2009 Brabantse Pijl
The 2009 Brabantse Pijl was the 49th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 29 March 2009. The race started in Leuven and finished in Beersel. The race was won by Anthony Geslin. General classification References 2009 Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

Anthony Geslin
Anthony Geslin (born 9 June 1980) is a French retired professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015, for the and teams. Born in Alençon, Geslin won a bronze medal in the road race at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;1998 : 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg ;2000 : 2nd La Côte Picarde ;2001 : 2nd La Côte Picarde : 9th Classic Loire Atlantique ;2002 : 4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 7th Overall Tour de Picardie : 9th Tro-Bro Léon : 9th Paris–Bourges ;2003 : 1st Overall Criterium des Espoirs : 2nd Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens : 2nd GP Ouest–France : 4th Tour de Vendée : 5th Polynormande : 8th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 10th Paris–Camembert : 10th Grand Prix de Denain : 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie ;2004 : 1st Route Adélie de Vitré : 5th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden : 7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 9th Grand Prix de Rennes ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 Circuit de Lo ...
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Jérôme Pineau
Jérôme Pineau (born 2 January 1980) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2015 for the , and squads. Born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, Pineau now works as the general manager for UCI ProSeries team . Major results ;2000 : 5th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton : 9th La Côte Picarde ;2001 : 1st Stage 1 Ronde de l'Isard : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23 : 5th La Côte Picarde ;2002 : 1st Overall Tour de Normandie : 4th Route Adélie : 7th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 7th Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts : 9th Trophée des Grimpeurs ;2003 : 1st Polynormande : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Tour de Vendée : 3rd Trophée des Grimpeurs : 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 5th Gran Premio di Lugano : 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan : 7th Grand Prix de Denain : 7th Boucles de l'Aulne ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Paris–Bourges ...
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Fabian Wegmann
Fabian Wegmann (born 20 June 1980) is a German former professional road racing cyclist. Born in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wegmann currently resides in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Major results ''Sources:'' ;1999 : 2nd Circuit du Hainaut : 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23 ;2001 : 7th Groningen–Münster ;2002 : 6th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald ;2003 : 1st Overall Sachsen Tour ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall Rheinland–Pfalz Rundfahrt : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies : 5th Trofeo Alcúdia : 7th Coppa Placci : 9th Giro del Piemonte ;2004 : 1st Mountains classification, Giro d'Italia : 1st Tre Valli Varesine : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Giro della Romagna : 4th Gran Premio di Chiasso : 5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 5th Coppa Sabatini : 6th GP Miguel Induráin : 8th Coppa Placci : Vuelta a Mallorca ::8th Trofeo Calvia ::9th Trofeo Soller : 9th Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 10th ...
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2008 Brabantse Pijl
The 2008 Brabantse Pijl was the 48th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 30 March 2008. The race started in Leuven and finished in Alsemberg. The race was won by Sylvain Chavanel. General classification References 2008 Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

2010 Brabantse Pijl
The 2010 Brabantse Pijl was the 50th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 14 April 2010. The race started in Leuven and finished in Overijse. The race was won by Sébastien Rosseler. General classification References 2010 Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

