Gert Steegmans
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Gert Steegmans |
| Date of birth | September 30, 1980 (age 26) |
| Country |  Belgium |
| Height | 1.90 m |
| Weight | 84 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Quick Step-Innergetic |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003-2004 2005-2006 2007- |
Lotto-Domo Davitamon-Lotto Quick Step-Innergetic |
| Major wins | |
| Tour of Belgium, 1 stage Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, 1 stage |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| January 11, 2007 | |
Gert Steegmans (born on September 30, 1980 in Hasselt, Belgium) is a professional road bicycle racer from Belgium. He has a strong finishing sprint and can compete in the sprint with fellow Belgian Cyclist Tom Boonen. He is considered to be one of the stronger riders of the new generation. He has transfered to the Quick Step-Innergetic team for 2007 to become Tom Boonen's leadout man. (1)
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[edit] Career overview
[edit] 2006
Although Gert was already known in Belgium, he gained more popularity outside Belgium as he impressively piloted Robbie McEwen to two stage wins during the 2006 Tour de France.
[edit] Palmares
[edit] 2007
- Volta ao Algarve
- Stage 1
- Three Days of De Panne
- Stage 3
[edit] 2006
- Tour of Algarve
- Second Place Overall
- First Place in Stages 3 and 4
- Tour of Belgium
- First Place in Stage 5
- Tour de Picardie
- First Place in Stage 2
- Four Days of Dunkirk
- First Place in Stage 3
[edit] 2005
- Tour de Picardie
- First Place in Stage 1
- Vuelta a España
- Finished 104th Overall
- Nationale Sluitingprijs winner
[edit] 2004
- Giro d'Italia
- Finished 131st Overall
- Belgian national championship
- Tour de la Région Wallonne stage 5
[edit] 2002
- Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke
[edit] External links
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| Riders on Quick Step-Innergetic |
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Serge Baguet | Carlos Barredo | Paolo Bettini | Tom Boonen | Wilfried Cretskens | Steven de Jongh | Addy Engels | Mauro Facci | Juan Manuel Gárate | Dmitry Grabovskiy | Kevin Hulsmans | Alessandro Proni | Sébastien Rosseler | Ivan Santaromita | Leonardo Scarselli | Hubert Schwab | Kevin Seeldraeyers | Gert Steegmans | Bram Tankink | Andrea Tonti | Matteo Tosatto | Jurgen Van de Walle | Kevin van Impe | Peter Van Petegem | Cédric Vasseur | Geert Verheyen | Davide Viganò | Giovanni Visconti | Wouter Weylandt | Maarten Wynants |
| Manager |
| Patrick Lefevere |
