Ludovic Capelle

Ludovic Capelle (born February 27, 1976 in Namur ) is a former Belgian cyclist .

Career

After Capelle won the U23 edition of the classic in 1996, he drove as a stagiaire for the Italian UCI team . He stayed in the U23 age group in 1997 and drove again as a stagiaire in autumn, this time with the Belgian Lotto-Mobistar team .

In 1998 Capelle became a professional for the Home Market-Ville de Charleroi team. His greatest successes included the Belgian championship title in 2001 and victory in the one-day race at the Grote Scheldeprijs in 2003.

In 2005 Capelle was banned for 18 months for doping with EPO . After his doping ban he could no longer build on his previous successes. Capelle has not been registered with an international team since 2010.

successes

1996

• Tour of Flanders (U23)

1997

• a stage Tour de la Province de Liége

1998

• a stage of the Tour de la Région Wallonne

1999

• a stage of the Tour de la Région Wallonne

2001

• Belgian road championship

2002

• a stage Circuit de la Sarthe

2003

• Grote Scheldeprijs

2004

• Dwars door Vlaandern
• a stage Tour du Poitou-Charentes
• GP d'Isbergues

Teams

• 1996 Mapei-GB ( Stagiaire )
• 1997 Lotto Mobistar (Stagiaire)
• 1998–2000 Home Market-Ville de Charleroi / Ville de Charleroi-New Systems
• 2001–2002 AG2R Prévoyance
• 2003-2005 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
• 2007 Roubaix Lille Métropole
• 2008 Rietumu Bank-Riga
• 2009 Differdange-Apiflo Vacances

Web links

• Ludovic Capelle in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ralf Meutgens : Doping in cycling. Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-7688-5245-6 , p. 289.