Rudy Matthijs (born 3 March 1959, in Eeklo) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France, 3 of which came during the 1985 Tour de France on stages 1 and 2, and then on the final stage of the tour with one of the biggest sprinter's stages in all of cycling on the Champs Elysees.

Rudy Matthijs
Personal information
Full nameRudy Matthijs
Born (1959-03-03) 3 March 1959 (age 65)
Eeklo, Belgium
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
1981Fangio–Sapeco–Mavic
1982–1983Boule d'Or–Sunair
1984–1988Splendor–Jacky Aernoudt Meubelen
Major wins
4 stages Tour de France (1983, 1985)

Major results

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1981
1st Omloop Schelde-Durme
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Aragón
2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
3rd Polder–Kempen
1982
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
2nd Omloop van het Leiedal
3rd Nokere Koerse
1983
1st Ronde van Limburg
1st Leeuwse Pijl
1st Stage 3 Tour de France
1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg
2nd Brabantse Pijl
7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
7th Dwars door België
9th Omloop Het Volk
1984
1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 5a (ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk
2nd Dwars door België
5th Tour of Flanders
9th GP Stad Zottegem
10th Paris–Roubaix
1985
Tour de France
1st Stages 1, 2 & 22
1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Aragón
2nd GP Ouest–France
2nd Leeuwse Pijl
3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stages 1 & 3
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
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