Frederik Willems
Frederik Willems (born September 8, 1979 in Eeklo ) is a former Belgian cyclist and today's sports director .
Career
In his junior years, Willems won the Seraing-Aken-Seraing race in 2001 and was then stagiair at Mapei-Quick Step , who signed him for 2002. His only success was a stage win in the rather second-rate Cuba Tour . After only one year he switched to the GSII-Team Vlaanderen-T-Interim .
He then joined Chocolade Jacques in 2005 . At the beginning of the 2006 season he won the first stage of the Etoile de Bessèges and took the lead in the overall standings, which he was able to defend to the end. Willems has been driving for the Italian Liquigas team since 2007 . In 2008 he won the three days of de Panne.
At the end of 2014 Willems retired from active cycling and became the assistant sporting director of the Lotto Soudal team .
successes
- 2006
- Overall ranking and a stage Étoile de Bessèges
- one stage Tour of Britain
- 2009
- Overall ranking Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
Teams
- 2001 Mapei-Quick Step (Stagiaire)
- 2002 Mapei-Quick Step-Latexco TT3 (until August 31st)
- 2003 Vlaanderen-T Interim
- 2004 Vlaanderen-T Interim
- 2005 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
- 2006 Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen chocolate
- 2007 Liquigas
- 2008 Liquigas
- 2009 Liquigas
- 2010 Liquigas-Doimo
- 2011 Omega Pharma Lotto
- 2012 Lotto Belisol Team
- 2013 Lotto Belisol
- 2014 Belisol Lotto
Web links
- Frederik Willems in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Frederik Willems in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ Gwendoline Gerres: Lotto Soudal - Staff. (No longer available online.) In: Lotto Soudal. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015 ; Retrieved November 15, 2015 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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SURNAME | Willems, Frederik |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist and sports director |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eeklo , Belgium |