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Full name | Philippe Gilbert |
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Nickname | Boar of the Ardennes[1] |
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Born | (1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 (age 42) Verviers, Wallonia, Belgium[2] |
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Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[3] |
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Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)[3] |
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Current team | Lotto–Soudal |
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Discipline | Road |
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Role | Rider |
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Rider type | Classics specialist Puncheur |
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2003–2008 | FDJeux.com |
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2009–2011 | Silence–Lotto |
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2012–2016 | BMC Racing Team |
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2017–2019 | Quick-Step Floors[4] |
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2020– | Lotto–Soudal[5] |
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Grand Tours
- Tour de France
- 1 individual stage (2011)
- Giro d'Italia
- 3 individual stages (2009, 2015)
- Combativity award (2015)
- Vuelta a España
- 7 individual stages (2010, 2012, 2013, 2019)
Stage races
- Three Days of De Panne (2017)
- Tour of Beijing (2014)
- Tour of Belgium (2011)
- Ster ZLM Toer (2009, 2011, 2014)
One-day races and Classics
- World Road Race Championships (2012)
- National Road Race Championships (2011, 2016)
- National Time Trial Championships (2011)
- Paris–Roubaix (2019)
- Tour of Flanders (2017)
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2011)
- Giro di Lombardia (2009, 2010)
- Amstel Gold Race (2010, 2011, 2014, 2017)
- La Flèche Wallonne (2011)
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2006, 2008)
- Clásica de San Sebastián (2011)
- Strade Bianche (2011)
- Paris–Tours (2008, 2009)
- Brabantse Pijl (2011, 2014)
- GP de Québec (2011)
- Gran Piemonte (2009, 2010)
- Grand Prix de Fourmies (2006)
Other
- UCI World Tour (2011)
- Vélo d'Or (2011)
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Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won the 2012 UCI Road World Championships. Gilbert is one of the two cyclist in the history, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics: the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Gilbert is a member of the Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux [6]
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