The Cycling world mourns the death of the Belgian Rick Van Looy. Considered one of the best cyclists in history also by virtue of the fact that he was the first to win in all of them classical monument (Milan-Sanremo, Flanders, Parigi-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-LiègeLombardy), Van Looy passed away on Wednesday at the age of 90. Active between the ’50s and ’60s, the “Emperor of Herentals”, as he was nicknamed, also became a double world champion, achieving one of the two world championship triumphs in Bern in 1961 (rsi.ch)
It was also discussed in other media
The Belgian, sprinter and classics specialist, known as the Emperor of Herentalshe was 90 years old: the day after tomorrow he would have been 91. Road world champion in 1960 (Sachsenring) and in 1961 (Bern), between the 1950s and 1960s he won the Parigi-Roubaix (1961, 1962, 1965), twice the Tour of Flanders (1959, 1962), once the Milan-Sanremo (1958), the Giro di Lombardia (1959) and the Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1961), to which he added the original classics: Freccia Wallone, Paris-Tour and Paris-Brussels. (La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Professional from 1954 to 1970, he dominated road racing for over a decade. – Cycling loses a legend. (Sports Daily)
Rick Van Looyone of the greatest cyclists in history, has died at the age of 90. First rider capable of winning all five classical monumenta feat later matched only by Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck, Van Looy was known as “The Emperor of Herentals“, a nickname that reflected the Belgian public’s respect and admiration for his talent. (ilmessaggero.it)
– For just two days he didn’t have time to celebrate his first 91 years of life: Rick Van Looy he passed away in the morning after a short illness in his Herentalsa place of which he had been ‘awarded’ the Platonic title of ‘Emperor’, and he did so leaving a very deep mark in the history of cycling on both road and track. (Sports Daily)
Belgian died at the age of 90 Rick van Looyone of the cycling legends of the last century. In the 1950s and 1960s he had become the first to conquer all five Classical Monumentas well as triumphing in two World Cups. (Sky Sport)
Nicknamed the Emperor of Herentalsthe Belgian was about to turn 91. Van Looy has entered the annals of cycling for being one of the very few riders to win all five of what are now called the Classical Monumentor the Milan-Sanremo (one, in 1958), the Tour of Flanders (two, in 1959 and 1962), the Parigi-Roubaix (three, in 1961in 1962 and 1965), the Liège-Bastogne-Liège (one, in 1961) and Lombardy (one, in 1959). (SpazioCiclismo)
Related News :