Ludo Loos

{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (1955–2019)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Ludo Loos | image = Ludo_Loos-1980.jpg | caption = Loos during the 1980 Tour de France | fullname = Ludo Loos | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1955|1|13}} | birth_place = Essen, Belgium | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|3|1|1955|1|13}} | death_place = Brasschaat, Belgium | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 1976–1977 | proteam1 = EBO | proyears2 = 1978 | proteam2 = C&A | proyears3 = 1979 | proteam3 = Splendor–Eurosoap | proyears4 = 1980 | proteam4 = Marc–IWC–V.R.D. | proyears5 = 1981 | proteam5 = Kotter | proyears6 = 1982 | proteam6 = Fangio–Assos–OM Trucks–Iveco | proyears7 = 1983 | proteam7 = Perlav | proyears8 = 1984–1986 | proteam8 = Dormillon | majorwins = :'''Tour de France''' ::1 individual stage (1980) }}

'''Ludo Loos''' (13 January 1955 – 1 March 2019) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.

== Career == During the 1980 Tour de France Loos was able to escape in a solo breakaway during Stage 18, which was a major mountain stage. He was the first rider over all five climbs and won the stage finishing 5:19 ahead of the group of favorites which included his teammate Lucien Van Impe, Robert Alban, Joaquim Agostinho and eventual yellow jersey winner Joop Zoetemelk. Loos would finish eighteenth in that year's general classification and second in the mountains classification.

In the 1985 Vuelta a España, Loos collided with a dog in O Portádego (Culleredo, province of A Coruña), and broke a neck vertebra. This effectively ended his career as cyclist.

On 1 March 2019, Loos died following a long illness.<ref>[https://www.noordernieuws.be/ludo-loos-overleden/ Ludo Loos overleden], Noordernieuws, 2 March 2019.</ref>

==Major results== <small>Source:<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2025 |title=Ludo Loos |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=1463 |website=FirstCycling.com |language=en}}</ref></small> {{div col}} ;1973 :2nd Belgian Junior Pursuit Championship ;1976 :Vuelta a España ::2nd Overall Mountains classification :6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana :9th Omloop van Midden-Vlaanderen ;1977 :Vuelta a España ::3rd Overall Mountains classification :9th Brabantse Pijl ;1978 :Grand Prix du Midi Libre ::3rd Overall ::1st Points classification ;1980 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 18 ;1984 :9th Subida al Naranco ;1985 :5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia {{div col end}}

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== External links == *{{cycling Archives|4851}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070822162319/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4374.html Official Tour de France results for Ludo Loos]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loos, Ludo}} Category:1955 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Belgian male cyclists Category:Belgian Tour de France stage winners Category:People from Essen, Belgium Category:Cyclists from Antwerp Province Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen