Claude Criquielion

Personal information

Full name

Claude Criquielion

Born

11 January 1957 (age 55)
Lessines, Belgium

Team information

Current team

Retired

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider

Professional team(s)

1979
1980
1981–1982
1983
1984
1985–1989
1990–1991

Kas-Campagnolo
Splendor-Admiral
Splendor-Wickes
Euro-shop
Splendor
Hitachi
Lotto

Managerial team(s)

2000–2004
2005-

Lotto
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago

Major wins

1984 World Road Race Championship
La Flèche Wallonne (1985, 1989)
Ronde van Vlaanderen (1987)

Infobox last updated on
8 May 2009

Claude Criquielion (born 11 January 1957 in Lessines, Hainaut) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1979 and 1990. In 1984, Criquielion became the world road race champion in Barcelona, Spain on a gruelling course. He had five top-ten finishes in the Tour de France.

Criquielion was well placed to win a medal in the 1988 championship in Belgium. However, he crashed in sight of the line when another competitor, Steve Bauer of Canada, clashed with him. The third rider, Maurizio Fondriest, went on to win. Bauer was disqualified and Criquielion sued Bauer for assault, asking for $1.5 million in damages in a case that lasted more than three years before the judge ruled in Bauer's favor.

Criquielion was directeur sportif of the

REDIRECT Template:Cycling data LTB team from 2000 to 2004. His son, Mathieu Criquielion, turned professional for the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago team in 2005; Claude Criquielion became the team's manager.

Palmarès

1991: 7th overall, Paris–Nice; 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne; 2nd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1990: 2nd, Tour du Haut Var; 8th, Ronde van Vlaanderen; 6th Tour of Lombardy; Belgium National Cycling Championship
1989: 5th, E3 Prijs Vlaanderen; 1st, La Flèche Wallonne; 2nd, Amstel Gold Race; 7th Giro d'Italia
1988: 1st, Critérium des As; 5th, Gent–Wevelgem; 3rd, Amstel Gold Race; 8th, Championnat de Zurich
1987: 1st Memorial Samyn; 10th overall, Paris–Nice; 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen; 2nd, La Flèche Wallonne; 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 7th, Tour of Lombardy
1986: 1st, GP du Midi Libre; 8th, Ronde van Vlaanderen; 3rd, La Flèche Wallonne; 4th, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 9th, Amstel Gold Race; 1st overall, 1st mountains, 1st combined, Tour of Romandie
1985: 6th, Ronde van Vlaanderen; 1st, La Flèche Wallonne; 2nd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 8th, Amstel Gold Race
1984: 1st, GP Eddy Merckx; 7th, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 7th, Tour of Lombardy; 1984 World Road Race Championship
1983: 8th, Tour du Haut Var; 1st, Clásica de San Sebastián
1982: 5th overall, Paris–Nice; 1st, Brabantse Pijl; 4th, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 9th, Tour of Lombardy

Tour de France results

1990 – 9th
1989 – 36th
1988 – 14th
1987 – 11th
1986 – 5th
1985 – 18th
1984 – 9th
1983 – 18th
1981 – 9th
1980 – 13th
1979 – 9th

External links

Claude Criquielion profile at Cycling Archives
Official Tour de France results for Claude Criquielion
Palmares on Cycling Base (French)

UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race

1927 Alfredo Binda • 1928–1929 Georges Ronsse • 1930 Alfredo Binda • 1931 Learco Guerra • 1932 Alfredo Binda • 1933 Georges Speicher • 1934 Karel Kaers • 1935 Jean Aerts • 1936 Antonin Magne • 1937 Eloi Meulenberg • 1938 Marcel Kint • 1946 Hans Knecht • 1947 Theo Middelkamp • 1948 Briek Schotte • 1949 Rik Van Steenbergen • 1950 Briek Schotte • 1951 Ferdi Kübler • 1952 Heinz Müller • 1953 Fausto Coppi • 1954 Louison Bobet • 1955 Stan Ockers • 1956–1957 Rik Van Steenbergen • 1958 Ercole Baldini • 1959 André Darrigade • 1960–1961 Rik van Looy • 1962 Jean Stablinski • 1963 Benoni Beheyt • 1964 Jan Janssen • 1965 Tom Simpson • 1966 Rudi Altig • 1967 Eddy Merckx • 1968 Vittorio Adorni • 1969 Harm Ottenbros • 1970 Jean-Pierre Monseré • 1971 Eddy Merckx • 1972 Marino Basso • 1973 Felice Gimondi • 1974 Eddy Merckx • 1975 Hennie Kuiper • 1976 Freddy Maertens • 1977 Francesco Moser • 1978 Gerrie Knetemann • 1979 Jan Raas • 1980 Bernard Hinault • 1981 Freddy Maertens • 1982 Giuseppe Saronni • 1983 Greg LeMond • 1984 Claude Criquielion • 1985 Joop Zoetemelk • 1986 Moreno Argentin • 1987 Stephen Roche • 1988 Maurizio Fondriest • 1989 Greg LeMond • 1990 Rudy Dhaenens • 1991–1992 Gianni Bugno • 1993 Lance Armstrong • 1994 Luc Leblanc • 1995 Abraham Olano • 1996 Johan Museeuw • 1997 Laurent Brochard • 1998 Oscar Camenzind • 1999 Óscar Freire • 2000 Romāns Vainšteins • 2001 Óscar Freire • 2002 Mario Cipollini • 2003 Igor Astarloa • 2004 Óscar Freire • 2005 Tom Boonen • 2006–2007 Paolo Bettini • 2008 Alessandro Ballan • 2009 Cadel Evans • 2010 Thor Hushovd • 2011 Mark Cavendish

Belgian Sportsperson of the Year

Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert

Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters

Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Belgian Motorcross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Belgian Motorcross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay

Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas Van der Plaetsen

Paralimpic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir

Coach	2011 Jacques Borlée

Persondata
Name	Criquielion, Claude
Alternative names
Short description	cyclist
Date of birth	11 January 1957
Place of birth	Lessines, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death