Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional

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, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with

Davide Rebellin Davide Rebellin (9 August 1971 – 30 November 2022) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He was considered one of the finest classics specialists of his generation with more than fifty top t ...

, to have won the three

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– the

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La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...

and

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five '' Monuments'' of the European professional ...

– in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ...

. A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009), the

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia ( en, Tour of Lombardy), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five ' Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in ...

twice ( 2009, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times ( 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne ( 2011), Liège–Bastogne–Liège ( 2011), the

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

( 2011), the

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...

( 2017), and

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the ' Monuments' or classics of th ...

( 2019). He is the second person (and first Belgian) in history to win all three

in a single year. In 2017, Gilbert became the third rider after

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(1975) and

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(1979) to win both the Tour of Flanders and the Amstel Gold Race in the same year. He has also won stages at each of the three cycling Grand Tours: three stages at the Giro d'Italia (one in 2009 and two in 2015), one stage at the

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(in 2011), and seven stages at the

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(two in both 2010 and 2012, one in

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and two in 2019). Gilbert retired as a professional, after the 2022 Paris-Tours. He celebrated his retirement in

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where he became world champion and won four Amstel Gold Races. He was honoured with a mural in the caves of the

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Personal life

Gilbert currently resides in

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. With his ex-wife Patricia Zevaert he has two sons, born 2010 and 2013. Gilbert's younger brother Jérôme has also been a racing cyclist. Gilbert committed to serve world peace through sport by joining

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. During the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in

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, he was elected to a four-year term as a representative for road cycling on the

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Athletes' Commission, winning 66 percent of the vote.

Career

FDJeux.com (2003–08)

First three seasons

Born in Remouchamps in the municipality of

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, Gilbert turned professional in 2003 by joining after riding as

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for the team in late 2000. During this season he recorded his first victory by winning a stage in the

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independen ...

. In 2004 he began by winning a stage in the

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as well as the young rider classification. He participated in the

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at the

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where he finished 49th. He also won the

Paris–Corrèze Paris–Corrèze was a road bicycle race held annually in France, usually between a department near Paris and the department of Corrèze. It was created by Laurent Fignon and Max Mamers. It was first held in 2001 and since 2005 it has been organi ...

. In 2005 he won several races in France, which allowed him to win the

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. These victories included the

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, the

Tour du Haut Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed ...

and the

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. He also took stages in the Four Days of Dunkirk and the

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2006 season

2006 would become his most successful year to the point when he won the prestigious Omloop Het Volk after repeatedly attacking until he got away alone with to go. During the season he also won the

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and the

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

as well as stages at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the

Eneco Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the orig ...

2007 season

In early 2007 he had a skin cancer lesion removed from his thigh, delaying the start of his season. That did not stop him from trying himself during Milan–San Remo, where he managed to escape on the Poggio with

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before being captured from the finishing line. He could not get any victory during the season until the

Tour du Limousin Tour du Limousin is a 4-day road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

, where he claimed his only victory in 2007 by winning a stage. In Paris–Tours he was caught with to go along with

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and

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2008 season

Gilbert started 2008 by winning the King of the Mountains competition at the

and the overall classification as well as two stages of the

Vuelta a Mallorca The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

. He also finished third in Milan–San Remo, accomplishing his first podium in a monument. He later won Omloop Het Volk for the second time in his career after a solo attack with almost to go. Four days later he won the GP Samyn. He finished the year by winning the classic Paris–Tours race in a late breakaway where he won a sprint between his three breakaway companions. The peloton finished four seconds back.

Silence–Lotto (2009–11)

2009 season

In 2009 he joined to lead the Belgian team in the classics, finishing third at the

and fourth in both the

and

. He also took his first stage in a

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by winning the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia and won a stage and the overall classification of the

Ster Elektrotoer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The serie ...

. Later in the season he repeated his Paris–Tours win, attacking on the last climb with

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and

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before outsprinting them to the line. A week later, he also won the prestigious

after escaping from the peloton with

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, beating him to the finish by a half-length. It was his fourth victory in 10 days after also winning the

Coppa Sabatini The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing R ...

and

Giro del Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eu ...

. At the end of the season he was awarded the ''Flandrien of the Year'' award, recognising him as the best Belgian rider of the year.

2010 season

In 2010 he won his first classic of the year, April's

. After an aggressive race featuring many attacks, he won through a big attack in the last of the climb to the finish, comfortably winning by several bike lengths from the peloton. He also won the first stage of the

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. Bet ...

