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Eddy Pauwels
Pauwels at the 1964 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Eddy Pauwels
Born (1935-05-02)2 May 1935
Bornem, Belgium
Died 6 March 2017(2017-03-06) (aged 81)
Bornem
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
4 stages, Tour de France

Eddy Pauwels (2 May 1935 – 6 March 2017) was a Belgian racing cyclist from 1958 to 1966. He won 4 stages in the Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days in total. In 1962, Pauwels won the combativity award in the Tour de France. He died on 6 March 2017 at the age of 81.

Major results

1958
6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1959
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3
1960
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Trois Jours d'Anvers
1961
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
5th Scheldeprijs
9th Overall Tour de France
1st Stages 14 & 17
1962
9th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 11
1963
Tour de France
Held Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 1–2
1st Stage 1
4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
1964
4th Overall Tour de Romandie

See also

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