Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke

Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (born 31 May 1955 in Mouscron) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, track cyclist and directeur sportif. He is an uncle of Frank Vandenbroucke. He was a prologue specialist, winning 19 prologues throughout his career.

Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke

Marc Madiot and Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (right)
Personal information
Full name	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
Born	(1955-05-31) 31 May 1955 Mouscron, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1975–1979	Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1980–1985	La Redoute–Motobécane
1986–1987	Kas–Kaskol
1988	Hitachi–Bosal–B.C.E. Snooker
Managerial team
1988–1999	Lotto
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1987) Stage races Four Days of Dunkirk (1980, 1985) Three Days of Bruges–De Panne (1985) One-day races and Classics Paris–Tours (1982)
Medal record Representing Belgium Men's track cycling World Championships 1978 Munich Individual pursuit 1984 Barcelona Individual pursuit

Walter Planckaert, Jean-Luc Vandenbrouck and Patrick Sercu during Dwars door België 1977 (collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)

Cycling career

He won the one-day classic Blois-Chaville (a reconfigured version of Paris-Tours) in 1982. However, certain victory in the race was snatched from Laurent Fignon, who broke a pedal crank while in the lead near the finish.

Major results

1975

1st Flèche Ardennaise

1st Omloop van de Westhoek

5th Omloop van het Houtland

9th Circuit des Frontières

9th Grand Prix des Nations

1976

1st Overall Étoile des Espoirs

1st Stage 3b (ITT)

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies

1st Omloop van het Zuidwesten

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Milan–San Remo

5th Paris–Tours

7th Tour du Condroz

8th Grand Prix des Nations

9th Overall Tour de l'Aude

1977

1st Overall Étoile des Espoirs

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies

1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2nd Giro di Lombardia

3rd Overall Paris–Nice

3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

4th Dwars door België

4th Omloop Het Volk

4th Grand Prix des Nations

5th Overall Tour de l'Aude

5th Tour du Haut Var

5th Grand Prix de Wallonie

6th Overall Ronde van Nederland

6th Giro dell'Emilia

7th Road race, National Road Championships

7th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

9th Paris–Brussels

10th Milan–San Remo

1978

1st Circuit des Frontières

1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice

1st Stage 2b Tour de l'Aude

1st Prologue Tour de Corse

3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen

3rd Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire

1st Stage 2a

3rd Tour du Haut Var

3rd Paris–Brussels

4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

5th Tour of Flanders

6th Grand Prix de Monaco

7th Grand Prix des Nations

1979

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies

Étoile des Espoirs

1st Prologue & Stage 2

2nd Omloop van het Zuidwesten

3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

4th Giro di Lombardia

5th Paris–Tours

7th Rund um den Henninger Turm

7th Paris–Brussels

9th Dwars door België

1980

1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Stage 4b (ITT)

1st Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire

1st Stage 2a (ITT)

1st Grand Prix des Nations

1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Alfons De Wolf)

6th Tour du Haut Var

7th Giro di Lombardia

8th Overall Paris–Nice

1st Stage 6

8th Overall Étoile des Espoirs

1st Stage 5

8th Omloop Het Volk

1981

1st Overall Tour de l'Oise

1st Stage 2b

1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk

2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

3rd Omloop Het Volk

3rd Tour du Haut Var

5th Tour of Flanders

7th Overall Tour de l'Aude

1st Prologue

9th Overall Paris–Nice

1st Stage 7a

1982

1st Overall Étoile des Espoirs

1st Stage 5b (ITT)

1st Paris–Tours

1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude

2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise

1st Prologue

2nd Dwars door België

3rd Overall Paris–Nice

3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne

3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

4th Giro di Lombardia

5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Prologue

1983

1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre

1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen

Étoile des Espoirs

1st Prologue & Stage 6 (ITT)

2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues

4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

4th Overall Tour de l'Aude

1st Prologue

4th Grand Prix des Nations

7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

1984

1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude

2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

2nd Omloop Het Volk

2nd Critérium des As

2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges

3rd Tour of Flanders

5th Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Prologue & Stage 4a (ITT)

5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

6th Paris–Roubaix

6th Grand Prix des Nations

7th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

8th Trofeo Baracchi

9th Paris–Tours

10th GP du canton d'Argovie

1985

1st Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Prologue

1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre

1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude

3rd Grand Prix des Nations

5th Paris–Tours

8th Nice–Alassio

9th Paris–Brussels

10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

1986

1st Overall Tour de l'Aude

3rd Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

5th Overall Tour de l'Oise

5th Grand Prix Cerami

1987

1st Prologue Vuelta a España

1st Prologue Paris–Nice

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre

3rd Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

7th Circuit des Frontières

8th Overall Tour de l'Oise

9th Overall Tour d'Armorique

10th Le Samyn

1988

1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen

External links

• Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke at Cycling Archives
• Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke at ProCyclingStats
• Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke at CycleBase