Dominique Cornu
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Dominique Cornu |
| Date of birth | October 10, 1985 (age 21) |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Height | 1.96 m |
| Weight | 77 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Predictor-Lotto |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time-triallist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2007- | Predictor-Lotto |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| January 11, 2007 | |
Dominique Cornu (Beveren; born October 10, 1985) is a Belgian road and track cyclist from Flanders who specializes in the time trial. 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 adition 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.
He's a member of the Davitamon-Lotto Team, which is a member of the elite UCI ProTour, giving Cornu the opportunity to participate in the most prestigious races in the cycling world.[3]
[edit] Achievements
- 2003: 1st in Junior Belgian Time Trial Championship
- 2004: 1st in 3rd stage Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 2004: 1st in Junior Belgian Time Trial Championship
- 2004: 1st in Grand Prix des Nations U23
- 2005: 1st in 2nd stage Tweedaagse van de Gaverstreek
- 2005: 1st overall in Berliner Rundfahrt (U23)
- 2005: 2nd in U23 European Time Trial Championship
- 2005: 1st in 3rd stage Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 2005: 1st in U23 Belgian Time Trial Championship
- 2006: 3rd in Belgian Track Championships, Point race
- 2006: 2nd in Belgian Track Championships, 1 km time trial
- 2006: 1st in Belgian Track Championships, individual pursuit
- 2006: 1st in Omloop Het Volk (U23)
- 2006: 3rd in U23 European Time Trial Championship
- 2006: 1st in Prologue Ronde van Antwerpen
- 2006: 1st in U23 Belgian Time Trial Championship
- 2006: 1st in U23 World Time Trial Championship
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ A dream comes true for Cornu, cyclingnews.com
- ^ Uitslagen van Dominique Cornu, dewielersite.net
- ^ Nieuws van het transferfront, davitamon-lotto.com, 30 May 2006
| Riders on Predictor-Lotto |
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Mario Aerts | Christophe Brandt | Dario Cioni | Dominique Cornu | Wim De Vocht | Dries Devenyns | Bart Dockx | Cadel Evans | Nick Gates | Chris Horner | Leif Hoste | Nick Ingels | Josep Jufré Pou | Olivier Kaisen | Bjorn Leukemans | Matthew Lloyd | Robbie McEwen | Pieter Mertens | Fred Rodriguez | Bart Roesems | Roy Sentjens | Tom Steels | Geert Steurs | Greg Van Avermaet | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Preben Van Hecke | Wim Van Huffel | Johan Van Summeren | Wim Vansevenant |
| Manager |
| Marc Sergeant |
