Dirk De Wolf

Dirk De Wolf ( born January 16, 1961 in Aalst, Belgium ) is a former Belgian cyclist.

Sports career

De Wolf played as a road racer to 1982 race as an amateur. In his last amateur season 1982 he had his greatest successes, for example, with the victories. During the one-day races Troyes -Dijon and Seraing, Aachen, Seraing, as well as winning the British stage race Sealink Race He also reached eight place in the amateur individual race of the world road championship.

1983 De Wolf graduated from a professional contract with the Belgian cycling team Boule d'Or. His first major professional drivers race he competed in the Paris- Roubaix, which he finished with a 28th place. His first major victory won De Wolf in 1986 by winning the French stage race Four Days of Dunkirk. In the same year he also played his first Tour de France, which he completed with space 64. It was his best finish in the Tour de France, where he participated five times. He also took part in the two Grand Tours Giro d' Italia and Vuelta a España. At the Giro, he joined twice (1989, 1992), at the Vuelta once ( 1990), but rose each time out prematurely.

A better balance has De Wolf when participating in the so-called monuments of cycling, all of which he denied to the Tour of Lombardy. At Paris -Roubaix, he joined with nine participations 1983-1994 most frequently and had in 1989 with second place there, his best result. The Tour of Flanders, he drove from 1986 to 1993 six times, with eighth place in 1989 as the best placement. His only monuments victory he achieved in 1992 Liège -Bastogne -Liège (three appearances ). He also participated without much success at Milan - Sanremo (1992 141 and 1994 135 ).

Three times reached De Wolf rankings on the professional decisions of the Road World Championships. While there is only a disappointing 60th place in 1986, in 1990 he was runner-up. In 1991, he was ranked seven in Stuttgart. Also worth mentioning are the start of the Tour de Suisse, where De Wolf is also listed three times in the list of results: 1992 48, 1993 and 1994 respectively as 67 The 1994's Tour de Suisse was also his last big race, finished with season De Wolf his career at the French team Novemail - Histor as professional drivers. He had spent between 1985 and 1989 the Belgian team Hitachi Most of his professional years. The best FICP / UCI Road ranking he reached in 1990 with rank 47th UCI World Cup In 1991 he came to ninth place.

2009 De Wolf Pharma-Lotto was hired as sports director at the Belgian cycling team Omega.

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