Dirk De Wolf
De Wolf winning the 1989 Dwars door België | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1961-01-16) 16 January 1961 (age 63) Aalst, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
1983 | Boule d'Or | ||||||||||||||
1984 | Kwantum Hallen-Yoko | ||||||||||||||
1985–1989 | Hitachi | ||||||||||||||
1990 | PDM | ||||||||||||||
1991 | Tonton Tapis | ||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | Gatorade | ||||||||||||||
1994 | Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1992) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dirk De Wolf (born 16 January 1961 in Aalst, East Flanders) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium.
Cycling career
In 1982 at the age of 23 De Wolf won the Sealink International and finished 8th at the World Road Championships. The following season he turned professional for the Belgium team Boule d'Or. In his first season as a professional he won a stage in Paris–Nice. In 1984 he joined the Dutch team Kwantum Hallen-Yoko riding alongside Joop Zoetemelk. and Adri van der Poel. After just one season he then joined Hitachi riding alongside Roger De Vlaeminck. In his second season with Hitachi he won Four Days of Dunkirk. In 1989 De Wolf finished second in the Paris–Roubaix classic behind fellow Belgian, Jean-Marie Wampers. After five seasons with Hitachi De Wolf moved to PDM in 1990 and was second in the UCI Road World Championships. The race in Japan went to the final lap of the nine-mile course which resulted in De Wolf being beaten by Rudy Dhaenens in a photo finish.[1] In 1991 he then joined Tonton Tapis riding alongside Stephen Roche. In 1991 he won the Giro dell'Appennino and finished third in the Amstel Gold Race. In 1992 he then joined Gatorade riding alongside Laurent Fignon. In his first season with Gatorade he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège. After two seasons with Gatorade he then joined the French team Novemail, retiring at the end of the 1994 season.
He participated in the Tour de France five times, however his best overall finish was a disappointing 66th[2] as his talents were better suited to one-day classics than to long stage races[3]
Major results
- 1982
- 1st Overall, Sealink International
- 1st, Seraing-Aachen-Seraing
- 4th, Paris–Roubaix (Amateur)
- 8th, World Road Championships (Amateur)
- 1983
- 1st, Stage 6, Paris–Nice
- 1985
- 1st, Strombeek-Bever
- 1986
- 1st Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 1, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1987
- 1st, Wommelgem
- 1989
- 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2nd, Paris–Roubaix
- 1st, Moorsele
- 1st, Rummen
- 1990
- 1st, Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2nd UCI Road World Championships
- 1st, Purnode
- 1st, Sadirac
- 1st, Liedekerkse Pijl
- 1991
- 1st, Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st, Stage 6, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 3rd, Amstel Gold Race
- 7th, UCI Road World Championships
- 1992
- 1st, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st, Stage 1a, Three Days of De Panne
- 1st, Aalst
References
External links
- Cycling Hall of Fame
- Dirk De Wolf at Cycling Archives
- Dirk De Wolf at CycleBase
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- 1992 De Wolf
- 1993 Museeuw
- 1994 Herygers
- 1995–1997 Museeuw
- 1998 Steels
- 1999 Vandenbroucke
- 2000 Tchmil
- 2001 Verbrugghe
- 2002 Museeuw
- 2003 Van Petegem
- 2004–2006 Boonen
- 2007 S. Nys
- 2008–2011 Gilbert
- 2012 Boonen
- 2013 S. Nys
- 2014–2017 Van Avermaet
- 2018 Campenaerts
- 2019 Evenepoel
- 2020–2021 Van Aert
- 2022–2023 Evenepoel
- 1994 Trouvé
- 1995 Hoste
- 1996 D'Hollander
- 1997–1998 S. Nys
- 1999 Hulsmans
- 2000 Van Goolen
- 2001 Boonen
- 2002 De Weert
- 2003 Vansummeren
- 2004–2005 Albert
- 2006 Cornu
- 2007 Albert
- 2008 Bakelants
- 2009 Boeckmans
- 2010 Eijssen
- 2011 Van der Sande
- 2012 Van Hoecke
- 2013 Decraene
- 2014 Teuns
- 2015 De Plus
- 2016–2017 Lambrecht
- 2018 Evenepoel
- 2019 Van Wilder
- 2020–2021 T. Nys
- 2022 Segaert
- 2023 Lecerf
- 2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel
- 2001 Braeckevelt
- 2002–2003 Bruyneel
- 2004 Lefevere
- 2005 De Cauwer
- 2006 Lefevere
- 2007–2009 Bruyneel
- 2010 Sergeant
- 2011 Lelangue
- 2012 Bomans
- 2013 Lefevere
- 2014–2015 Planckaert
- 2016 De Weert
- 2017–2019 Lefevere
- 2020 Peiper
- 2021 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft
- 2022 Vanthourenhout
- 2023 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft
- 2005 Hulsmans
- 2006 Steegmans
- 2007 Vansummeren
- 2008 Aerts
- 2009 Vandenbergh
- 2010 Aerts
- 2011 Vanendert
- 2012 De Weert
- 2013 Vandenbergh
- 2014–2016 Keisse
- 2017 Vermote
- 2018–2021 Declercq
- 2022 Benoot
- 2023 Van Hooydonck
- 2016–2017 D'Hoore
- 2018 Degrendele
- 2019 Cant
- 2020–2023 Kopecky
- 2023 De Wilde