 Wim Schepers during the 1967 Tour de France. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 September 1943 Stein, Netherlands |
| Died | 25 September 1998 (aged 55) Meers, Stein, Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1966–1971 | Caballero |
| 1972–1973 | Rokado–Colders |
| 1974–1975 | MIC–Ludo–de Gribaldy |
Wim Schepers (25 September 1943 – 25 September 1998) was a Dutch professional road cyclist. A professional from 1966 to 1975, he won two stages of the 1970 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and finished second in the 1972 Liège–Bastogne–Liège to Eddy Merckx.[1]
After the final stage of the 1971 Vuelta a España, Schepers was ranked in second place, 19 seconds behind Ferdinand Bracke, but he was given a ten-minute time penalty for a doping offence, and dropped to 15th.[2]