Erwin Thijs
Erwin Thijs (born August 6, 1970 in Tongeren ) is a former Belgian cyclist .
Erwin Thijs started in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the road race , which he did not finish. In 1993 he became a professional cyclist at Collstrop . In his first year he won the Hel van Het Mergelland and the overall classification of the Circuit Franco-Belge . After two years he moved to Vlaanderen in 2002 , from where he joined Lotto in 2001 . After a year he moved to Palmans-Collstrop . In 2005 he won a stage of the Ster Elektrotoer . In spring 2006 he won the Danish GP Aarhus . He also won the sixth stage of thePeace ride that ended on the famous steep face of Meerane . After the 2007 season he ended his career.
Palmarès
- 1992
- 1993
- 1998
- 2000
- one stage Dekra Cup
- 2006
- GP Aarhus
- a stage of the peace journey
Teams
- 1993 Collstrop-Assur Carpets
- 1994 Collstrop-Willy Naessens
- 1995-1998 Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
- 1999 Team Cologne
- 2000 Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
- 2001 Lotto-Adecco
- 2002-2003 Palmans-Collstrop
- 2004 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
- 2005 MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
- 2006-2007 Unibet.com
Web links
- Erwin Thijs in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Erwin Thijs in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Thijs, Erwin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tongeren |