Dominique Cornu

Dominique Cornu
Personal information
Full name	Dominique Cornu
Born	10 October 1985 (age 26); Beveren, Belgium
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team	Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time triallist
Professional team(s)
2007; 2009; 2010; 2011–	Predictor-Lotto; Quick Step; Skil-Shimano; Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator
	Infobox last updated on; 8 January 2012

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Dominique Cornu (born 10 October 1985 in Beveren) is a Belgian road and track cyclist from Flanders, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator. He specializes in the time trial discipline. At the 2006 World Cycling Championship he was crowned U23 Time Trial World Champion.^[1] He had previously won the Junior Belgian Time Trial Championship in 2003 and 2004, and in 2005 he became the Belgian U23 time trial Champion. Cornu is also an accomplished track cyclist, winning the Individual Pursuit at the 2006 Belgian Track Cycling Championships.^[2] In addition to Cornu's time trialing skills he is also a promising cobblestone rider, having won the U23 edition of the prestigious Omloop "Het Volk" cycling classic in 2006.

[edit] Achievements

2003: 1st Junior Belgian National Time Trial Championships
2004: 1st Junior Belgian National Time Trial Championships; 1st Grand Prix des Nations U23; 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
2005: 1st U23 Belgian National Time Trial Championships; 1st Stage 2 Tweedaagse van de Gaverstreek; 1st overall in Berliner Rundfahrt (U23); 2nd U23 European Time Trial Championship; 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
2006: 1st U23 World Time Trial Championship; 1st U23 Belgian National Time Trial Championships; 1st Belgian Track Championships, individual pursuit; 2nd Belgian Track Championships, 1 km time trial; 3rd Belgian Track Championships, Point race; 3rd U23 European Time Trial Championship; 1st Omloop Het Volk (U23); 1st Prologue Ronde van Antwerpen
2008: 1st Stage 4 Giro del Capo
2010: 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium; 1st Overall Young Rider Classification Tour of Belgium; 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour of Belgium