Geert Verheyen

For the Belgian football (soccer) player, see Gert Verheyen.

Geert Verheyen
Personal information
Full nameGeert Verheyen
Born (1973-03-10) 10 March 1973 (age 51)
Diest, Belgium
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1994–1997Vlaanderen 2002–Eddy Merckx
1998–2000Lotto–Mobistar
2001–2002Rabobank
2003–2004Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf
2005Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2006–2007Quick-Step–Innergetic
2008Mitsubishi–Jartazi
2009–2011Landbouwkrediet–Colnago

Geert Verheyen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣeːrt fərˈɦɛiə(n)];[a] born 10 March 1973) is a former Belgian professional road racing cyclist who competed as a professional between 1994 and 2011.[2] He was born in Diest, and is the cousin of cyclist David Verheyen.

He turned professional in 1994, racing for Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx. In 1998 he went on to race for the UCI Professional Continental team, Lotto, and later Rabobank, Marlux, Chocolade Jacques and Colnago. He competed in the 1998 Tour de France and the 2006 Volta a Catalunya.[3]

Major results

1993
3rd Circuit de Wallonie
1994
3rd Seraing-Aachen-Seraing
5th Nationale Sluitingprijs
7th Ronde van Limburg
1996
6th Overall Tour of Austria
7th Omloop van de Westhoek
10th Grand Prix Cerami
10th Omloop van het Waasland
1998
1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
5th Route Adélie
1999
2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
4th Overall Route du Sud
1st Stage 2
5th Clásica de Almería
7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
10th Overall Paris–Nice
10th GP Ouest–France
2000
6th Le Samyn
10th Brabantse Pijl
2001
1st Luk-Cup Bühl
7th Brabantse Pijl
2002
10th Coppa Sabatini
10th Brabantse Pijl
2003
2nd Schaal Sels
4th Paris–Bourges
5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
6th Nationale Sluitingprijs
10th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
1st Stage 4
10th GP Nobili Rubinetterie
2004
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Grand Prix de Wallonie
2005
1st Flèche Hesbignonne
2006
4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2010
2nd Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt
8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — 47 — 48 — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 23 45 20 72 — — — — — —
A gold jersey Vuelta a España — — — 40 — — — — — 46
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Verheyen is pronounced [vərˈɦɛiə(n)].

References

  1. ^ "Gert Verheyen". Mitsubishi – Jartazi. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Verheyen ending career after 18 years". Cycling News. 25 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Gert Verheyen". Cycling Website. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.


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