# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willy-van-neste
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:19:36.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willy-van-neste"
name: "Willy Van Neste"
slug: "willy-van-neste"
description: "Willy Van Neste is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer who competed as a professional from 1966 to 1976. He participated in seven editions of the Tour de France, where he won a stage in the 1967 Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for the following day. Other career highlights include winning the Four Days of Dunkirk in 1970, the Züri-Metzgete in 1972 and Grand Prix de Fourmies in 1967. He also finished second in the 1968 Gent–Wevelgem and the 1970 Amstel Gold Race."
tagline: "Road bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willy_Van_Neste_1967.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1944-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             8.917197452229301
  historical:           9.610692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ويلي فان نيستي"
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    title: "Willy Van Neste"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Van_Neste"
    title: "Willy Van Neste"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Van_Neste"
    title: "Willy Van Neste"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Van_Neste"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87"
    title: "ویلی فان نسته"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Van_Neste"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Van_Neste"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump