Geert Omloop
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Geert Omloop |
Born | Herentals, Belgium | 12 February 1974
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb)[1] |
Team information | |
Current team | Palmans-Cras |
Discipline | Road & Track |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
Sep–Dec 1995 | Rotan Spiessens (Trainee) |
1996 | Pecaes-Bolato-Langrover |
Sep–Dec 1996 | Vosschemie-Zetelhallen |
1997 | EC Bayer-Worringen |
1998–1999 | Spar-RDM |
2000 | Collstrop-De Federale Verzekeringen |
2001–2003 | Palmans-Collstrop |
2004 | MrBookmaker.com-Palmans |
2005 | MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech |
2006 | Unibet.com |
2007 | Jartazi-Promo Fashion Continental CT |
2008 | Mitsubishi-Jartazi |
2009– | Palmans-Cras |
Geert Omloop (born 12 February 1974) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist who was born in Herentals. He currently races for UCI Continental team Palmans-Cras and is also the cousin of cyclist Wim Omloop and the son of Marcel Omloop. He turned professional in 1997 having raced for several professional teams in 1995 and 1996 as a trainee.[2] He became the Belgian National Road Race Champion in 2003, but lost the title in 2004 when he finished second.
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Palmarès
- 2001
- 1st GP Rudy Dhaenens
- 2003
- 1st
Belgian National Road Race Championships
- 2004
- 2nd Belgian National Road Race Championships
- 1st GP Rudy Dhaenens
- 2007
- 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
- 2009
- 1st Ronde van het Groene Hart
References
- ^ "Gert Omloop". Mitsubishi - Jartazi. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008.
- ^ Geert Omloop at Cycling Archives