Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise

Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
Team data
UCI code	SVB
License	UCI ProTeam
operator	Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw
First season	1994
discipline	Street
Wheel manufacturer	Eddy Merckx Cycles
staff
General manager	Christophe Sercu
Team manager	Walter Planckaert
Sportl. ladder	Luc Colyn Hans De Clercq Andy Missotten
Name story
Years	Surname
1992–2000 2001–2004 2005 2006–2007 2008 2009–2012 2013–2016 2017-	Vlaanderen 2002 Vlaanderen-T-Interim Chocolade Jacques-T-Interim Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen Topsport Vlaanderen Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
shirt
Team photo
Website
www.topsport-vlaanderen.be

Stijn Joseph in the team's jersey (2009)

Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise is a Belgian cycling team based in Waregem .

The team, founded in 1994, has been participating in international cycling races since 2005, in particular the UCI Europe Tour as the UCI Professional Continental Team . The main sponsor of the team is the sports promotion project of the Flemish Region Topsport Vlaanderen , which supports the Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012 team in women's cycling .

In September 2017, team leader Walter Planckaert made headlines outside of sport when he banned the team's drivers from wearing beards. Under the headline “Beardgate in the peloton” , the Luxemburger Tageblatt mocked the fact that Planckaert was concerned about the “beauty of cycling” but had tested positive for doping in 1977 .

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI world rankings (until 2004)

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
1995	28.	Tom Steels (194th)
1996	31.	Glenn D'Hollander (194.)
1997	35.	Kurt Van De Wouwer (314.)
1998	45.	Erwin Thijs (133.)
1999	23. (GSII)	Steve Vermaut (332.)
2000	32nd (GSII)	Erwin Thijs (195.)
2001	28. (GSII)	Bjorn Leukemans (132nd)
2002	22. (GSII)	James Vanlandschoot (238.)
2003	16. (GSII)	James Vanlandschoot (311.)
2004	6. (GSII)	Jan Kuyckx (252.)

UCI Africa Tour (until 2018)

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2007	14th
2008 - 2018	-	-

UCI America Tour (until 2018)

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	-	-
2010	38.	Michaël Van Staeyen (337.)
2011 - 2018	-	-

UCI Asia Tour (until 2018)

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	-	-
2010	21st	Geert Steurs (34th)
2011 - 2013	-	-
2014	75.	Michaël Van Staeyen (370.)
2015	76.	Jef Van Meirhaeghe (264.)
2016	80.	Floris De Tier (454.)
2017	89.	Benjamin Declercq (510.)
2018	97.	Kevin Deltombe (561.)

UCI Europe Tour (until 2018)

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2005	11.	Niko Eeckhout (3rd)
2006	5.	Niko Eeckhout (1st)
2007	17th	Niko Eeckhout (28th)
2008	11.	Niko Eeckhout (13th)
2009	17th	Kristof Goddaert (71st)
2010	8th.	Kris Boeckmans (40th)
2011	18th	Michaël Van Staeyen (51st)
2012	12.	Michaël Van Staeyen (14th)
2013	3.	Michaël Van Staeyen (6th)
2014	1.	Tom Van Asbroeck (1st)
2015	1.	Edward Theuns (2nd)
2016	9.	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (35.)
2017	11.	Bert Van Lerberghe (53.)
2018	8th.	Jonas Rickaert (84th)

UCI Oceania Tour (until 2018)

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2007	8th.	Pieter Ghyllebert (17.)
2008 - 2018	-	-

UCI World Calendar

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	31.	Jan Bakelants (162.)
2010	28.	Sep Vanmarcke (78th)

UCI World Ranking

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2019	30th	Christoph Noppe (166.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Beardgate in the peloton. In: tageblatt.lu. September 27, 2017, accessed September 30, 2017 . 

Web links

• Official website
• Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise in the UCI database