Walter Godefroot

Walter Godefroot
Godefroot at the 1997 Paris–Nice
Personal information
NicknameThe Bulldog of Flanders
Born(1943-07-02)2 July 1943
Ghent, German-occupied Belgium
Died1 September 2025(2025-09-01) (aged 82)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
Rider typeClassics specialist
Professional teams
1965–1966Wiel's–Groene Leeuw
1967–1969Flandria–De Clerck
1970Salvarani
1971–1972Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1973–1975Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano
1976–1979IJsboerke–Colnago
Managerial teams
1991–2005Team Telekom
2006Astana–Würth
2007Astana
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (1970)
10 individual stages
(1967, 1968, 1970–1973, 1975)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1970)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (1971)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1965, 1972)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1967)
Tour of Flanders (1968, 1978)
Paris–Roubaix (1969)
Gent–Wevelgem (1968)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Individual road race

Walter Godefroot (2 July 1943 – 1 September 2025) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer and directeur sportif of Team Telekom, later known as T-Mobile Team.

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