Gert Steegmans
Gert Steegmans (born 30 September 1980 in Hasselt ) is a Belgian racing cyclist.
Cycling career
Steegmans was 2003 professional with Lotto - Domo, since the 2007 season goes Gert Steegmans for the team Quickstep Innergetic to Tom Boonen. In the U23 class he could Omloop 2001 Het Volk win and in 2002 the Belgian championship. His first professional victory he celebrated at the 2005 Tour de Picardie with a stage win, and he later went on to win the Belgian one-day races National Sluitingsprijs. In the Algarve Tour 2006 Steegmans won two stages and a close second behind João Cabreira, on the last day with a stage victory snatched him the leadership position. In March 2006, his home was searched during a raid by Belgian police, because it was suspected that he had to do with doping. In the Tour of Belgium, he won the final stage.
In the 2007 Tour de France he won the second stage just ahead of his teammate Tom Boonen. The following year, he was also able to re- decide a stage of the Tour de France itself. He reached for the 21 stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris as the first target.
Because he refused to sign an anti- doping confession Katjuscha Steegmans ruled out for the 2009 Tour de France.
Achievements
2005
- National Sluitingprijs
2006
- Two stages Algarve Tour
- A stage in Tour of Belgium
- A stage in Tour of Algarve
- A stage of Three Days of De Panne
- A stage Four Days of Dunkirk
- A stage of the Tour de France
- Tour de Rijke
- Two stages and Appreciation Circuit Franco -Belge
- Trofeo Calvia
- Two stages of Paris-Nice
- A stage Four Days of Dunkirk
- Profronde van Fryslân
- Halle- Ingooigem
- A stage of the Tour de France
- Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- Trofeo Mallorca
- A stage Ruta del Sol
- Nokere Koerse
- Tirreno Adriatico team time trial -
Team
- 2003-2004 Lotto - Domo
- 2005-2006 Davitamon -Lotto
- 2007 Quickstep Innergetic
- 2008 Quick Step
- 2009 Team Katusha ( August 6 )
- 2010 Team RadioShack
- 2011 Quick Step
- 2012 Omega Pharma- Quick Step
- 2013 Omega Pharma- Quick-Step