Frans De Mulder

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Frans De Mulder

| image = Frans de Mulder-1960.png

| caption = De Mulder during the 1960 Vuelta a España

| full_name = Frans De Mulder

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|12|17}}

| birth_place = Kruishoutem, Belgium

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2001|03|05|1937|12|17}}

| death_place = Deinze, Belgium

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Vuelta a España

:: General classification (1960)

:: 4 individual stages (1960)

One-day races and Classics

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (1960)}}

:Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (1961)

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Frans De Mulder (17 December 1937 in Kruishoutem – 5 March 2001 in Deinze) was a professional road racing cyclist from Belgium between 1958 and 1963.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Frans De Mulder |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=2186 |website=FirstCycling.com |language=en}}

De Mulder is most famous for winning the overall title and four stages the 1960 Vuelta a España. He bested fellow countryman Armand Desmet and Spaniard Miguel Pacheco across 3566 km in 17 stages.{{cite web |title=Palmarès de Frans De Mulder (Bel) |url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/palmares/de_mulder_frans.php |accessdate=31 December 2021 |work=Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu |language=fr}}

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Major results

Source:{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Frans De Mulder |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/frans-de-mulder |website=ProcyclingStats |language=en}}

;1959

: 1st Stage 5a Tour de l'Ouest

: 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

: 4th Milan–San Remo

: 4th Brussels–Ingooigem

: 7th Paris–Roubaix

: 7th La Flèche Wallonne

;1960

: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships

: 1st 20px Overall Vuelta a España

::1st Stages 4, 7, 16 & 17a

: 2nd Gent–Wevelgem

: 3rd Omloop van het Houtland

: 5th Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke

: 6th Tour of Flanders

: 6th Dwars door België

: 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

::1st Stage 4

: 7th Milan–San Remo

: 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 10th Brussels–Ingooigem

;1961

: 1st 20px Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

;1962

: Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stage 7

: 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg

: 3rd Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships

: 5th Omloop Het Volk

: 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

: 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 9th De Kustpijl

;1963

: 1st Nokere Koerse

: 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium

::1st Stage 3b (ITT)

: 5th De Kustpijl

: 8th GP Stad Zottegem

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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