Palmans was a Belgian professional

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and

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

cycling team that existed from 1993 until 2010. The team underwent many different name changes throughout its existence, but was always sponsored by Palmans, an international road transport company. In 2000, the team merged with

Collstrop Cycle Collstrop () was a Sweden, Swedish UCI Professional Continental cycling team. It was the successor to Unibet.com, which was mainly sponsor (commercial), sponsored by the online gambling website Unibet.com and as a continuation of the MrBookm ...

, another Belgian team. The team disbanded for two years in 2004. Part of the staff and Palmans, the main sponsor, helped form a new Belgian team, . In 2006, split in two. Part of the team became and the other returned to Palmans–Collstrop. In 2010, the team permanently disbanded.

Major wins

Races

Omloop van het Waasland Omloop van het Waasland ("Circuit of Waasland") is a bicycle road race held annually in the Belgian region of Waasland. From 2005 to 2016, it was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour before being moved to the national calendar. In 20 ...

: Jan Bogaert (1994),

Wim Omloop Wim Omloop (born 5 October 1971) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barc ...

(1997),

Geert Omloop Geert Omloop (born 12 February 1974) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who was born in Herentals. He is the cousin of fellow cyclist Wim Omloop and the son of Marcel Omloop. He turned professional in 1997 having raced for ...

(2003) *

Omloop van het Houtland Omloop van het Houtland ("Circuit of Houtland") is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Lichtervelde in the region of West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2007, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2002 it was held ...

Jans Koerts Jans Koerts (born 24 August 1969) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1992 until 2007. He notably won Stage 3 of the 2000 Vuelta a España. Career Koerts started his career at in 1991 as a stagiare. At th ...

(1995),

Niko Eeckhout Niko Eeckhout (born 16 December 1970) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist who rode professionally between 1992 and 2013. He was the 2005–2006 UCI Europe Tour Series Champion and won the 2006 Belgian National Cycling Championship Road Ra ...

(2000),

(2001, 2003) *

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 ...

Hans De Meester Hans De Meester (born 7 August 1970) is a Belgian former cyclist. Major results ;1995 :1st Stage 2 Bayern-Rundfahrt ;1996 :1st Le Samyn :2nd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen :3rd Grote 1-MeiPrijs ;1998 :1st Stage 1 OZ Wielerweekend :2nd Dwars doo ...

(1996) * Grote 1-MeiPrijs : Peter Spaenhoven (1997),

(2001), Roger Hammond (2002) *

Grand Prix d'Isbergues Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which ...

Magnus Bäckstedt Magnus Bäckstedt (born 30 January 1975)L'Équipe, France, 12 April 2004. is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer. His most notable achievement in cycling is winning Paris–Roubaix in 2004. Early life Born in Linköping, Östergötl ...

(1997),

Peter Van Petegem Peter van Petegem (born 18 January 1970) is a former professional road racing cyclist. Van Petegem last rode for Quick Step-Innergetic, in 2007. He lived in Horebeke. He was a specialist in spring classics, one of ten riders to win the Tour of ...

(2001) *

Circuit Franco-Belge The Circuit Franco-Belge is a single day cycling race held annually in Belgium and France. The race was previously known as the Tour de Wallonie-Picarde in 2011 and as the Tour de l'Eurométropole from 2012 to 2021. From 2005 to 2015 the Tour de ...

Frank Høj Frank Høj (born 4 January 1973) is a retired Danish professional road bicycle racer. Høj started as a stagiaire for the Zetelhallen–Vosschemie team in 1994, and became professional in 1995 for . His first win as a professional came the year ...

(1998) *

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. The Nokere Koerse was created in 1944, initially as the ''Grand Prix Jules Lowie'' in honour of 1938 Paris–Nice winner Jules Lowie who ...

Hendrik Van Dijck Hendrik Van Dijck (born 5 February 1974, in Herentals) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Victories ;1994 : Hasselt-Spa-Hasselt ;1995 : 5th stage Hofbrau Cup : 2nd Stage Niederösterreich Rundfahrt ;1996 : Nokere Koerse ;19 ...

(2000) *

Circuito Montañés Circuito Montañés is a road cycling stage race held annually in Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is call ...

Dave Bruylandts Dave Bruylandts (born 12 July 1976 in Lier) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Bruylandts was tested positive for EPO use in 2004 and was banned for 18 months. Following his ban, Bruylandts briefly rode for Unibet.com in 200 ...

(2000) *

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...

(2000) *

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

(2001) * Tour Beneden-Maas :

(2001), Roger Hammond (2002) *

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for th ...

Bert Roesems Bert Roesems (born 14 October 1972) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1996 : 1st Amateur Time Trial Champion : 1st Stage 4 Tour de Liège : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Liège ;1997 : 1st Overall, Wielerweekend Zeeuw ...

(2003) *

Antwerpse Havenpijl The Antwerpse Havenpijl is a European bicycle race held in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2006, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were i ...

: Rob Goris (2010) *

Schaal Sels Schaal Sels is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners Men ...

: Aidis Kruopis (2010)

National championships

;2003 : Belgium Road Race,

Britain Road Race, Roger Hammond ;2008 : MaillotFin

Finland Time Trial, Matti Helminen

References

UCI Continental Teams (Europe) Cycling teams based in Belgium Cycling teams established in 1993 Cycling teams disestablished in 2010 1993 establishments in Belgium 2010 disestablishments in Belgium {{Cycling-team-stub