Daniel Willems

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Daniel Willems

| image = Daniel_Willems-1982.jpg

| caption = Willems in 1982

| fullname = Daniel Willems

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|8|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Herentals, Belgium

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|9|2|1956|8|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Vorselaar, Belgium

| currentteam =

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1978–1981

| proteam1 = Ijsboerke

| proyears2 = 1982–1983

| proteam2 = Boule d'Or

| proyears3 = 1984

| proteam3 = Murella

| proyears4 = 1985

| proteam4 = Safir-Van de Ven

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::4 individual stages (1981, 1982)

One-day races and Classics

:Scheldeprijs (1979)

:Paris–Tours (1980)

:La Flèche Wallonne (1981)

}}

Daniel Willems (16 August 1956 – 2 September 2016){{in lang|nl}} [http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1295/Tour-De-France/article/detail/2848941/2016/09/03/Ex-Tourritwinnaar-Daniel-Willems-overleden.dhtml Ex-Tourritwinnaar Daniel Willems overleden], Het Laatste Nieuws, 3 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/daniel-willems-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051644/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/daniel-willems-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Daniel Willems Olympic Results |accessdate=25 April 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}

Major results

;1976

: 5th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton

;1977

: 1st 20px Road race, National Amateur Road Championships

: 1st 20px Overall Ruban Granitier Breton

::1st Stages 1a & 4a (ITT)

: 4th Flèche Ardennaise

: 6th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften

;1978

: 1st 20px 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 20px Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

::1st Stage 4b

: 1st 20px 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 20px 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 20px Points classification

::1st 20px 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=

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scope="col" | Grand Tour

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! scope="col" | 1982

! scope="col" | 1983

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