Peter Van Petegem
Peter Van Petegem (born January 18, 1970 in Opbrakel ) is a former Belgian cyclist . He is one of the most successful classic hunters of his generation.
Career
Peter Van Petegem started his career in 1996 with the Dutch team TVM . In 1997 and 1998 he won the Flemish semi-classic Omloop Het Volk . In 1998 he was also runner-up at the World Road Championships in Valkenburg ( Netherlands ). However, van Petegem did not celebrate his final breakthrough until 1999 when he won the prestigious Tour of Flanders .
After further victories in smaller Flemish races, such as the E3 Prize in 1999, Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne in 2001 and for the third time at the Omloop Het Volk 2002, Van Petegem celebrated his great success in 2003: as the first driver since Roger De Vlaeminck to win in 1977 he successively the two cobblestone classics Tour of Flanders and Paris – Roubaix . In autumn 2003 he was also able to win the bronze medal in the road world championship in Canada .
On August 24, 2007, Van Petegem announced his end-of-year resignation. In February 2011 he was hired by the Garmin-Cervélo team as a consultant for the spring classics.
In his honor, among others, a one-day race Grote Prijs Impanis-Van Petegem was named in 2013 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Peter Van Petegem in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Peter Van Peteghem in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1936 Armand Putzeys | 1937 August Deleeuw | 1938–1939 Jacques Geus | 1940 not held 1941 Irené De Keyzer | 1942 Marcel Boumon | 1943 Marcel Rijckaert | 1944 not held 1945 Henri van Holle | 1946 Henri Van Kerckhove | 1947 Frans Gielen | 1948 Lode Wouters | 1949 Léon Delathouwer | 1950 Martin Van Geneugden | 1951 Marcel Janssens | 1952–1953 Rik van Looy | 1954 Julien Schepens | 1955 Gentil Saelens | 1956 Alfons Hermans | 1957 Clément Roman | 1958 Alfons Hermans | 1959 Herman Cornelis | 1960 Joseph Geurts | 1961 Frans Melckenbeeck | 1962 Julien Stevens | 1963 Albert Van Vlierberghe | 1964 Jozef Boons | 1965 Eddy De Sitter | 1966 Jean-Marie Gorez | 1967 Valère Van Sweevelt | 1968 Noël Van Tyghem | 1969 Raphael Hooybergs | 1970 Victor Peeters | 1971 Freddy Maertens | 1972 Luc De Brauwere | 1973 Leopold Verboven | 1974 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | 1975 Pol Verschueren | 1976 Eddy Schepers | 1977 Daniel Willems | 1978 Alfons De Wolf | 1979 Eddy Van Hoof | 1980 Jean-Marie Wampers | 1981 Marc Sergeant | 1982 Francis Vermaelen | 1983 Rudi Dexters | 1984 Johan Capiot | 1985 Geert Van De Walle | 1986 Chris Scharmin | 1987 Danny Lippens | 1988 Luc Van De Vel | 1989 Johan Remels | 1990 Wilfried Nelissen | 1991 Peter Van Petegem | 1992 Wim Omloop | 1993 Carl Roes | 1994 Mario Moersmans
After 1994 the division between amateurs and professionals was lifted.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Van Petegem, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opbrakel |