Team Flanders–Baloise () is a professional

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based in Belgium that participates in

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races and when selected as a wildcard to

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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

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2022 VLC Men Start Team Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise

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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise UCI Professional Continental teams Cycling teams based in Belgium Cycling teams established in 1994