Lieselot Decroix

Lieselot Decroix
Personal information
Full name Lieselot Decroix
Born (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987
Poperinge, Belgium
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 50 kg (110 lb)
Team information
Current team CyclelivePlus-Zannata
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2007–2008 Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam
2009–2010 Cervélo TestTeam
2011 Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2012 Dolmans–Boels
2013 CyclelivePlus-Zannata
Infobox last updated on
6 October 2013

Lieselot Decroix (born 12 May 1987 in Poperinge) is a Belgian professional road cyclist.[1] She represented her nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently competed under an annual contract for CyclelivePlus-Zannata Women's Team.[2]

Decroix qualified for the Belgian squad, as a lone female cyclist, in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by finishing among the top 24 and receiving a berth from the UCI World Cup.[3] She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-fourth-place finish through a vast field of sixty-six cyclists in 3:36:35, surpassing Mexico's Alessandra Grassi by less than a second.[4][5]

Career highlights

2008
44th Olympic Games, Beijing (CHN)
2009 Cervélo TestTeam 2009 season
2nd Stage 2, Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Port-la-Nouvelle (FRA)
3rd Belgian Championships (ITT), Hooglede (BEL)
4th Belgian Championships (Road), Saint-Ghislain (BEL)
2011
1st Stage 4, Gracia-Orlova, Czech Republic

References

  1. "Lieselot Decroix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  2. Atkins, Ben (29 November 2012). "Big names top new CyclelivePlus-Zannata women’s team in Belgium". Velo Nation (Velo Nation LLC). Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  3. "OS Wielrennen: Lieselot Decroix enkeling in vrouwenwedstrijd" [Olympic Cycling: Lieselot Decroix competes as an individual woman] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  4. "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  5. "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

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