Brabantse Pijl
The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Zaventem used to be the city of start; in 2008 however, Leuven became the place of start. Until 2009, the finish was located in Alsemberg and, in 2010, it moved to Overijse. Also in 2010, the fixed date of the Brabantse Pijl shifted from the Sunday before the Tour of Flanders to the Wednesday before the Amstel Gold Race The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classic .... In 2011, the race was upgraded to a 1.HC event. Edwig Van Hooydonck holds the record for most wins in the race with four ...
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Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic city and the former neighbouring municipalities of Heverlee, Kessel-Lo, a part of Korbeek-Lo, Wilsele and Wijgmaal. It is the eighth largest city in Belgium, with more than 100,244 inhabitants. KU Leuven, Belgium's largest university, has its flagship campus in Leuven, which has been a university city since 1425. This makes it the oldest university city in the Low Countries. The city is home of the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer brewer and sixth-largest fast-moving consumer goods company. History Middle Ages The earliest mention of Leuven (''Loven'') dates from 891, when a Viking army was defeated by the Frankish king Arnulf of Carinthia (see: Battle of Leuven). According to a legend, the city's red ...
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Beersel
Beersel () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Alsemberg, Beersel proper, Dworp, Huizingen and Lot. On 1 January 2018 Beersel had a total population of 25,069. The total area is 30.01 km² which gives a population density of 835 inhabitants per km². It is close to Brussels; Beersel is approximately 12 km southwest of the center of the city. Beersel is perhaps best known for the "''Kasteel van Beersel''" (Beersel Castle), built between 1300 and 1310 by Jan II, the Duke of Brabant, as a defense for Brussels. Guillaume Dufay (1397–1474), a notable 15th century Franco-Flemish composer, was likely born in Beersel. Beersel is known for its ''boterham met plattekaas en radijzen'' (sandwich with white cheese and radishes), usually served with a geuze beer, and for its ''mandjeskaas'' (literally 'basket cheese'), which is a white cheese stored in little baskets. Beersel also has two traditional, ...
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Björn Leukemans
Björn Leukemans (born 1 July 1977 in Deurne) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. During 2008 Leukemans was suspended for doping with artificial testosterone. In 2009 he joined the team. Leukemans joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team –  – folded at the end of the 2013 season. Leukemans retired in 2015. Major results ;1999 : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Navarra : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Circuit de Wallonie : 3rd Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke : 5th Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt : 6th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 7th Zellik–Galmaarden : 9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 9th Flèche Namuroise ;2000 : 1st Stage 2 Dekra Open Stuttgart : 2nd Overall Tour de la Région Wallonne : 6th Druivenkoers Overijse : 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;2001 : 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde : 5th Zellik–Galmaarden : 7th Schaal Sels : 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 9th Scheldep ...
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Karsten Kroon
Karsten Kroon (born 29 January 1976) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for , a UCI ProTeam. He retired at the end of the 2014 season. Career Born in Dalen, Kroon showed his talent as an amateur by winning the professional Ronde van Drenthe in 1996. He joined the youth squad in 1997 and won a number of amateur races in two years. In 1999, he moved to the senior squad. His few wins included stage 8, on Bastille Day, of the 2002 Tour de France. Kroon and his teammate, Erik Dekker, finished in a seven-man group, and Kroon won a stage in his first Tour de France with the help of the more experienced Dekker. Kroon led the mountains classification in each of the three Grand Tours, though his lead did not last to the end. On 10 August 2005 he said that, until 2007, he was to ride for Saxo Bank. He wanted more freedom. "I've never said that I want to be leader," he told Cyclingnews.com, "I only want to get chances". In March and April 2006, he ...
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Frederik Willems
Frederik Willems (born 8 September 1979) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who competed professionally from 2003 tp 2014. His greatest achievement to date is in winning the 2006 Étoile de Bessèges while riding for , with whom he began his career in 2003 and rode until the end of 2006. Career achievements Major results ;2000 : 1st Stage 1 GP Tell : 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 ;2001 : 1st Seraing-Aachen-Seraing : 4th Vlaamse Pijl : 6th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ::1st Stage 4 : 6th Grand Prix de Waregem ;2002 : 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Cuba ;2004 : 1st Mountains classification, Three Days of De Panne : 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir : 10th Overall Circuit des Mines ;2005 : 10th Overall Tour de Wallonie ;2006 : 1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Britain : 4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 5th Overall Ster Elektrotoer ::1st Stage 3 : 7th Nokere Koerse ;2008 : 5th Brabantse Pijl ;2009 : 1st Overall Three ...
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Xavier Florencio
Xavier Florencio Cabré (born December 26, 1979 in Tarragona, Catalonia) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013. Over his career, Florencio competed for , Relax-Fuenlabrada, , , and . Career Xavier Florencio Cabré is an ex Catalan cyclist, born in Mont-roig del Camp (Tarragona) on the 26th of December 1979. From a family of cyclists, his father José and his sister Núria were also professional cyclists. At present he lives in Andorra with his wife Xary, who also rode professionally, and with whom he shares his interest in cycling and sport. His two daughters, Lola and Vera, are his biggest fans. Xavier started as a professional as part of the ONCE-Eroski team in August of the year 2000 in the Vuelta a Galicia, he remained with this team until the end of 2003. He spent the following two years 2004–2005 with Relax-Bodysol and the next with Relax-Fuenlabrada. After his two years with the Relax Team he was three ...
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