What is Erik De Vlaeminck?
[[File:Erik de Vlaeminck (cropped).jpg|thumb|De Vlaeminck in April 1970.]] '''Erik De Vlaeminck''' (23 March 1945 &ndash; 4 December 2015) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[cyclist]]. He was a recording-winning [[cyclo-cross]] world-champion seven times (in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973). He was born in [[Eeklo]]. He was the brother of [[Roger De Vlaeminck]]. Later in life, De Vlaeminck had [[Parkinson's disease]] and [[Alzheimer's disease]]. He died in Eeklo on 4 December 2015, aged 70.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/erik-de-vlaeminck-dies-at-age-70/|title=Erik De Vlaeminck dies at age 70|work=cyclingnews.com|date=4 December 2015|access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8987 Erik De Vlaeminck profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315005743/http://cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8987 |date=2016-03-15 }} at Cycling Archives {{DEFAULTSORT:De Vlaeminck, Erik}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian cyclists]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Belgium]] [[Category:Doping cases in cycling]] [[Category:People from East Flanders]] [[Category:People with Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:People with Parkinson's disease]] [[Category:Tour de France cyclists]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}