Roger Ilegems (born 13 December 1962) is a retired

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

and

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

from

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

, who was a professional rider from 1984 to 1991. He represented his native country at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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, where he won the gold medal in the men's points race.

Teams

* 1984: Tönissteiner-Lotto (Belgium, from 1 December 1984) * 1985: Lotto-Merckx (Belgium) * 1986: Lotto-Merckx (Belgium) * 1987: Sigma (Belgium) * 1988: Sigma (Belgium) * 1989: Histor-Sigma (Belgium) * 1991: Collstrop-Isoglass (Belgium)

References

External links

Wielersite Profile
1962 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Belgium Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Antwerp Province People from Niel, Belgium Belgian track cyclists {{Belgium-Olympic-medalist-stub