Eddy Planckaert

Eddy Planckaert (born 22 September 1958 in Nevele) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. In 1988, Planckaert enjoyed perhaps his best year by capturing the green jersey (points competition) at the 1988 Tour de France and winning the Tour of Flanders. In 1990, he won Paris–Roubaix, his second monumental classic, with the closest finish in the race's history beating Canadian Steve Bauer by less than a cm. A strong sprinter, Planckaert is one of the riders with stage wins at all three cycling Grand Tours.

Eddy Planckaert is the brother of fellow cyclists Willy and Walter Planckaert. Eddy is also the uncle of Jo Planckaert and the father of Francesco Planckaert. More than 10 years after his cycling career, the former racer got back into the public eye with a long running reality TV show about his family life, on Vtm. After the 2016 Paris–Roubaix, Planckaert declared that second-placed Tom Boonen should have made a deal with eventual winner Mathew Hayman in order to fix the race and let Boonen win.

Major results

 * 1974
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race, National Novice Road Championships


 * 1975
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race, National Novice Road Championships


 * 1977
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships


 * 1978
 * 1st De Vlaamse Pijl
 * 1st Gent-Staden


 * 1979
 * 1st De Vlaamse Pijl
 * 1st Gent-Staden
 * Tour de Wallonie
 * 1st Stage 2, 3 and 6


 * 1980
 * 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
 * 2nd Grand Prix de Waregem


 * 1981
 * Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 14
 * 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
 * Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Delta Profronde
 * Tour de Luxembourg
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 2nd Flèche Hesbignonne


 * 1982
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stages 1a, 1b, 2, 3, and 12
 * Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 1st Stage 2
 * Tour of the Basque Country
 * 1st Stages 3 and 5a
 * 2nd Tour of Flanders
 * 2nd Brabantse Pijl


 * 1983
 * 1st Brabantse Pijl
 * 1st Brussels–Ingooigem
 * Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 1
 * Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Stages 2 and 5b
 * 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne


 * 1984
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Stages 2, 4a and 4b
 * 1st Omloop Het Volk
 * Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stages 1 and 5
 * 1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise
 * 1st Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Stages 1, 2a and 3b
 * Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Stage 8b
 * Tour Méditerranéen
 * 1st Stages 2, 4a and 4db
 * Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 1st Stage 2
 * Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st GP Marcel Kint
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen


 * 1985
 * 1st Omloop Het Volk
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4
 * 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
 * Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3
 * Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Stage 4
 * Tour of the Netherlands
 * 1st Stage 2
 * Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 1st Stage 2
 * Ronde van Nederland
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Acht van Chaam
 * 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
 * 3rd Delta Profronde


 * 1986
 * Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 8
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stages 3 and 7
 * 1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise
 * Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Stage 1
 * Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 1st Stage 3
 * Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
 * 1st Stages 1, 3, 4b and 5
 * Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 2nd Brabantse Pijl
 * 2nd Brussels–Ingooigem


 * 1987
 * 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
 * Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 2
 * Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 5
 * Tour Méditerranéen
 * 1st Stages 2 & 3
 * 2nd Grand Prix de Denain


 * 1988
 * 1st Tour of Flanders
 * Tour de France
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 2nd Scheldeprijs
 * 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen


 * 1989
 * 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
 * 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Trofeo Luis Puig


 * 1990
 * 1st Paris–Roubaix
 * Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 7
 * Euskal Bizikleta
 * 1st Stage 3
 * Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 1st Tour of Limburg


 * 1991
 * 5th Milan San Remo