Team Flanders–Baloise () is a professional
cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ...
based in Belgium that participates in
UCI Continental Circuits
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
races and when selected as a wildcard to
UCI World Tour
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events. The team is managed by
Christophe Sercu, with Roger Swerts,
Walter Planckaert
Walter Planckaert (born 8 April 1948) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He is the younger brother of Willy Planckaert, the older brother of Eddy Planckaert, and the uncle of Jo Planckaert. He had 74 victories in his professio ...
and Jean-Pierre Heynderickx assisting as a
directeur sportif
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.
Team roster
Major wins
National champions
;2006
: Belgium Road Race Championships,
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 ...
;2015
: Belgium Road Race Championships,
Preben Van Hecke
Preben Van Hecke (born 9 July 1982) is a Belgium, Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the , and . He won the Belgian National Road Race Championships in 2015, out of a two-man brea ...
Bike sponsor
Since 1994, Topsport Vlaanderen and its predecessors are sponsored by
Eddy Merckx Cycles. They currently ride with the company's flagship bike, the
EMX-525.
References
External links
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UCI Professional Continental teams
Cycling teams based in Belgium
Cycling teams established in 1994