. Gilbert then ended the 2010 season in superb form. He followed up two stage wins in the

with victories in the Giro del Piemonte and the Giro di Lombardia, repeating his 2009 wins in both races. The Giro di Lombardia was won with a solo attack in atrocious weather conditions.

2011 season

In 2011, Gilbert won the Montepaschi Strade Bianche, a race including of

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s. He then had a quadruple consecutive win: first he won the

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 ...

, then he repeated as winner of the

, breaking free on the Cauberg. Three days later, he won

dropping his rivals on the final climb of the Mur de Huy and finally he won

beating the Schleck brothers in the sprint. Gilbert thus became the second rider, after

in 2004, to win the three Ardennes classics in a single year. During the first half of the season he also won stages at the

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ...

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

as well as the overall classification and a stage of both the Tour of Belgium and

Ster ZLM Toer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The serie ...

In late June, Gilbert won the

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. In July he won the opening stage of the

, winning by three seconds over

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, allowing him to be the first person to put on the

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as overall leader. He lost that jersey in the team time trial the next day but still held the

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and

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jerseys after stage two. A week after the end of the Tour, Gilbert won the

, and in mid-August, Gilbert won the 3rd stage at the

, taking his 15th victory of the year. In September, Gilbert won the

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and took over the lead of the UCI world rankings with the 80 points awarded to the victor. He followed that performance two days later at the

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by finishing third, despite stating that he felt "no pressure" after his

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victory. With that placing, Gilbert deposited another 50 UCI points in his account. He would race in the October Italian classic, the

, taking eighth place after he was distanced on the final climb. He eventually closed the season well ahead in the UCI World Tour rankings, with 718 points to the 584 points of his closest competitor, Cadel Evans. He won 18 races in the season, more than any other cyclist in the professional peloton. Gilbert was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.

BMC Racing Team (2012–16)

2012 season

Philippe Gilbert, 2012 Road World Championships, Cauberg (cropped)

In 2012, Gilbert signed for on a three-year contract reportedly worth €3 million a year. His goals for his new squad were to perform highly in the

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and help his team-mate

repeat his 2011 feat of winning the

. Neither of those came to fruition, as Gilbert's best result in the one-day spring races was third at

, where he got deposited on the final climb by

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who won atop the historic

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with a slim margin of 4 seconds. Three days prior, he took sixth position at the

and was pleased to achieve a top ten ranking in the Ardennes race. He missed out on his goal to bring Evans in yellow to

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and his best placing in a Tour de France stage was fourth. He also lost both of the Belgian National Championship titles he held, finishing third in the

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. On 26 August 2012, Gilbert finally managed his first victory of the season by winning the ninth stage of the

after breaking away together with Rodríguez. He later won a second stage of the race, winning stage nineteen on 7 September. On 23 September 2012, Gilbert won the UCI Elite Men's Road Race world championship and the rainbow jersey, ahead of

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and

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by producing a massive surge on the final climb of the Cauberg.

2013 season

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In 2013, Gilbert headed towards the World Championships without a single win in the rainbow jersey, in danger of his first winless season since turning professional in 2003. He started the

hoping that the competition would, for the second successive year, kick-start his season. After being narrowly defeated in a sprint by

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on stage 7, Gilbert finally clinched a victory in the rainbow stripes when he caught and passed

to win stage 12.

2014 season

In 2014, Gilbert picked up his previous form when in the spring he won his second

and his third

2015 season

Gilbert finished third at

, seconds after his teammate

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. At the

, Gilbert could not repeat his winning ways of 2014 and came in tenth after having attacked on the final climb of the day, the Cauberg. On the next Wednesday, Gilbert crashed out of

. He then took part in

even though he was slightly injured and held on to the main group until the Côte de Saint-Nicolas, where he was dropped and finished 36th. He scored his first victory of the season at the Giro d'Italia, besting the lead group on a sharp incline at the end of Stage 12. He repeated on Stage 18, where he participated in the early break. After being dropped on the last climb of the day, he came back to the remnants of the breakaway after the descent and attacked them to win solo.

2016 season

Gilbert took his first victory of the season in February at the one-day race

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, winning the sprint of a four-man group. He won the

in June.

