Ben Berden

Ben Berden (2007)

Ben Berden (born September 29, 1975 in Hasselt ) is a Belgian cyclocross and road cyclist .

Athletic career

Ben Berden won the bronze medal in the junior race at the Cyclocross World Championships in Koksijde in 1994 . In 1996 he became Belgian champion in the U23 class. On the road, he won a stage in the Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant in 1998 and was also able to win the overall standings. At the end of the season he rode for the Palmans-Ideal cycling team and became a professional there the following year. In 2000 he moved to Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx and Saey-Deschacht Sportgroep . After a forced break due to doping from 2004, Berden started racing again from 2009.

After a race in Essen (Belgium) in 2004 , Berden was convicted of doping with Epo and initially banned for 15 months; After an objection by the World Cycling Federation Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to the International Court of Justice (CAS), the ban was extended by eight months.

Successes - Cyclocross

1995/1996

• Belgian champion (U23)

1998/1999

• Vlaamse Houtlandcross

2001/2002

• Vlaamse Houtlandcross

2002/2003

• Duinencross Koksijde
• International Cyclo Cross Heerlen
• International Sluitingsprijs

2003/2004

• GP Mario De Clercq
• International bike cross Magstadt
• Vlaamse Houtlandcross
• Duinencross Koksijde
• Int. Cyclo-Cross Huijbergen

2004/2005

• International bike cross Magstadt
• Nat. Openingsveldrit Harderwijk om the GP Shimano
• Kleicross

2011/2012

• Boulder Cup
• North Carolina Grand Prix - Race 1
• North Carolina Grand Prix - Race 2
• Cyclocross Los Angeles 2

2012/2013

• Gateway Cross Cup - Cross after Dark
• Colorado Cross Classic, Boulder

2013/2014

• Providence Cyclocross Festival 2
• Gateway Cross Cup 1
• Gateway Cross Cup 2
• CXLA Weekend: Day 2

2014/2015

• Jingle Cross 1st
• Waves for Water Cyclocross 2

Teams

• 1998 Palmans Ideal (Stagiaire)
• 1999 Palmans ideal
• 2000 Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
• 2001–2002 Vlaanderen-T Interim
• 2003 Vlaanderen-T Interim (from June 19)
• 2004 Saey-Deschacht Sportgroep (from May 1st)

...

• 2009 Revor-Jartazi
• 2010 Qin Cycling Team
• 2011 Ops Ale-Stoemper
• 2012–2014 Raleigh-Clement

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ralf Meutgens : Doping im Radsport , Bielefeld 2007, p. 273. ISBN 978-3-7688-5245-6

Web links

• official homepage
• Ben Berden in the Radsportseiten.net database