Philippe Gilbert

Philippe Gilbert

Gilbert in the 2008 Ronde van Vlaanderen
Personal information
Full name	Philippe Gilbert
Born	(1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 Belgium
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	67 kg (10 st 8 lb)
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Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 stage Vuelta a España 2 stages Stage races Tour of Belgium (2008) Single-Day Races and Classics Amstel Gold Race (2010, 2011) Brabantse Pijl (2011) Giro del Piemonte (2009, 2010) Giro di Lombardia (2009, 2010) La Flèche Wallonne (2011) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2011) Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2006, 2008) Paris-Tours (2008, 2009)

Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982 in Verviers) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team

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Career

Gilbert turned professional in 2003 by joining

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• {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.. During this season he recorded his first victory by winning a stage in Tour de l'Avenir. In 2004 he began by winning a stage in the Tour Down Under as well as the young rider classification. He participated in the men's road race at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he finished 49th. He also won the Paris–Corrèze. In 2005 he won several races in France, which allowed him to win the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route. These victories included Trophée des Grimpeurs, Tour du Haut-Var and the Polynormande. He also took stages in Four Days of Dunkirk and Tour Méditerranéen.

2006 would become his most successful year thus far when he won the prestigious Omloop Het Volk after repeatedly attacking until he got away alone with 7 km to go. During the season he also won GP de Fourmies and GP de Wallonie as well as stages at Dauphiné Libére and ENECO Tour.

In early 2007 he had a skin cancer lesion removed from his thigh. Because of this he had to delay the start of his season. That did not stop him from trying himself during Milan – San Remo, where he managed to escape on the Poggio with Riccardo Ricco before being captured 1200 meters from the finishing line. He could not get any victory during the season until Tour de Limousin, where he claimed his only victory in 2007 by winning a stage. In Paris–Tours he was caught with 500 meters to go along with Karsten Kroon and Filippo Pozzato.

Gilbert started his 2008 season winning the King of the Mountains competition in Tour Down Under and the overall classification as well as two stages of the Vuelta a Mallorca. He later won Het Volk for the second time in his career after a solo attack with almost 50 kilometers to go. He finished the year by winning the classic Paris–Tours race in a late breakaway where he won a sprint between his three breakaway companions. The peloton finished four seconds back.

In 2009 he repeated his Paris–Tours win, attacking on the last climb with Tom Boonen and Borut Bozic before outsprinting them to the line. A week later, he also won the prestigious Giro di Lombardia after escaping from the peloton with Samuel Sánchez, beating him to the finish by a half-length.

In 2010 he won his first classic of the year, Amstel Gold Race, in April. After an aggressive race featuring many attacks, he won through a big attack in the last 500 meters of the climb to the finish, comfortably winning by several bike lengths from the peloton. Gilbert then ended the 2010 season in superb form. He followed up two stage wins in the Vuelta a España with victories in the Giro del Piemonte and the Giro di Lombardia, repeating his 2009 wins in both races. The Giro di Lombardia was won with a solo attack in atrocious weather conditions.

In 2011, Gilbert had a quadruple consecutive win: first he won the Brabantse Pijl, then he repeated as winner of Amstel Gold Race, breaking free on the Cauberg. Three days later, he won La Flèche Wallonne dropping his rivals on the final climb of the Mur de Huy and finally he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège beating the Schleck brothers in the sprint.

Major results

2003

1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Avenir

1st Points Competition

2004

1st Overall Paris–Corrèze

1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under

2nd Paris–Brussels

2005

1st Stage 4 Quatre Jours de Dunkerque

1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen

1st Trophée des Grimpeurs

1st Tour du Haut-Var

1st Polynormande

1st Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route

2nd GP de Wallonie

2006

1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Omloop Het Volk

1st Stage 7 Eneco Tour of Benelux

1st GP de Wallonie

1st GP de Fourmies

2nd GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs

2nd Le Samyn

2nd GP d'Isbergues

2007

1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin

2nd Le Samyn

2008

1st Overall Vuelta a Mallorca

1st Paris–Tours

1st Omloop Het Volk

1st King of the Mountains, Tour Down Under

1st Trofeo Mallorca

1st Trofeo Soller

1st Le Samyn

2nd Brabantse Pijl

2nd Stage 1 Tour de France

3rd Milan – San Remo

2009

1st Overall Ster Elektrotoer

1st Stage 4

1st Giro di Lombardia

1st Paris–Tours

1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia

1st Giro del Piemonte

1st Coppa Sabatini

3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen

4th Amstel Gold Race

4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

6th UCI Road World Championships

2010

1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España

1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España

1st Giro di Lombardia

1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium

1st Amstel Gold Race

1st Giro del Piemonte

3rd Gent–Wevelgem

3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

5th Brabantse Pijl

6th La Flèche Wallonne

9th Milan – San Remo

2011

1st Overall Tour of Belgium

1st Stage 3

1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st Amstel Gold Race

1st La Flèche Wallonne

1st Montepaschi Strade Bianche

1st Brabantse Pijl

1st Stage 5 Tirreno-Adriatico

1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve

3rd Milan – San Remo

9th Ronde van Vlaanderen

Philippe Gilbert at the start of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2009.

External links

• Philippe Gilbert at trap-friis.dk
• Official Website Template:Fr icon
• Palmares on Cycling Base (French)