Crelan-Euphony

Crelan-Euphony
Team information
UCI code CRE
Registered Belgium
Founded 1992
Disbanded 2013
Discipline Road
Status UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles Colnago
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Gérard Bulens
Team name history
1992
1993
1994
1995–1996
1997–2000
2001–2006
2007–2008
2009
2010–2011
2012
2013		 Saxon (SAX)
Saxon-Breitex (SAX)
Saxon-Selle Italia (SAX)
Tönissteiner-Saxon (TON)
Tönissteiner-Colnago (TON)
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago (LAN)
Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner (LAN)
Landbouwkrediet-Colnago (LAN)
Landbouwkrediet (LAN)
Landbouwkrediet-Euphony (LAN)
Crelan-Euphony (CRE)

Jersey

Crelan-Euphony[1] (UCI team code: CRE) was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Belgium that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was managed by Gérard Bulens, with assistance from directeur sportifs Jef De Bilde, Claude Criquielion, Marco Saligari and Claude Van Collie.

Despite the fact that it was never a top team, they had a 3rd place in the GC of the 2003 Giro d'Italia, thanks to later Discovery Channel and Astana rider Yaroslav Popovych.

The team was sponsored by the Belgian companies Crelan, a bank, and Euphony, a telecommunications company.[2]

The team folded at the end of the 2013 season, for financial reasons.[3]

Final team roster

As of 1 January 2013.[4]
Rider Date of birth
 Frédéric Amorison (BEL) 16 February 1978
 Vincent Baestaens (BEL) 18 June 1989
 Koen Barbé (BEL) 20 January 1981
 Jonathan Breyne (BEL) 4 January 1991
 Joeri Bueken (BEL) 1 March 1991
 Kevin Claeys (BEL) 26 March 1988
 Sébastien Delfosse (BEL) 29 November 1982
 Gilles Devillers (BEL) 12 February 1985
 Reinier Honig (NED) 28 October 1983
 Kurt Hovelynck (BEL) 2 June 1981
Rider Date of birth
 Egidijus Juodvalkis (LTU) 8 April 1988
 Sven Nys (BEL) 17 June 1976
 Kevin Peeters (BEL) 5 February 1987
 Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) 28 September 1988
 Christophe Premont (BEL) 22 November 1989
 Joeri Stallaert (BEL) 25 January 1991
 Stijn Steels (BEL) 21 August 1989
 Klaas Sys (BEL) 30 November 1986
 Sven Vanthourenhout (BEL) 14 January 1981
 Maxime Vantomme (BEL) 8 March 1986

