Lieselot Decroix (born 12 May 1987 in

Poperinge Poperinge (; french: Poperinghe, ； vls, Poperienge) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, Flemish Region, and has a history going back to medieval times. The municipality comprises the town of Poperinge pr ...

) is a Belgian retired professional road cyclist. She represented her nation

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at the

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, and has currently competed under an annual contract for CyclelivePlus-Zannata Women's Team. Decroix qualified for the Belgian squad, as a lone female cyclist, in the women's road race at the

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by finishing among the top 24 and receiving a berth from the

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. She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-fourth-place finish through a vast field of sixty-six cyclists in 3:36:35, surpassing Mexico's

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by less than a second.

Major results

;2007 : 7th Overall

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::1st Young rider classification ;2008 : 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 10th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine ;

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: National Road Championships ::3rd Time trial ::4th Road race ;2011 : 8th Overall Gracia–Orlová ::1st Stage 4 ;2015 : 9th Overall Belgium Tour : 10th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames ;2016 : 3rd

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References

External links

Profile – CyclelivePlus-Zannata

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Decroix, Lieselot 1987 births Living people Belgian female cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Belgium People from Poperinge Cyclists from West Flanders 21st-century Belgian women