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Walter Godefroot was born on 2 July, 1943 in Ghent, Belgium, is a Belgian cyclist. Discover Walter Godefroot's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 2 July, 1943
Birthday 2 July
Birthplace Ghent, Belgium
Nationality Belgium

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1943

Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of, later known as T-Mobile Team.

1964

As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summer Olympics after his young compatriot Eddy Merckx was caught in the final.

1965

Both men turned professional in 1965 and Walter Godefroot was presented as Merckx's bane in his early days, winning several races ahead of him: the Belgian championship in 1965, Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967) and Paris–Roubaix (1969).

But Godefroot eventually didn't have Merckx's abilities in stage races and concentrated on the separate stages in the grand tours.

1972

Being a specialist in one-day classic cycle races, he won another Belgian champion title in 1972, two Tours of Flanders at ten-year intervals in 1968 and 1978, two Bordeaux–Paris in 1969 and 1976 and had numerous runner-ups in other classics.

Remarkably, Godefroot informed the Tour de Flandres organization about the existence of the Koppenberg.

1975

He won ten stages in the Tour de France, including the stage on the Champs-Élysées in 1975 where the Tour finished for the first time, and the green jersey in the 1970 Tour de France, one stage in the 1970 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the 1971 Vuelta a España.

1976

From 1976, the hill was included in the course of the race.

1977

At the end of his career, following the classics campaign in April 1977, he tested positive for a doping product along with several other top riders.

1981

In 1981, Godefroot and his wife started a cycling shop in Deurle which still exists today.

He managed the Capri-Sonne-Koga Miyata, T-Mobile and Astana teams.

1996

He was notably the sports director of Bjarne Riis, Jan Ullrich and Erik Zabel during the victorious Tour de France editions in 1996 and 1997, although Riis and Zabel later admitted they used EPO in the 1996 Tour de France.

2006

Godefroot stepped down as team manager before the 2006 season and was replaced by Olaf Ludwig.

After the exclusion of from the 2006 Tour de France, Godefroot returned to the peloton when he became manager of Astana.

2007

His contract was not renewed when it ran out in July 2007.

He then withdrew from professional cycling.

In his racing days he was called 'The Bulldog of Flanders'.

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