Rik Verbrugghe
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Rik Verbrugghe (born July 23, 1974 in Tienen (French: Tirlemont)) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. In 1996, Verbrugghe turned pro and has since become a Belgian time trial champion, competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, won a stage at the Tour de France, three stages at the Giro d'Italia, and the one-day Ardennes classics—La Flèche Wallonne, and the overall and two stages of the Critérium International. In 2006, he rides for the Cofidis.
[edit] Major victories and notable results
- 2006 – Cofidis
- Stage 7 — Giro d'Italia
- 2005 – Quick Step-Davitamon
- Prologue —Eneco Tour of Benelux, 5 days in leader's red jersey
- Grand Prix de Lugano
- 2nd, Prologue — Vuelta a España
- 2004 – Lotto-Domo
- 5th, Overall — Tour of Belgium
- 2003 – Lotto-Domo
- 3rd, Overall — Paris-Corrèze
- 2002 – Lotto-Adeco
- Stage 7 — Giro d'Italia
- 2nd, Prologue — Giro d'Italia
- 9th, Overall — Giro d'Italia
- Prologue — Tour de Romandie
- 2001 – Lotto-Adeco
- La Flèche Wallonne
- Overall, Critérium International
- Stage 1
- Stage 3
- Stage 15 — Tour de France
- Prologue — Giro d'Italia
- Criterium Peer
- Criterium Maastricht
- 2000 – Lotto-Adecco
- Belgium National Cycling Championships – Individual Time Trial
- 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne
- 1999 – Lotto-Mobistar
- 1998 – Lotto-Mobistar
- 3rd, Stage 6 – Dauphiné Libéré
- 1997 – Lotto-Mobistar
- 1996 – Lotto-Isoglass
| Riders on Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone |
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Stéphane Augé | Frédéric Bessy | Mickaël Buffaz | Sylvain Chavanel | Kevin De Weert | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle | Leonardo Duque | Michiel Elijzen | Tyler Farrar | Bingen Fernandez | Nicolas Hartmann | Maryan Hary | Mathieu Heijboer | Frank Høj | Yann Huguet | Geoffroy Lequatre | Sébastien Minard | Amaël Moinard | David Moncoutié | Maxime Monfort | Damien Monier | Cristian Moreni | Nick Nuyens | Ivan Ramiro Parra | Staf Scheirlinckx | Christopher Sutton | Tristan Valentin | Rik Verbrugghe | Bradley Wiggins | Steve Zampieri |
| Manager |
| Eric Boyer |