Quick-Step Floors (2017–19)

2017 season

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After 5 seasons with BMC, Gilbert joined for the 2017 season. Gilbert finished second in the

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behind teammate

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. The pair made the race-defining split along with

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from the team, and 's

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. Lampaert attacked with remaining and ultimately won the race by 39 seconds ahead of Gilbert, who led home Lutsenko and Durbridge in a sprint for second place. Later that week, in a three-up sprint finish of Belgian riders,

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() won

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ahead of Gilbert and 's

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. The following week, Gilbert won the

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after he attacked on the

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during the race's opening stage and soloed away to the victory by 17 seconds from his nearest competitor. He ultimately won the race by 38 seconds ahead of 's

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, and also won the sprints classification, primarily from his opening-day attack. Three days later, he won the

after a solo attack on the

Oude Kwaremont The Oude Kwaremont (English: ''Old Kwaremont'') is a road in Kluisbergen, a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The Oude Kwaremont, contrary to popular belief, is not the name of a hill, but the name of one of the cobbled roa ...

and holding off the rest of the field over the remaining . Gilbert became the first rider in twenty years to win both the

and

in his career. Two weeks after that he won the

for a fourth time and became the third rider to win the Tour of Flanders and the

in the same year, after

and

. It was later revealed that he won the race despite riding for the last of the race with a minor kidney tear. The injury required treatment in hospital after the race, and ruled him out of

and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

2018 season

In Stage 16 of the

, Gilbert was involved in a crash in a downhill section where he went over a wall, suffering lacerations and fracturing his kneecap. This was the same road where

Fabio Casartelli Fabio Casartelli (16 August 1970 – 18 July 1995) was an Italian cyclist and an Olympic gold medalist. He was killed in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France. Amateur ...

died in the 1995 Tour de France. Gilbert climbed back onto his bike and rode the remaining to the finish in

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, earning him the Most Combative Rider award but ending his tour.

2019 season

In April, Gilbert won

in a sprint ahead of

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, thereby raising his total number of

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titles to five. During the

, Gilbert won stage 12 to

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, after dropping his breakaway companions to reach the finish alone. On stage 17 into

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, Gilbert was again victorious. In a stage marked by crosswinds, his team forced the pace and allowed him to win the sprint finish. The average speed of marked the fastest ever road stage over in a Grand Tour.

Lotto–Soudal

In August 2019, Gilbert signed a three-year contract with the team from the 2020 season onwards.

Career achievements

Major results

;2000 : 10th Overall

Giro della Lunigiana Giro della Lunigiana is a four-day road bicycle race for junior men (age 17 and 18) in the historical territory Lunigiana (currently the provinces of La Spezia and Massa Carrara), Italy. The race, class 2.1 MJ on the UCI calendar, counts as a big ...

;2002 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Overall

Tour du Loir-et-Cher The Tour du Loir-et-Cher is a cycling stage race that takes place in the Loir-et-Cher region of France. The race traditionally starts and finishes in the capital of Blois. Since at least 2009, the final stage has consisted of a 12-lap circuit r ...

::1st Stage 6 : 4th

Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften ( en, Tour of Flanders U23) is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. It is the version of the Tour of Flanders for under-23 riders and is usually contested a week after the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Ludovic Capelle L ...

: 5th Overall

Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycling road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

: 6th

Grand Prix de Waregem The Grand Prix Waregem was a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U from 2005 to 2007. The race was considered to be the Under 23 version of Dwars door Vlaanderen Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Ac ...

: 7th

Tour du Finistère Tour du Finistère is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April around the city of Quimper, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route ...

: 8th

Circuit de Wallonie Circuit de Wallonie is a cycling race held annually in Belgium since 1966. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycli ...

: 9th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 9th

La Côte Picarde La Côte Picarde was a professional cycling race held between 1986 and 2015 in Picardy, France. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

;2003 : 2nd Tro-Bro Léon : 4th Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 9 : 6th Overall

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen Dwars door West-Vlaanderen is a road bicycle race through the Belgian province of West Flanders. History The race was originally created unter the name Omloop der Vlaamse Ardennen (''English'': Tour of the Flemish Ardennes) in 1945 as a one-day ...

: 10th

;2004 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 2nd

Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...

: 2nd

: 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 9th Overall

Regio-Tour The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Laurent Brochard, Jan Ullrich ...

;2005 : 1st

French Road Cycling Cup The French Road Cycling Cup (English for Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route) is a road bicycle racing competition under the Fédération Francaise de Cyclisme (French Cycling Federation) each year since 1992. It consists of a number of one-day ...

: 1st

: 1st Stage 2

: 2nd

: 6th Milan–San Remo : 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ::1st Stage 4 : 8th

Grand Prix d'Isbergues Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and c ...

