Serge Pauwels

Serge Pauwels

Serge Pauwels in 2015
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 MTN-Qhubeka
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder[1]
Amateur team(s)
2004-2005 Rabobank GS3[2]
Professional team(s)
2006–2008 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
2009 Cervélo TestTeam
2010–2011 Team Sky
2012–2014 Omega Pharma-Quick Step[3]
2015- MTN-Qhubeka
Major wins
Mountains classification, Tour Down Under (2007)
Infobox last updated on
3 January 2014

Serge Pauwels (born 21 November 1983) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team MTN-Qhubeka. He formerly rode for UCI ProTeam Etixx-Quick Step.[4]

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.

After three years riding for Omega Pharma-Quick Step, Pauwels announced in September 2014 that he would join MTN Qhubeka from 2015 on a two-year contract.[2]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Serge Pauwels". Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Decolef. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Benson, Daniel (20 September 2014). "Pauwels falls for MTN-Qhubeka project". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Benson, Daniel (20 November 2011). "Serge Pauwels back to Belgium with Omega Pharma-Quick Step". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) - BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

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