Yvonne Reynders

Yvonne Reynders

Yvonne Reynders was born August 4, 1937 in Schaarbeek, near Brussels Belgium. She was a track and road cyclist from Belgium who should be remembered as the only other women besides Jeannie Longo to win 4 gold medals at the Worlds in the road race. While Longo eventually went on to win five golds in the road race, this is quite impressive enough to be mentioned as one of the great riders of the past. Yvonne was an incredibly successful cyclist only rivaled at the time by Beryl Burton.
Reynders won 12 medals at the woman's world championships including 4 gold medals and 2 silver medals in the road race. In the pursuit she won 3 gold medals and 3 silver medals. Ten years later, Yvonne won the nationals and took 3rd in the World Championships. Overall, her palmares are indeed, very impressive!
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Palmares
1st - 3rd
Country: Belgium

Yvonne Reynders

1959
1959 - World Road Championships, Netherlands - 1st place in road race, Zandvoort.

1960
1960 - National Road Championships, Belgium - 2nd place.

1961
1961 - National Road Championships, Belgium - 2nd place.
1961 - World Road Championships, Switzerland - 1st place in road race, Berne.
1961 - World Track Championships, Switzerland - 1st place in 3km pursuit, Zurich.

1962
1962 - National Road Championships, Belgium - 1st place.
1962 - World Road Championships, Italy - 2nd place in road race, Salo.
1962 - World Track Championships, Italy - 2nd place in the 3km pursuit, Milan.

1963
1963 - National Road Championships, Belgium - 1st place.
1963 - World Road Championships, Belgium - 1st place in road race, Ronse.
1963 - World Track Championships, Belgium - 2nd place in the 3km pursuit, Rocourt.

1964
1964 - World Track Championships, France - 1st place in the 3km pursuit, Paris.

1965
1965 - World Road Championships, Spain - 2nd place in road race, Lasarte.
1965 - World Track Championships, Spain - 1st place in the 3km pursuit, San Sebastian.

1966
1966 - World Road Championships, Germany - 1st place in road race, Nurburgring.
1966 - World Track Championships, Germany - 2nd place in the 3km pursuit, Frankfurt.

1976
1976 - National Road Championships, Belgium - 1st place.
1976 - World Road Championships, Italy - 3rd place in road race, Ostuni.

1977
1977 - National Road Championships, Belgium - 3rd place.

Articles are written in my own words, researched from a variety of sources from Europe and the United States, including seeing things first hand at races, researching race videos, books, magazines, libraries etc. Stats and career highlights, palmares were confirmed as much as possible from several sources worldwide so that they can be as accurate as possible. In some instances the riders have contributed to the quality of the articles, and photos were taken at various races worldwide. Photos provided by a number of sources, from the riders to professional journalists, and courtesy of donors. Thanks to Cyclingnews for the quality of their archives approximately since the year 2000 helps to validate other sources worldwide. Special thanks to Alfred North for his tremendous contribution to the women's cycling over the last 30 years, which his archives dating from 1984 to the present day has been an overwhelming contribution to women's cycling worldwide. This is the first time that in depth compilation of the women rider's palmares have been well researched and posted to the Internet for the whole cycling world to see. They are comprehensive and cover several decades. If you use my work, please give credit.

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