Wim Vansevenant

Stage win Tour du Vaucluse 1996

Wim Vansevenant ( born December 23, 1971 in Diksmuide, Belgium) is a Belgian racing cyclist. He is a winner of the Red Lantern record at the Tour de France.

Career

Vansevenant began his professional career in 1995 with the team Vlaanderen 2002., Where he continued until his move to Collstrop in 1999. Afterwards he went for one year at TVM - Farm Frites, Mercury and Palmans - Collstrop. Since 2003, he drives for the Belgian team Lotto - Domo or Davitamon -Lotto or Predictor -Lotto and Silence-Lotto.

In April 1997, an excessively high hematocrit was at Vansevenant observed, which can be considered as an indication of a possible use of erythropoietin as a doping agent, but does not constitute a proof of this.

He took part in a six Grand Tour. In 2000 he drove the Giro d' Italia, in the years 2004 to 2008, the Tour de France.

At the Tour de France in 2005 he was second to last. In the years 2006, 2007 and 2008, he crossed the finish line as the last in the overall standings ( " Raise the Red Lantern "). He is the only one in over 100 years Tour de France history, who succeeded three times to win the Red Lantern. Due to heavy doping allegations against the leader of the Tour de France in 2007, he was jokingly proposed as a new carrier of the yellow jersey. This stirred from the idea that Vansevenant had the last one of the field probably omitted most likely to doping. He himself was often proud of this record and said publicly that this title as difficult to achieve and perpetuated in later years as was the yellow jersey, which personally would give far too much pressure him. And who would want to talk to people in the middle? As the last person that much more interesting. He was actually a popular interview partners, and thus came to popularity.

In 2008 he ended his active career.

In July 2011, he should work for his former team Omega Pharma-Lotto at the Tour de France as a supervisor of VIP guests, but when it became known that a letter addressed to Vansevenant package had been intercepted with doping preparations and investigations were initiated, was the cooperation terminated immediately.

Achievements

  • GP Ninove
  • A stage of the Tour du Vaucluse
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