Rik Verbrugghe

Rik Verbrugghe
Personal information

Full name	Rik Verbrugghe
Born	(1974-07-23) 23 July 1974 Tienen, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1996-2004	Lotto
2005	QuickStep-Innergetic
2006-2008	Cofidis

Major wins
Flèche Wallonne (2001) Giro d'Italia, 3 stages (2001-2002-2006) Tour de France, 1 stage (2001) Tour de Romandie, 1 stage (2002) Eneco Tour, 1 stage (2005)

Rik Verbrugghe (born 23 July 1974 in Tienen, Flemish Brabant) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. In 1996, Verbrugghe turned pro and has since become a Belgian time trial champion, competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, won a stage at the Tour de France, three stages at the Giro d'Italia, and the one-day Ardennes classics—La Flèche Wallonne, and the overall and two stages of the Critérium International. In 2008 he announced his retirement, and subsequent role as team director at Quick Step during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. In 2011 he became team director at BMC Racing Team.

Teams and major results

1996 – Lotto-Isoglass

1997 – Lotto-Mobistar

1998 – Lotto-Mobistar

1999 – Lotto-Mobistar

2nd, Clásica de San Sebastián

2000 – Lotto-Adecco

1st

2001 – Lotto-Adecco

La Flèche Wallonne

Stage 1

Stage 3

Prologue — Giro d'Italia

Criterium Peer

Criterium Maastricht

2002 – Lotto-Adecco

Stage 7 — Giro d'Italia

9th, Overall — Giro d'Italia

2003 – Lotto-Domo

3rd, Overall — Paris-Corrèze

5th, Overall — Tour of Belgium

Prologue —Eneco Tour, 5 days in leader's red jersey

Grand Prix de Lugano

2006 – Cofidis

Belgian National Time Trial Champion – Men's Elite
1980–1999	Marc Streel (1997, 1999)
2000–2019	Rik Verbrugghe (2000) Leif Hoste (2001) Marc Wauters (2002–2003) Bert Roesems (2004) Marc Wauters (2005) Leif Hoste (2006–2007) Stijn Devolder (2008) Maxime Monfort (2009) Stijn Devolder (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Kristof Vandewalle (2012–2014) Jurgen Van den Broeck (2015) Victor Campenaerts (2016) Yves Lampaert (2017)

Belgian Professional Cyclist of the Year
Crystal Bicycle	1992 De Wolf 1993 Museeuw 1994 Herygers 1995–1997 Museeuw 1998 Steels 1999 Vandenbroucke 2000 Tchmil 2001 Verbrugghe 2002 Museeuw 2003 Van Petegem 2004–2006 Boonen 2007 Nys 2008–2011 Gilbert 2012 Boonen 2013 Nys 2014–2016 Van Avermaet
Best Young Rider	1994 Trouvé 1995 Hoste 1996 D'Hollander 1997–1998 Nys 1999 Hulsmans 2000 Van Goolen 2001 Boonen 2002 De Weert 2003 Vansummeren 2004–2005 Albert 2006 Cornu 2007 Albert 2008 Bakelants 2009 Boeckmans 2010 Eijssen 2011 Van der Sande 2012 Van Hoecke 2013 Decraene 2014 Teuns 2015 De Plus 2016 Lambrecht
Best Manager	2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel 2001 Braeckevelt 2002–2003 Bruyneel 2004 Lefevere 2005 De Cauwer 2006 Lefevere 2007–2009 Bruyneel 2010 Sergeant 2011 Lelangue 2012 Bomans 2013 Lefevere 2014–2015 Planckaert 2016 De Weert
Crystal Drop of Sweat	2005 Hulsmans 2006 Steegmans 2007 Vansummeren 2008 Aerts 2009 Vandenbergh 2010 Aerts 2011 Vanendert 2012 De Weert 2013 Vandenbergh 2014–2016 Keisse
Best Female Rider	2016 D'Hoore

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