;2006 : 1st Omloop Het Volk : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...

: 2nd

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

: 2nd

: 4th Overall

::1st Stage 7 : 9th

Paris–Bourges Paris–Bourges is a French road bicycle racing, road bicycle race. The race originally started in Paris and ran to the town of Bourges in the Centre (French region), Région Centre. However, in recent year with the length of races shortened it ha ...

;2007 : 1st Stage 1

: National Road Championships ::2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

::3rd Road race : 2nd

: 3rd Overall

Circuit Franco-Belge Circuit may refer to: Science and technology Electrical engineering * Electrical circuit, a complete electrical network with a closed-loop giving a return path for current ** Analog circuit, uses continuous signal levels ** Balanced circu ...

: 5th Overall

: 7th

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

: 7th

Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tie ...

: 8th Road race,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

: 10th

Boucles de l'Aulne Boucles de l'Aulne is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May or June around Châteaulin, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2006, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a s ...

;2008 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Trofeo Mallorca ::1st Trofeo Sóller ::3rd Trofeo Pollença ::4th Trofeo Cala ::4th Trofeo Calvià : 1st Paris–Tours : 1st Omloop Het Volk : 1st

: 1st

Mountains classification,

: 2nd

: 3rd Milan–San Remo : 4th Overall

: 5th

: 6th

: 8th Overall

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a s ...

;2009 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 1st

: 1st Paris–Tours : 1st

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...

: 1st

: 1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd

: 4th

: 6th Road race,

: 7th

Chrono des Nations Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was orig ...

: 9th

UCI World Ranking The UCI men's road racing world rankings are a point system which is used to rank men's road cycling riders. Points are accrued over a rolling 52 weeks in three categories (Individual, Nations and Teams). Also Year-End rankings exist, based on ...

: 9th

;2010 : 1st

: 1st

::1st Stages 3 & 19 ::Held Jersey red

after Stages 3–7 : 2nd

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...

: 3rd

: 4th Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 5th

: 6th

: 7th Overall

Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...

: 9th Milan–San Remo : 9th

Halle–Ingooigem Halle–Ingooigem is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...

;2011 : 1st

: National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBélgica

Road race ::1st MaillotBélgica

: 1st

Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Montepaschi Strade Bianche : 1st

: 1st

::1st Stage 1 ::Held Jersey yellow

after Stage 1 : 1st Stage 1

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Milan–San Remo : 3rd

: 8th

: 9th Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 9th

;2012 :

::1st

Road race ::2nd Silver medal blank

Team time trial :

::1st Stages 9 & 19 : 3rd

, National Road Championships : 3rd

: 6th

: 7th Overall

;2013 : 1st Stage 12

: 2nd

, National Road Championships : 2nd

: 3rd Overall

: 5th

: 7th

: 9th Road race,

: 10th

;2014 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st Prologue & Stage 3 : 1st Jersey red

Overall

Tour of Beijing The Tour of Beijing was an annual professional stage bicycle road race held in Beijing, China. History Its first edition took place in October 2011, as the penultimate event in the 2011 UCI World Tour. The tour was a partnership between the UCI a ...

::1st Stage 2 : 1st

: 1st

Mountains classification,

: 3rd

Classic Sud-Ardèche Classic Sud-Ardèche (also known as the Souvenir Francis Delpech) is a road bicycle race held annually in late-February in the Ardèche department of France. The race was a National Event from its inception in 2001 until 2007, before joining the ...

: 4th

, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

::1st

Points classification : 4th

London–Surrey Classic The London–Surrey Classic (also known as the RideLondon–Surrey Classic) was an annual men's professional one-day road cycling race, starting and finishing in London and routed via the picturesque Surrey Hills. The first race of its kind wa ...

: 6th

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...

: 7th Road race,

: 7th Overall

: 7th

: 8th

Roma Maxima The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: 8th

: 9th

La Drôme Classic La Drôme Classic ( en, The Drôme Classic) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drôme region of France, held by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation. It is run as part of a weekend of racing in the south Ardèche, known ...

: 10th

;2015 : 1st

Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belg ...

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 12 & 18 : 2nd Overall

::1st

Points classification : 2nd

: 3rd

: 4th Overall

: 7th Overall

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northw ...

::1st Stage 3 : 7th

: 8th Overall

Dubai Tour The Dubai Tour is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Dubai, which began in 2014 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. History The race was classified as a 2.1. in 2014. The race is organized by the Dubai Sports Council in par ...

: 8th

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...

