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Belgian National Time Trial Championships
The Belgian National Time Trial Championships are held annually as part of the Belgian National Cycling Championships, deciding the national champion in this time trial, discipline for the year to come. The national time trial championship in Belgium is a relatively new competition, especially when compared to the Belgium National Road Race Championship, which was first held in 1894. The first winner of the men's elite time trial championships was Marc Streel in 1997. The race was not held the following year, and Marc Streel retained his title in 1999. In 2000 the Rik Verbrugghe was crowned champion, who holds the record for the fastest average speed in a time trial race in a Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour, which he achieved by winning the 2001 Giro d'Italia prologue. Marc Wauters, Leif Hoste, Kristof Vandewalle and Wout van Aert hold the record for most wins in the championships, with three wins apiece. The winners of each event are awarded with a Driekleur trikot, symbolic cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Gilbert TDF2012
Philippe is a masculine given name, cognate to Philip, and sometimes also a surname. The name may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, father to Albert I of Belgium * Philippe d'Orléans (other), multiple people * Philippe A. Autexier (1954–1998), French music historian * Philippe Blain, French volleyball player and coach * Philippe Najib Boulos (1902–1979), Lebanese lawyer and politician * Philippe Broussard (born 1963), French journalist * Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer * Philippe Daverio (1949–2020), Italian art historian * Philippe Djian (born 1949), French author * Philippe Dubuisson-Lebon, Canadian football player * Philippe Ginestet (born 1954), French billionaire businessman, founder of GiFi * Philippe Gilbert, Belgian bicycle racer * Philippe Noiret, French actor * Philippe Petit, French performer and tightrope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Flag
The national flag of the Kingdom of Belgium is a tricolour consisting of three equal vertical bands displaying the national colours: black, yellow, and red. The colours were taken from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant, and the vertical design may be based on the flag of France. When flown, the black band is nearest the pole (at the hoist side). It has the unusual proportions of 1315, and therefore, unlike the flags of Switzerland and the Vatican City, it is not a perfect square. In 1830, the flag, at that time non-officially, consisted of three horizontal bands, with the colors red, yellow and black. On 23 January 1831, the National Congress enshrined the tricolor in the Constitution, but did not determine the direction and order of the color bands. As a result, the "official" flag was given vertical stripes with the colors black, yellow and red. Previous flags After the death of Charlemagne, the present-day territory of Belgium (except the County of Flanders) became p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hermans
Ben Hermans (born 8 June 1986) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024. Career Hermans was born in Hasselt, Flanders, and he turned professional in 2009 with . Hermans left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined the for the 2014 season. In April 2015, he won the Belgian classic Brabantse Pijl with a late attack and resisted to the return of the peloton by a few seconds to cross the line solo. A couple of weeks later, he went on to win the third stage of the Tour de Yorkshire in solo fashion, attacking the leading group with twelve kilometers remaining. He also finished sixth overall in the race. In 2017 he won the Tour of Oman. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. Major results ;2004 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 3rd Overall Giro della Lunigiana : 7th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2006 : 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard : 4th Liège–Basto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Rosseler
Sébastien Rosseler (born 15 July 1981) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist who rides for Veranclassic-Doltcini. Between 2012 and 2013, Rosseler competed with UCI ProTeam . Born in Verviers, Wallonia, Belgium, Rosseler currently resides in Tongeren, Flanders, Belgium. Career achievements Major results ;2002 : 1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ;2003 : 1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : Olympia's Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 6 & 7 ( ITT) : 6th De Vlaamse Pijl ;2004 : 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 9th Gent–Wevelgem ;2006 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium : 3rd Halle–Ingooigem : 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ::1st Young rider classification ;2007 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Tour of Qatar : 4th Overall Tour of Belgium : 4th Time trial, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 8th Overall Eneco Tour ::1st Stage 5 ( ITT) ;2008 : 2nd Overall Circuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Monfort
Maxime Monfort (born 14 January 1983) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the , , , , and teams. Monfort won a variety of races including the Tour de Luxembourg in 2004, the Bayern Rundfahrt in 2010, and the Belgian National Time Trial Championships in 2009. Monfort has also had top grand tour finishes including a 6th-place finish in the 2011 Vuelta a España, and a 16th-place finish in the 2012 Tour de France. He finished 14th in the 2013 Tour de France, marking his highest finish in the Tour. Major results ;2003 : 4th Circuit de Wallonie ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Young rider classification Ronde van Nederland : 4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer : 6th Overall Tour de la Région Wallonne : 6th Flèche Hesbignonne : 8th Overall Tour du Limousin ;2005 : 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges ::1st Young rider classification : 3rd Overall Regio-Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Cornu
