Wim Schepers

Wim Schepers (25 September 1943 – 25 September 1998) was a Dutch professional road cyclist. A professional from 1966 to 1975, he won two stages of the 1970 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished second in the 1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège to Eddy Merckx.

After the final stage of the 1971 Vuelta a España, Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Ferdinand Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.

Major results

 * 1965
 * 1st Stages 1 & 6 Tour of Austria


 * 1966
 * 1st Manx Trophy
 * 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg


 * 1967
 * 3rd National Road Race Championships
 * 4th Amstel Gold Race


 * 1968
 * 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
 * 5th Amstel Gold Race
 * 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 9th Overall Tour of Belgium


 * 1969
 * 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium


 * 1970
 * 1st Stages 2a & 2b Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
 * 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
 * 10th Amstel Gold Race


 * 1971
 * 10th Overall Tour of Belgium


 * 1972
 * 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
 * 8th La Flèche Wallonne
 * 9th Gent–Wevelgem


 * 1973
 * 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
 * 10th Züri-Metzgete