Philippe Gilbert

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Philippe Gilbert

Gilbert at the 2006 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Philippe Gilbert
Date of birth	July 5, 1982 (1982-07-05) (age 25)
Country	Belgium
Height	1.79 m
Weight	67 kg
Team information
Current team	Française des Jeux
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
2003–	Française des Jeux
Major wins
Omloop "Het Volk" (2006, 2008)
Infobox last updated on:
March 1, 2008

Philippe Gilbert (born July 5, 1982 in Verviers) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Française des Jeux. He is a classics specialist. He is from Wallonia, meaning he is a French speaking by nature, whereas most Belgian cyclists come from Flanders.

Contents 1 Career 2 Major Results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Gilbert turned professional in 2003 by joining the French team Française des Jeux. During this season he recorded his first victory by winning a stage in Tour de l'Avenir. In 2004 he began winning a stage in Tour Down Under as well as the young 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. This 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 when he won the prestigious Het Volk after repeatedly attacking until he got away alone with 7 km to go.^[1] 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 removed from his thigh.^[2] Because of this he had to delay the start of his season. That didn't stop him from trying himself during Milan-Sanremo, where he managed to escape on the Poggio with Riccardo Ricco before being captured 1200 meters from the finishing line. He couldn't 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 al well as two stages of the Vuelta a Mallorca. He later won Het Volk for second time in his career after a solo attack with almost 50 kilometers to go.

Next seizon, he will ride for the Silence Lotto team. He wille be the next leader of the team when Robby McEwen leaves the Silence Lotto team. Gilbert won't ride the Tour the France but the Giro D'italie and Milan San Remo en Liegi bastogne Luigi

[edit] Major Results

[edit] References

1. ^ 61st Omloop Het Volk - 1.HC
2. ^ Gilbert undergoes skin cancer surgery

[edit] External links

• Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk
• Official Website (French)

v • d • e Riders on Française des Jeux Sandy Casar | Sébastien Chavanel | Mickaël Cherel | Jérôme Coppel | Mickaël Delage | Rémy Di Gregorio | Arnaud Gérard | Philippe Gilbert | Timothy Gudsell | Frédéric Guesdon | Yauheni Hutarovich | Lilian Jégou | Sébastien Joly | Mathieu Ladagnous | Yoann Le Boulanger | Guillaume Levarlet | Gianni Meersman | Christophe Mengin | Cyrille Monnerais | Francis Mourey | Yoann Offredo | Anthony Roux | Jérémy Roy | Tom Stubbe | Jelle Vanendert | Benoît Vaugrenard | Jussi Veikkanen | Manager: Marc Madiot

Persondata
NAME	Gilbert, Philippe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1982-07-05
PLACE OF BIRTH	Verviers, France
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH