Paul Herygers

Paul Herygers

Personal information
Full name	Paul Herygers
Born	(1962-11-22) 22 November 1962 Herentals, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Cyclo-cross Mountain bike racing
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1992-1999	-
Major wins
Cyclo-cross World Championship (1994) Cyclo-cross Belgian Championship (1993, 1997) Mountainbike Belgian Championship (1990, 1991, 1992) World Cup (1994) GvA Trophy (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
Medal record Competitor for  Belgium Cyclo-cross World Championships Gold 1994 Koksijde Elite Men's Race

Paul Herygers (born 22 November 1962) was a professional Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist from 1992 until 1999.

Herygers was born in Herentals, Belgium. In his second year as a professional he was Belgian Champion, beating Danny De Bie in a sprint. The following year he became World Champion in Koksijde, ahead of Richard Groenendaal and his compatriot Erwin Vervecken. In 1997 he was Belgian cyclo-cross champion for the second time.

Herygers is a commentator for cyclo-cross for Sporza and cyclo-cross coordinator of the Belgian cycling association, the KBWB.

External links

• Paul Herygers profile at Cycling Archives

UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race 1950 Jean Robic 1951–1953 Roger Rondeaux 1954–1958 André Dufraisse 1959 Renato Longo 1960–1961 Rolf Wolfshohl 1962 Renato Longo 1963 Rolf Wolfshohl 1964–1965 Renato Longo 1966 Erik De Vlaeminck 1967 Renato Longo 1968–1973 Erik De Vlaeminck 1974 Albert Van Damme 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck 1976–1979 Albert Zweifel 1980 Roland Liboton 1981 Hennie Stamsnijder 1982–1984 Roland Liboton 1985 Klaus-Peter Thaler 1986 Albert Zweifel 1987 Klaus-Peter Thaler 1988 Pascal Richard 1989 Danny De Bie 1990 Henk Baars 1991 Radomír Šimůnek 1992 Mike Kluge 1993 Dominique Arnould 1994 Paul Herygers 1995 Dieter Runkel 1996 Adri van der Poel 1997 Daniele Pontoni 1998–1999 Mario De Clercq 2000 Richard Groenendaal 2001 Erwin Vervecken 2002 Mario De Clercq 2003–2004 Bart Wellens 2005 Sven Nys 2006–2007 Erwin Vervecken 2008 Lars Boom 2009 Niels Albert 2010–2011 Zdeněk Štybar 2012 Niels Albert 2013 Sven Nys 2014 Zdeněk Štybar 2015 Mathieu van der Poel