Michel Dernies

Michel Dernies

Michel Dernies at the 1993 Tour de France
To person
Date of birth	January 6, 1961
nation	Belgium
discipline	Street
height	1.80 m
Racing weight	75 kg
To the team
Current team	Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Métropole
function	Sports director
Team (s)
1983 1984 1985–1988 1989 1990 1991 1992–1995	Fangio-Tönissteiner Fangio-Ecoturbo Lotto Domex-Weinmann Weinmann-SMM-Uster Weinmann-Eddy Merckx Motorola
Most important successes
Kellogg's Tour 1990 / Henninger Turm 1988
Team (s) as sporting director
2011–2012 2013–2014 2016 2017–2018 2019-	Wallonie Bruxelles-Crédit Agricole Wallonie-Bruxelles Roubaix Métropole européene de Lille Roubaix Lille Métropole Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Métropole
Last updated: July 05, 2020

Michel Dernies (born January 6, 1961 in Nivelles , Walloon Brabant Province ) is a former professional Belgian cyclist and later sports director . He was active as a professional from 1983 to 1995.

Career

Dernies turned professional at Fangio in 1983 and in his first year he finished third at the Belgian road racing championships and second at the Flèche Hesbignonne . In 1985 he finished second in the Tour de Suisse and fifth in the Grand Prix de Wallonie and took part in the Tour de France for the first time . At the Grand Prix de Wallonie he finished second in 1986 and again took part in the Tour de France.

He celebrated his first major successes with second place at Liège – Bastogne – Liège and his victory in the 1988 round of Henninger Turm .

His most successful year was in 1990, where, in addition to his victories, he also took second place in Paris-Brussels and Grand Prix de Wallonie and was sixth in the Wincanton Classic . In the following years he could not achieve any results worth mentioning and ended his career at the end of the 1995 season. In total, Dernies took part in major country tours twelve times.

From 1994 Dernies was councilor for sport and youth in Tubize , province of Walloon Brabant . In 2009 he resigned from office on allegations of embezzlement.

From 2011 he was the sporting director of the Wallonie Bruxelles-Crédit Agricole team . He has been working for the Roubaix Métropole européene de Lille team since 2016 .

family

His son Tom Dernies is also a cyclist and will ride for the Natura4Ever-Roubaix Lille Métropole team in 2020 .

successes

1983

• Belgian championships - road racing
• one stage Tour Européen Lorraine-Alsace

1990

• Overall ranking and one stage of Kellogg's Tour
• a stage Tour de Romandie
• a stage of the Route d'Occitanie

1991

• Binche – Chimay – Binche

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Vuelta a España	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	125	81
Tour de France	96	113	115	-	108	58	105	106	116	104

Monuments-of-cycling placements

Monument to cycling	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Milan – Sanremo	-	-	-	145	92	-	-	34	-	-	-	-
Tour of Flanders	-	-	-	-	27	47	32	51	-	-	-	98
Paris – Roubaix	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56
Liège – Bastogne – Liège	24	73	44	-	2	-	20th	32	30th	-	61	71
Lombardy tour	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Michel Dernies in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MICHEL DERNIES QUITTE SA PETITE REINE AVEC LE SOURIRE. In: lesoir.be. Retrieved July 5, 2020 (French). 
2. ↑ Michel Dernies s'en va-Michel Dernies goes. In: dhnet.be. Retrieved July 5, 2020 (French).