Laurens Sweeck

Laurens Sweeck 2015

Laurens Sweeck (born December 17, 1993 in Leuven ) is a Belgian cyclist .

Career

Sweeck was Belgian champion in the junior class in cyclocross in 2009 and won the title again in 2011 in the juniors and in 2013 and 2015 in the U23 class. In the 2010/11 season he also won the overall ranking of the junior cyclocross world cup . He has been driving for the Continental Team Corendon-Kwadro since 2014 and won his first race in the elite class at the Grand Prix Möbel Alvisse in Leudelange in January 2014 .

In January 2015, Sweeck was suspected of having been contacted by doctor Dr. Chris Mertens, having subjected his blood to unauthorized ozone treatments, was removed from the squad for the Cyclocross World Championships in Tábor by the Belgian Federation . After a successful complaint by Tom Meeusen, who was also affected, against the association's decision before the Belgian Sports Court, Sweeck was taken back to the World Cup squad shortly afterwards.

Personal

Sweeck is the grandson of Alfons Sweeck , who was also a cyclist. Laurens Sweeck's twin brother Diether and his older brother Hendrik are also active as racing cyclists.

Successes - cyclocross

2008/09

• Belgian champion (youth)

2010/11

• Belgian Champion (Juniors)

2011/12

• Superprestige Hoogstraten , Hoogstraten (U23)

2012/13

• Belgian champion (U23)

2013/14

• bpost bank Trofee - Koppenbergcross, Oudenaarde -Melden (U23)
• Grand Prix Möbel Alvisse, Leudelange

Laurens Sweeck 2014

2014/15

• European Championship (U23)
• Superprestige Ruddervoorde , Ruddervoorde (U23)
• bpost bank Trofee - Flandriencross Hamme, Hamme-Zogge (U23)
• Noordvlees Van Gool Cyclocross Essen, Essen (U23)
• UCI World Cup, Heusden-Zolder (U23)
• bpost bank Trofee - Azencross Loenhout , Loenhout (U23)
• bpost bank Trofee - GP Sven Nys (U23)
• Belgian champion (U23)
• UCI World Cup, Hoogerheide (U23)
• World Championship (U23)
• bpost bank Trofee - Krawatencross , Lille (U23)
• Superprestige Hoogstraten , Hoogstraten (U23)
• Superprestige Noordzeecross Middelkerke , Middelkerke (U23)
• Overall ranking bpost bank Trofee (U23)

2015/16

• EKZ CrossTour # 1, Baden
• bpost bank Trofee - Waaslandcross, Sint-Niklaas

2016/17

• GP Hasselt

2018/19

• European Championship
• Brico Cross, food

2019/20

• Belgian champion
• Superprestige Noordzeecross Middelkerke , Middelkerke
• Overall rating super prestige

Successes - road

2017

• Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monsère

Teams

• 2014 Corendon-Kwadro
• 2015 Corendon-Kwadro
• 2016 ERA-MurProtec
• 2016 ERA Real Estate Circus
• 2017 ERA-Circus
• 2018 ERA (until March 31)
• 2018 Pauwels sauzen-Vastgoedservice (from May 4th)
• 2019 Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal

Web links

• Official website of Diether, Hendrik and Laurens Sweeck (Dutch)
• Laurens Sweeck in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Laurens Sweeck in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Suspected doping: Cross World Cup without Meeusen, Wellens and Sweeck. Radsport-news.com, January 19, 2015, accessed January 28, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Despite suspicion of doping - Meeusen and Sweeck are allowed to go to the World Cross Championship. Radsport-news.com, January 27, 2015, accessed January 28, 2015 .