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Gerard Vianen
Personal information
Born (1944-02-09)9 February 1944
Kockengen, the Netherlands
Died 10 December 2014(2014-12-10) (aged 70)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1974)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (1971, 1972 2x)

Gerard Vianen (9 February 1944 – 10 December 2014) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. A domestique for Joop Zoetemelk and Raymond Poulidor, he won one stage in the Tour de France and 3 stages in the Vuelta a España.

Vianen died from leukemia on 10 December 2014 at the age of 70.

Major results

1965
GP Faber
1966
Ronde van Overijssel
1967
Eeklo
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Ninove
1968
Neerbeek
Yerseke
1970
Kamerik
1971
Vuelta a España:
Winner stage 10
Genoa–Nice
Schinnen
1972
Vuelta a España:
Winner stages 2 and 15
Rijen
1974
Tour de France:
Winner stage 20
1975
Obbicht
Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
Linne
1977
Kamerik
Galder
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