Major results

1993
1st Stage 6a Herald Sun Tour, Jocelyn Jolidon
1st Stage 7 Herald Sun Tour, Jacques Jolidon
1994
1st Rund um Düren, Rik Claeys
1995
1996
1st Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Marc Streel
1st Flèche Hesbignonne, Marc Streel
1st Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge, Marc Streel
1st Tour de Okinawa, Ken Hashikawa
1997
1st GP Jef Scherens, Stéphane Hennebert
1st Stage 5 Ras Tailteann, Michael Fitzgerald
1st Zellik-Galmaarden, Ludo Dierckxsens
1st GP de Denain, Ludo Dierckxsens
1998
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a la Rioja, Jan Hordijk
1st Stage 5a Commonwealth Bank Classic, Jan Hordijk
1st Prix d'Armor, Hans De Meester
1999
1st Stage 1b OZ Wielerweekend, Bert Roesems
1st Stage 3a Circuit Franco-Belge, Bert Roesems
1st Overall Tour de la Somme, Bert Roesems
1st Stage 1b, Bert Roesems
1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, Michel Van Haecke
2000
1st Cras Avernas, Michel Van Haecke
1st Stage 3a Tour de la Somme, Michel Van Haecke
1st Dwars door Gendringen, Kees Hopmans
1st GP Stad Zottegem, Michel Van Haecke
1st Druivenkoers Overijse, Michel Van Haecke
2001
1st Nokere Koerse, Michel Van Haecke
1st Archer GP, Gordon McCauley
1st Antwerpse Havenpijl, Michel Van Haecke
1st GP Stadsbelangen Sint-Niklaas, Jurgen Vermeersch
1st Stage 2b Tour de la Somme, Bert Roesems
1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie, Bert Roesems
1st New Zealand New Zealand Road Race Championship, Gordon McCauley
2002
1st GP Costa degli Etruschi, Yuri Metlushenko
1st Porec Trophy I, Volodymyr Bileka
1st Porec Trophy II, Yaroslav Popovych
1st GP de Genève, Yaroslav Popovych
1st Stage 4 Tour of South China Sea, Glen Chadwick
3rd Stage 12 Giro d'Italia, Lorenzo Bernucci
2003
1st GP d'Ouverture, Ludo Dierckxsens
1st Stage 3 Etoile de Bessèges, Tom Steels
1st Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, Ludovic Capelle
1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium, Tom Steels
1st Stage 7 Österreich Rundfahrt, Tom Steels
1st Lithuania Lithuania, Time Trial Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
1st Tour du Doubs, Bert De Waele
1st Stage 4 Regio Tour, Vladimir Duma
1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt, Yuri Metlushenko
1st Stage 4 Danmark Rundt, Tomas Vaitkus
1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou Charentes, Yuri Metlushenko
3rd Overall Giro d'Italia, Yaroslav Popovych
2004
1st Stage 1 Etoile de Bessèges, Tom Steels
1st GP Costa degli Etruschi, Yuri Metlushenko
1st GP Cholet-Pays de Loire, Bert De Waele
1st Dwars door Vlaanderen, Ludovic Capelle
1st GP Pino Cerami, Nico Sijmens
1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Marc Streel
1st Overall Tour du Luxembourg, Maxime Monfort
1st Stage 2, Tom Steels
1st Stage 3, Maxime Monfort
1st Stage 1 & 3 Österreich Rundfahrt, Tom Steels
1st Stage 7 Österreich Rundfahrt, Ludo Dierckxsens
1st Lithuania Lithuania, Road Race Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
1st Lithuania Lithuania, Time Trial Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
1st Uzbekistan Uzbekistan, Time Trial Championship, Sergey Lagutin
1st Belgium Belgian, Road Race Championship, Tom Steels
1st Stage 2b Brixia Tour, Yuri Metlushenko
1st Stage 5 Danmark Rundt, Tomas Vaitkus
1st Stage 5 Tour du Poitou Charentes, Ludovic Capelle
1st GP d'Isbergues, Ludovic Capelle
1st Omloop van het Houtland, Bert De Waele
2nd Stage 8 Giro d'Italia, Tomas Vaitkus
3rd Prologue & Stage 13 Giro d'Italia, Yaroslav Popovych
2005
1st Hel van het Mergelland, Nico Sijmens
1st Stage 3a Tour of Belgium, Jurgen Van Loocke
1st Flèche Hesbignonne, Geert Verheyen
1st Uzbekistan Uzbekistan, Time Trial Championship, Sergey Lagutin
1st Uzbekistan Uzbekistan, Road Race Championship, Sergey Lagutin
1st Overall Regio-Tour, Nico Sijmens
1st Stage 2, Nico Sijmens
1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, Sergey Lagutin
2006
2nd Tour de Wallonie, Nico Sijmens
1st Stage 3, Nico Sijmens
2nd Omloop Het Volk, Bert De Waele
2007
1st Beverbeek Classic, Nico Sijmens
1st Hel van het Mergelland, Nico Sijmens
1st Drie Zustersteden - Willebroek, Bert De Waele
1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum, Andy Cappelle
1st Stage 3 Regio Tour, Andy Cappelle
1st Stage 6 Tour of Britain, Paul Manning
1st GP de Wallonie, Bert De Waele
2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie, Frédéric Gabriel
2008
1st Stage 1 Etoile de Bessèges, Jan Kuyckx
2nd Paris-Tours, Jan Kuyckx
2009
1st 1 Meiprijs, Denis Flahaut
1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium, Bert De Waele
1st Nationale Sluitingprijs, Denis Flahaut
2010
1st Dwars door het Hageland, Frédéric Amorison
2nd Rund um den Finanzplatz, Geert Verheyen
2011
1st De Vlaamse Pijl, Frédéric Amorison
1st Omloop van het Waasland, Aidis Kruopis
1st GP Pino Cerami, Bert Scheirlinckx
1st 1 Meiprijs, Aidis Kruopis
1st Stage 1 Tour de Picardie, Egidijus Juodvalkis
1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium, Aidis Kruopis
1st I.W.T. Jong Maar Moedig, Bert Scheirlinckx
1st Stage 2 Paris-Corrèze, Bert De Waele
1st Schaal Sels, Aidis Kruopis
2012
1st  Finland, Time Trial Championship, Matti Helminen
1st De Vlaamse Pijl, Frédéric Amorison
1st Ronde van Limburg (Belgium), Kevin Claeys
1st Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré, Frédéric Amorison
1st Antwerpse Havenpijl, Joeri Stallaert
1st Kustpijl, Kevin Claeys
2013
1st Circuit de Wallonie, Sébastien Delfosse
1st Rund um Köln, Sébastien Delfosse
1st Kustpijl, Egidijus Juodvalkis
1st Stage 8 Tour of Taihu Lake, Jonathan Breyne

World & National Champions

2001
1st New Zealand Road Race Championship, Gordon McCauley
2003
1st Lithuania Time Trial Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
2004
1st Lithuania, Road Race Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
1st Lithuania, Time Trial Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
1st Uzbekistan Time Trial Championship, Sergey Lagutin
1st Belgian Road Race Championship, Tom Steels
2005
1st Uzbekistan Time Trial Championship, Sergey Lagutin
1st Uzbekistan Road Race Championship, Sergey Lagutin
2009
1st Belgian Cyclo-cross Championship, Sven Nys
2010
1st Belgian Cyclo-cross Championship, Sven Nys
2012
1st Belgian Cyclo-cross Championship, Sven Nys
1st Time Trial Championship, Matti Helminen
2013
1st World Cyclo-cross Championship, Sven Nys

References

  1. ↑ Mignot, Alexandre (4 December 2012). "Crelan-Euphony clôt son effectif pour 2013" [Crelan-Euphony completes its membership for 2013]. Cyclism'Actu (in French) (Swar-Agency). Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Landbouwkrediet adds Euphony for 2012". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Crelan-Euphony ending due to financial reasons". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 28 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Landbouwkrediet (LAN) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

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