: 9th

: 10th Road race,

: 10th

;2016 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st

: 2nd Overall

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), th ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 3rd

Volta Limburg Classic Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. P ...

: 6th Overall

: 6th

Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which con ...

: 6th

: 8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 8th Overall Arctic Race of Norway ;2017 : 1st Jersey white

Overall

::1st

Sprints classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Stage 2

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

: 1st

Combination classification,

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is ofte ...

: 2nd

: 4th Overall

: 9th Overall

BinckBank Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the ori ...

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing to a stage's or the overall race's most aggressive rider. References {{cycling-stub Cycling jerseys ...

Stage 5

;2018 : 1st

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd

: 2nd

: 3rd

: 5th

: 8th Paris–Tours : Jersey red number

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing to a stage's or the overall race's most aggressive rider. References {{cycling-stub Cycling jerseys ...

Stage 16

;2019 : 1st

::1st Stages 12 & 17 :: Jersey yellow number

Combativity award Stage 12 : 3rd

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 8th

: 10th Overall

Tour de la Provence The Tour de la Provence is an early-season Road bicycle racing#Stage races, bicycle stage race in the Provence region of France. It is organized by southern French newspaper La Provence, which serves as the race's title sponsor for its first three ...

::1st Stage 3 ;2020 : 8th

: 9th Milan–San Remo ;2021 : 4th Brussels Cycling Classic : 5th

: 9th

Druivenkoers Overijse Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

;2022 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ::1st Stage 3 : 6th

Binche–Chimay–Binche Binche–Chimay–Binche (also known as Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually between Binche and Chimay, in Wallonia, Belgium. The race is rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was origin ...

: 8th

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in September in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

: 10th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results

This table shows Gilbert's results in the great classics.

Major championships timeline

Awards and honours

Crystal Bicycle The "" (Dutch for "Crystal Bicycle") is a cycle racing award, created in 1992 by the Belgian newspaper '' Het Laatste Nieuws''. The award is given annually to the Belgian rider considered to have performed the best over the year. As of 2013, Johan ...

: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 * Sprint d'Or: 2008 *

Belgian Sportsman of the year The Belgian Sportsman of the Year is elected at the end of each year by professional sportjournalists and former winners, annually since 1967. A Belgian Sportswoman of the Year title has been given out since 1975. Top winners include Ingrid Berghm ...

: 2009, 2010, 2011 *

Belgian National Sports Merit Award The Belgian National Sports Merit Award is an annual award handed out to a Belgian sportsperson or -team for exceptional merit. Players can only win the award once during their career, making this trophy one of the most prestigious in Belgian sports ...

: 2009 *

: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 * Flandrien Award: 2009, 2010, 2011 * AIJC trophy: 2009 * Walloon-Brussels Sports Merit Award: 2010, 2011, 2012 * Vélo d'Or Mondial: 2011 * Mendrisio d'Or: 2012 * Square Philippe Gilbert in

: 2013 * Honorary Citizen of Valkenburg: 2016 *

Ruban Jaune The Ruban Jaune ''(English; Yellow Ribbon)'' is a cycling title created in 1936 by Henri Desgrange, awarded to the rider recording the fastest average speed in a professional cycling race or stage longer than 200 km. The name is thought is to ...

: 2019 * CyclingRanking - Overall ranking (12th place)

Controversies

Gilbert was accused of abusing

cortisone Cortisone is a pregnene (21-carbon) steroid hormone. It is a naturally-occurring corticosteroid metabolite that is also used as a pharmaceutical prodrug; it is not synthesized in the adrenal glands. Cortisol is converted by the action of the enz ...

by an anonymous former Lotto teammate during his dominant period with , an allegation which the Belgian vehemently denies.

Notes

References

External links

* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Philippe 1982 births Living people People from Verviers Belgian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Belgium Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Belgian Tour de France stage winners Belgian Giro d'Italia stage winners Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners UCI Road World Champions (elite men) 2011 Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from Liège Province UCI World Tour winners Tour de Suisse stage winners

Personal life

Career

FDJeux.com (2003–08)

First three seasons

2006 season

2007 season

2008 season

Silence–Lotto (2009–11)

2009 season

2010 season

2011 season

BMC Racing Team (2012–16)

2012 season

2013 season

2014 season

2015 season

2016 season

Quick-Step Floors (2017–19)

2017 season

2018 season

2019 season

Lotto–Soudal

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results

Major championships timeline

Awards and honours

Controversies

Notes

References

Further reading

External links