Daniel Willems
# Daniel Willems

Daniel Willems (16 August 1956 – 2 September 2016) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. Health problems ended his career in 1986. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

## Major results

### 1976

    5th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton

### 1977

    1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
    1st Overall Ruban Granitier Breton
       1st Stages 1a & 4a (ITT)
    4th Flèche Ardennaise
    6th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften

### 1978

    1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
    1st Circuit du Hainaut
    2nd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
    3rd Kattekoers
    7th Overall Ronde van Nederland

### 1979

    1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stage 4b
    1st Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Stage 4b
    1st Scheldeprijs
    1st Brabantse Pijl
    1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    2nd Critérium des As
    3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    4th Paris–Tours
    4th Circuit des Frontières
    5th Overall Paris–Nice
    5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
    6th Gent–Wevelgem
    6th Züri-Metzgete
    8th Milan–San Remo
    9th Circuit du Hainaut

### 1980

    1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
       1st Stages 3 & 5a
    1st Paris–Tours
    1st Ronde van Limburg
    1st Grand Prix Le Télégramme
    2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Stage 5
    2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    4th Rund um den Henninger-Turm
    5th Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Points classification
       1st Combination classification
       1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (ITT)
    5th Züri-Metzgete
    7th Paris–Roubaix
    7th Amstel Gold Race
    8th Circuit du Hainaut
    9th Overall Tour de Romandie
    9th Tour du Haut Var

### 1981

    1st La Flèche Wallonne
    1st Critérium des As
    1st Heistse Pijl
    Tour de France
       1st Stages 11 & 19
    1st Stage 3 GP du Midi-Libre
    1st Stage 1a Tour of Belgium
    3rd Züri-Metzgete
    3rd Rund um den Henninger-Turm
    4th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
       1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
    6th Overall Tour de l'Aude
       1st Stage 3
    6th Trofeo Laigueglia
    10th Road race, National Road Championships
    10th Tour of Flanders

### 1982

    1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
    Tour Midi-Pyrénées
       1st Stages 1a & 2
    2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Le Samyn
    3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    7th Overall Tour de France
       1st Stages 3 & 20
    7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stage 1
    7th Brabantse Pijl
    8th Road race, National Road Championships
    8th Overall Tour de l'Aude

### 1983

    2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | DNF | — |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 71 |
| Tour de France | DNF | 7 | DNF | — |

Legend :

| — | Did not compete |
| - | - |
| DNF | Did not finish |
