{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{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)<ref>{{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</ref> 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.<ref name="SportsRef">{{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}}</ref>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;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 {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 1981 ! scope="col" | 1982 ! scope="col" | 1983 ! scope="col" | 1984 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Vuelta a España | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| DNF | style="text-align:center;"| — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 71 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France | style="text-align:center;"| DNF | style="background:#ddf;" | 7 | style="text-align:center;"| DNF | style="text-align:center;"| — |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Cycling Archives|9790}} *[http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/coureur/4540.html Official Tour de France results for Daniel Willems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122005539/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/coureur/4540.html |date=22 November 2018 }}

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