page_title: Herman Van Springel
hierarchical_section_title: Herman Van Springel
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Op dinsdag 9 april 2013 werd het belevingsparcours 'In het Wiel van Eddy Merckx' officieel geopend in het Sportimonium (gelegen op het Blosodomein van Hofstade-Zemst). De aanwezigheid van Herman Van Springel werd erg gesmaakt. Hij werd tweede in de tour van 1968, het jaar voor Eddy Merckx zijn eerste tour won.
context_page_description: Herman Van Springel is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region.
  He was an accomplished time-trial rider, almost winning the Tour de France in 1968, when he was beaten in the last stage by Dutchman, Jan Janssen in a time-trial. In the autumn that year, he won the classic Giro di Lombardia.
  He won a record seven editions of the marathon Bordeaux–Paris. He also won the green jersey in the 1973 Tour de France without winning a single stage. However, he did win five stages during his ten participations in the Tour. He kept on cycling through the seventies and ended his long career at the end of 1981.
  Flemish TV-maker and presenter, Marc Uytterhoeven, motivated by the 1968 Tour, founded a Herman Van Springel fan club.
context_section_description: Herman Van Springel (born 14 August 1943) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region.
  He was an accomplished time-trial rider, almost winning the Tour de France in 1968, when he was beaten in the last stage by Dutchman, Jan Janssen in a time-trial. In the autumn that year, he won the classic Giro di Lombardia.
  He won a record seven editions of the marathon Bordeaux–Paris. He also won the green jersey in the 1973 Tour de France without winning a single stage. However, he did win five stages during his ten participations in the Tour. He kept on cycling through the seventies and ended his long career at the end of 1981.
  Flemish TV-maker and presenter, Marc Uytterhoeven, motivated by the 1968 Tour, founded a Herman Van Springel fan club.
caption: Van Springel in 2013
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