Serge Pauwels
 Pauwels at the 2010 Tour de Romandie. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Serge Pauwels |
| Nickname | Sergio[1] |
| Born |
21 November 1983 Lier, Belgium |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Omega Pharma-Quick Step |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder[1] |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006–2008 2009 2010–2011 2012– |
Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen Cervélo TestTeam Team Sky Omega Pharma-Quick Step[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Mountains classification, Tour Down Under (2007) | |
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Infobox last updated on 3 January 2014 | |
Serge Pauwels (born 21 November 1983) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Omega Pharma-Quick Step.[3]
Cycling career
Born in Lier, Pauwels' career kicked off in 2004 in the youth team of the Netherlands ProTeam Rabobank. He also rode for their Continental team in 2004 and 2005. Pauwels turned professional in 2006 with Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen, with whom he also rode in 2007 and 2008. Pauwels won the overall mountain ranking in the 2007 Tour Down Under and was second in the sixth stage of the 2006 Tour de l'Avenir in France.
Education
In addition to cycling, Pauwels holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering and is working on his master's degree in Applied Economics. A graduate of the University of Antwerp he has always combined racing with studying.
Major results
- 2005
- 5th U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Overall GP do Oeste
- 2006
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2007
- 1st Mountains classification Tour Down Under
- 2008
- 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2012
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Serge Pauwels". Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Decolef. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ Benson, Daniel (20 November 2011). "Serge Pauwels back to Belgium with Omega Pharma-Quick Step". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ↑ "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) - BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
External links
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- Serge Pauwels profile at Cycling Archives