1st - Stage 1 Tour d'Indre-et-Loire

2nd Dreyvenkurs Overeys

2nd Omlop van het Houtland

3rd Grand Prix of Denin

3rd Paris - Roubaix ^[5]

3rd Paris - Brussels

4th Amstel Gold Flight

5th Liege - Bastogne - Liege

6th Eschborn - Frankfurt

6th Tour of Switzerland - General Classification

7th Ghent - Wevelgem

7th Omlop Hat Nieuwsblad

8th Zurich Championship

1976

5th Round of Belgium - General Classification

8th Flash Valon

9th Ghent - Wevelgem

10th Tour of Flanders

1977

1st Grand Prix of Antibes

1st - Stage 1 Etoile de Bessez

2nd Liege - Bastogne - Liege

2nd Tour du Condroz

3rd Grand Prix Vilvoorde

4th Eschborn - Frankfurt

4th Etoile de Bessez - General Classification

5th Zurich Championship

5th Paris - Brussels

6th Ghent - Wevelgem

7th Kurne - Brussels - Kurne

1978

1st Belgium Tour - General Classification

4th Omlop Hat Nieuwsblad

5th Paris - Tour

5th Etoile de Bessez - General Classification

6th Paris - Brussels

9th World Championship - Group Race (prof.)

10th Three Day De Panne - General Classification

1979

1st - Prologue ( CG ) of Vuelta Andalusia

1st - Stage 1 ( CG ) Belgium Tour

1st - Stage 8 Switzerland Tour

2nd Paris - Brussels

1980

9th Kurne - Brussels - Kurne

1981

2nd Three Day De Panne - General Classification

Performance statistics

Grand Tours

Grand Tour	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Giro d'Italia	-	40	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de france	Sf	-	55	-	-	-	-	Sf
(since 2010 ) Vuelta spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend
-	Did not participate
Sf	Did not finish

Notes

↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1970 (Neopr.) .
↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1971 (Neopr.) .
↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Milan - San Remo - 1972 (Neopr.) .
↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1974 (Neopr.) .
↑ Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1975 (Neopr.) .

Links

Dirix, Andre at FirstCycling
- Olympic stats on Sports-Reference.com
Dirix, Andre on Cycling Archives
Dirix, Andre at Memoire du cyclisme
Dirix, Andre on CycleBase

[1] Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1970 (Neopr.) .

[2] Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1971 (Neopr.) .

[3] Pages of the History of Cycling: Milan - San Remo - 1972 (Neopr.) .

[4] Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1974 (Neopr.) .

[5] Pages of the History of Cycling: Paris-Roubaix-1975 (Neopr.) .