Dominique Cornu (born 10 October 1985) is a Belgians, Belgian retired road and Track cycling, track Bicycle racing, cyclist from Flanders, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015. He specialised in the time trial discipline. Career Cornu was born in Beveren. At the 2006 World Cycling Championship he was crowned Under-23 Time Trial World Champion. He had previously won the wiktionary:Junior, Junior 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 track cyclist, winning the Individual Pursuit at the 2006 Belgian Track Cycling Championships. In addition to Cornu's time trialing skills he is also a promising cobblestone rider, having won the Under-23 edition of the prestigious Omloop "Het Volk" cycling classic in 2006. Cornu left at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. Major results ;2003 : 1st Belgian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stijn Devolder
Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for (2002–2003), (2004–2007), (2008–2010), (2011–2012), (2013–2016), (2017–2018) and (2019). Career Born in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Devolder won his first professional race at the 2004 Four Days of Dunkirk, winning stage 4. His most prestigious victories are the 2007, 2010 and 2013 Belgian National Road Race Championships, the 2008 and 2009 Tour of Flanders, and the 2008 and 2010 Tour of Belgium. Devolder is a competent climber and proficient in an individual time trial but his main strength lies in the cobbled classics. Devolder led the squad in the 2008 Tour de France but fell off the back and almost immediately stepped off his bike on the Ascent of the Col Agnel. Devolder left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. Major results ;1996 : 1st Tour of Flanders Juniors : Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race (men's race), Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011 UCI World Tour, 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour. A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009 Paris–Tours, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice (2009 Giro di Lombardia, 2009, 2010 Giro di Lombardia, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times (2010 Amstel Gold Race, 2010, 2011 Amstel Gold Race, 2011, 2014 Amstel Gold Race, 2014, 2017 Amstel Gold Race, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne (2011 L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)
Frank Vandenbroucke (6 November 1974 – 12 October 2009) was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. After showing promise in track and field in his adolescence, Vandenbroucke took to cycle racing in the late 1980s and developed into one of the great hopes for Belgian cycling in the 1990s, with a string of victories that included Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour stages and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Omloop Het Volk. This early success dissipated however in a series of drug abuse, drug problems, rows with teams and suicide attempts. Despite repeated attempts to continue his career with a string of different teams from 2000 to 2008, Vandenbroucke's drug use and unpredictability eventually led to his estrangement from the cycling world. Although Vandenbroucke claimed in an interview in 2009 to have recovered his mental health, he died of a pulmonary embolism in October 2009 at the age of 34. Background Frank Vandenbroucke was born in Mouscron and grew up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Jurgen Van den Broeck (born 1 February 1983) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017 for the , , and squads. Van den Broeck specialised in the time trial discipline, having been Junior World Champion against the clock in 2001. The promise he first displayed in minor stage races like the Tour de Romandie and Eneco Tour was later validated and confirmed by top-10 finishes in all three Grand Tours: the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. Cycling career Early career Born in Herentals, Van den Broeck won the Junior World Time Trial Championship in 2001 and made his professional debut in 2003 as a ''stagiaire'' for the Quick-Step–Davitamon–Latexco team. U.S. Postal Service/Discovery Channel (2004–2006) Rather than remaining in Belgium, however, Van den Broeck signed with the American team of Lance Armstrong for his first full season as a professional in 2004. His only result of note that year was 6th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludo Dierckxsens
Ludo Dierckxsens (14 October 1964 – 29 May 2025) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He was best known for winning the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France, while competing for . Dierckxsens died during the 1000 km bike ride of Kom op tegen Kanker on 29 May 2025 in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde. 1999 Tour de France Ludo Dierckxsens won the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France. After this stage victory, Dierckxens went to take the obligatory doping tests. When the doctors asked him the routine question if he had taken any products which might cause a positive test result, Dierckxens replied that he had taken tetracosactide (Synacthen) in the Tour of Germany, to reduce knee pain. He claimed to have a prescription for them, but his team did not know about this, and sent him home a few days later. The doping tests returned negative. Major results Source: ;1989 :1st Brussel–Zepperen ;1993 :2nd Tour of Flanders U23 ;1994 :1st Izegem :1st GP du Nord Pas de Calais :2nd Grote Prijs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn D'Hollander
Glenn D'Hollander (born 28 December 1974) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Fellow professional cyclist Greg Van Avermaet is his brother-in-law. Palmarès ;1991 : 2nd, National U17 Road Race Championship ;1992 : U19 Time Trial Champion ;1994 : 3rd, National Amateur Road Race Championship ;1995 : 1st, GP Bodson : 1st, Stage 3, Triptyque Ardennais : 1st, Stage 8, Tour de Wallonie : 3rd, Overall, Tour of Austria ;1996 : 1st, Schaal Sels : 1st, Stage 10, Tour of Austria : 3rd, Overall, Tour de l'Avenir ;1997 : 1st, Stage 6, Tour de Wallonie ;1998 : 1st, Eurode Omloop ;1999 : 2nd, Overall, Circuito Montañés :: Winner Stage 1 ;2001 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Wallonie :: Winner Stage 3 : 1st, Stage 1, UNIQA Classic : 3rd, National Time Trial Championship ;2002 : 1st, Stage 3, Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
