Dominique Cornu (born 10 October 1985) is a

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retired road and

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from

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, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015. He specialised in the

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discipline.

Career

Cornu was born in

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. At the 2006

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he was crowned Under-23 Time Trial

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. He had previously won the

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Belgian Time Trial Championship in 2003 and 2004, and in 2005 he became the Belgian Under-23 time trial Champion. Cornu is also an accomplished

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, winning the

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at the 2006 Belgian Track Cycling Championships. In addition to Cornu's time trialing skills he is also a promising

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rider, having won the Under-23 edition of the prestigious

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in 2006. Cornu left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season.

Major results

;2003 : 1st MaillotBélgica

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, National Junior Road Championships ;2004 : 1st MaillotBélgica

, National Junior Road Championships : 1st

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Under–23 : 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant ;2005 : 1st MaillotBélgica

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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: 1st Stage 2 Tweedaagse van de Gaverstreek : 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant : 2nd Silver medal europe

Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2006 : 1st Jersey rainbow chrono

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 1st MaillotBélgica

, National Under-23 Road Championships : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotBélgica

Individual pursuit ::2nd Silver medal blank

Kilo ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Points race : 1st

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: 1st Prologue Ronde van Antwerpen : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2008 : 1st Stage 4

Giro del Capo The Giro del Capo was a road cycling stage race held in the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa. The 2009 edition was held in the form of four challenges. The last edition, held in 2010, was ranked as 2.2 by the UCI and was part of the UCI Afri ...

;2010 : 2nd Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Betw ...

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 4 ( ITT) : 4th

, National Road Championships ;2011 : 7th Overall

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornu, Dominique 1985 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Flemish sportspeople Belgian track cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Belgium People from Beveren Cyclists from East Flanders