Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke

Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (born 31 May 1955 in Mouscron) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, track cyclist and directeur sportif. He is an uncle of Frank Vandenbroucke. He was a prologue specialist, winning 19 prologues throughout his career.

Cycling career
He won the one-day classic Blois-Chaville (a reconfigured version of Paris-Tours) in 1982. However, certain victory in the race was snatched from Laurent Fignon, who broke a pedal crank while in the lead near the finish.

Major results

 * 1975
 * 1st Flèche Ardennaise
 * 1st Omloop van de Westhoek
 * 5th Omloop van het Houtland
 * 9th Circuit des Frontières
 * 9th Grand Prix des Nations


 * 1976
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Étoile des Espoirs
 * 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
 * 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
 * 1st Omloop van het Zuidwesten
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Milan–San Remo
 * 5th Paris–Tours
 * 7th Tour du Condroz
 * 8th Grand Prix des Nations
 * 9th Overall Tour de l'Aude


 * 1977
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Étoile des Espoirs
 * 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
 * 1st Prologue Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 2nd Giro di Lombardia
 * 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
 * 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 4th Dwars door België
 * 4th Omloop Het Volk
 * 4th Grand Prix des Nations
 * 5th Overall Tour de l'Aude
 * 5th Tour du Haut Var
 * 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
 * 6th Overall Ronde van Nederland
 * 6th Giro dell'Emilia
 * 7th Road race, National Road Championships
 * 7th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
 * 9th Paris–Brussels
 * 10th Milan–San Remo


 * 1978
 * 1st Circuit des Frontières
 * 1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 2b Tour de l'Aude
 * 1st Prologue Tour de Corse
 * 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 3rd Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
 * 1st Stage 2a
 * 3rd Tour du Haut Var
 * 3rd Paris–Brussels
 * 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 5th Tour of Flanders
 * 6th Grand Prix de Monaco
 * 7th Grand Prix des Nations


 * 1979
 * 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
 * Étoile des Espoirs
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 2
 * 2nd Omloop van het Zuidwesten
 * 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 * 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 4th Giro di Lombardia
 * 5th Paris–Tours
 * 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
 * 7th Paris–Brussels
 * 9th Dwars door België


 * 1980
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Stage 4b (ITT)
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
 * 1st Stage 2a (ITT)
 * 1st Grand Prix des Nations
 * 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Alfons De Wolf)
 * 6th Tour du Haut Var
 * 7th Giro di Lombardia
 * 8th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 8th Overall Étoile des Espoirs
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 8th Omloop Het Volk


 * 1981
 * 1st Jersey green 2.svg Overall Tour de l'Oise
 * 1st Stage 2b
 * 1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 * 3rd Omloop Het Volk
 * 3rd Tour du Haut Var
 * 5th Tour of Flanders
 * 7th Overall Tour de l'Aude
 * 1st Prologue
 * 9th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 7a


 * 1982
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Étoile des Espoirs
 * 1st Stage 5b (ITT)
 * 1st Paris–Tours
 * 1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude
 * 2nd Overall Tour de l'Oise
 * 1st Prologue
 * 2nd Dwars door België
 * 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
 * 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
 * 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
 * 4th Giro di Lombardia
 * 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Prologue


 * 1983
 * 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
 * 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
 * 1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen
 * Étoile des Espoirs
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 6 (ITT)
 * 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
 * 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 4th Overall Tour de l'Aude
 * 1st Prologue
 * 4th Grand Prix des Nations
 * 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships


 * 1984
 * 1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude
 * 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 2nd Omloop Het Volk
 * 2nd Critérium des As
 * 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
 * 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 3rd Tour of Flanders
 * 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Prologue & Stage 4a (ITT)
 * 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
 * 6th Paris–Roubaix
 * 6th Grand Prix des Nations
 * 7th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 8th Trofeo Baracchi
 * 9th Paris–Tours
 * 10th GP du canton d'Argovie


 * 1985
 * 1st Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 1st Prologue
 * 1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre
 * 1st Prologue Tour de l'Aude
 * 3rd Grand Prix des Nations
 * 5th Paris–Tours
 * 8th Nice–Alassio
 * 9th Paris–Brussels
 * 10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx


 * 1986
 * 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude
 * 3rd Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 5th Overall Tour de l'Oise
 * 5th Grand Prix Cerami


 * 1987
 * 1st Prologue Vuelta a España
 * 1st Prologue Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 1st Prologue Grand Prix du Midi Libre
 * 3rd Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
 * 7th Circuit des Frontières
 * 8th Overall Tour de l'Oise
 * 9th Overall Tour d'Armorique
 * 10th Le Samyn


 * 1988
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen