Dirk De Wolf

Dirk De Wolf
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Personal information
Full name	Dirk De Wolf
Born	16 January 1961 (age 63); Aalst, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1983	Boule d'Or
1984	Kwantum Hallen-Yoko
1985–1989	Hitachi
1990	PDM
1991	Tonton Tapis
1992–1993	Gatorade
1994	Novemail - Histor
Major wins
	Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1992)
	Representing Belgium
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
	Infobox last updated on; 11 October 2007

Dirk De Wolf (born 16 January 1961 in Aalst, East Flanders) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium.

Cycling career

In 1982 at the age of 23 De Wolf won the Sealink International and finished 8th at the World Road Championships. The following season he turned professional for the Belgium team Boule d'Or. In his first season as a professional he won a stage in Paris–Nice. In 1984 he joined the Dutch team Kwantum Hallen-Yoko riding alongside Joop Zoetemelk. and Adri van der Poel. After just one season he then joined Hitachi riding alongside Roger De Vlaeminck. In his second season with Hitachi he won Four Days of Dunkirk. In 1989 De Wolf finished second in the Paris–Roubaix classic behind fellow Belgian, Jean-Marie Wampers. After five seasons with Hitachi De Wolf moved to PDM in 1990 and was second in the UCI Road World Championships. The race in Japan went to the final lap of the nine-mile course which resulted in De Wolf being beaten by Rudy Dhaenens in a photo finish.^[1] In 1991 he then joined Tonton Tapis riding alongside Stephen Roche. In 1991 he won the Giro dell'Appennino, finished third in the Amstel Gold Race and competed in his first Tour de France. In 1992 he then joined Gatorade riding alongside Laurent Fignon. In his first season with Gatorade he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège. After two seasons with Gatorade he then joined the French team Novemail, retiring at the end of the 1994 season.

He participated in the Tour de France five times, however his best overall finish was a disappointing 66th^[2] as his talents were better suited to one-day classics than to long stage races^[3]

Palmarès

1982

1st Overall, Sealink International

1st, Seraing - Aachen - Seraing

4th, Paris–Roubaix (Amateur)

8th, World Road Championships (Amateur)

1983

1st, Stage 6, Paris–Nice

1985

1st, Strombeek-Bever

1986

1st Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Stage 1, Four Days of Dunkirk

1987: 1st, Wommelgem
1989: 1st, Dwars door Vlaanderen; 2nd, Paris–Roubaix; 1st, Moorsele; 1st, Rummen
1990: 1st, Druivenkoers Overijse; 2nd UCI Road World Championships; 1st, Purnode; 1st, Sadirac; 1st, Liedekerkse Pijl
1991: 1st, Giro dell'Appennino; 1st, Stage 6, Tirreno–Adriatico; 3rd, Amstel Gold Race; 7th, UCI Road World Championships
1992: 1st, Liège–Bastogne–Liège; 1st, Stage 1a, Three Days of De Panne; 1st, Aalst

References

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External links

Cycling Hall of Fame
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v t e Belgian Professional Cyclist of the Year
Crystal Bicycle (men)	1992 De Wolf 1993 Museeuw 1994 Herygers 1995–1997 Museeuw 1998 Steels 1999 Vandenbroucke 2000 Tchmil 2001 Verbrugghe 2002 Museeuw 2003 Van Petegem 2004–2006 Boonen 2007 S. Nys 2008–2011 Gilbert 2012 Boonen 2013 S. Nys 2014–2017 Van Avermaet 2018 Campenaerts 2019 Evenepoel 2020–2021 Van Aert 2022 Evenepoel
Best Young Rider	1994 Trouvé 1995 Hoste 1996 D'Hollander 1997–1998 S. Nys 1999 Hulsmans 2000 Van Goolen 2001 Boonen 2002 De Weert 2003 Vansummeren 2004–2005 Albert 2006 Cornu 2007 Albert 2008 Bakelants 2009 Boeckmans 2010 Eijssen 2011 Van der Sande 2012 Van Hoecke 2013 Decraene 2014 Teuns 2015 De Plus 2016–2017 Lambrecht 2018 Evenepoel 2019 Van Wilder 2020–2021 T. Nys 2022 Segaert
Best Manager	2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel 2001 Braeckevelt 2002–2003 Bruyneel 2004 Lefevere 2005 De Cauwer 2006 Lefevere 2007–2009 Bruyneel 2010 Sergeant 2011 Lelangue 2012 Bomans 2013 Lefevere 2014–2015 Planckaert 2016 De Weert 2017–2019 Lefevere 2020 Peiper 2021 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft 2022 Vanthourenhout
Crystal Drop of Sweat	2005 Hulsmans 2006 Steegmans 2007 Vansummeren 2008 Aerts 2009 Vandenbergh 2010 Aerts 2011 Vanendert 2012 De Weert 2013 Vandenbergh 2014–2016 Keisse 2017 Vermote 2018–2021 Declercq 2022 Benoot
Crystal Bicycle (women)	2016–2017 D'Hoore 2018 Degrendele 2019 Cant 2020–2022 Kopecky

v t e Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1892–1894) (1895–1907, not held)
1900–1919	André Trousselier (1908) Victor Fastre (1909) (1910, not held) Joseph Van Daele (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Maurice Moritz (1913) (1914–1918, not held) Léon Devos (1919)
1920–1939	Léon Scieur (1920) Louis Mottiat (1921–1922) René Vermandel (1923–1924) Georges Ronsse (1925) Dieudonné Smets (1926) Maurice Raes (1927) Ernest Mottard (1928) Alphonse Schepers (1929) Hermann Buse (1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Marcel Houyoux (1932) François Gardier (1933) Théo Herckenrath (1934) Alphonse Schepers (1935) Albert Beckaert (1936) Éloi Meulenberg (1937) Alfons Deloor (1938) Albert Ritserveldt (1939)
1940–1959	(1940–1942, not held) Richard Depoorter (1943) (1944, not held) Jan Engels (1945) Prosper Depredomme (1946) Richard Depoorter (1947) Maurice Mollin (1948) Camille Danguillaume (1949) Prosper Depredomme (1950) Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952) Alois De Hertog (1953) Marcel Ernzer (1954) Stan Ockers (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957) Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)
1960–1979	Albertus Geldermans (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Frans Melckenbeeck (1963) Willy Bocklant (1964) Carmine Preziosi (1965) Jacques Anquetil (1966) Walter Godefroot (1967) Valere Van Sweevelt (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Roger De Vlaeminck (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1973) Georges Pintens (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Joseph Bruyère (1976) Bernard Hinault (1977) Joseph Bruyère (1978) Dietrich Thurau (1979)
1980–1999	Bernard Hinault (1980) Josef Fuchs (1981) Silvano Contini (1982) Steven Rooks (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Moreno Argentin (1985–1987) Adri van der Poel (1988) Sean Kelly (1989) Eric Van Lancker (1990) Moreno Argentin (1991) Dirk De Wolf (1992) Rolf Sørensen (1993) Evgeni Berzin (1994) Mauro Gianetti (1995) Pascal Richard (1996) Michele Bartoli (1997–1998) Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)
2000–2019	Paolo Bettini (2000) Oscar Camenzind (2001) Paolo Bettini (2002) Tyler Hamilton (2003) Davide Rebellin (2004) Alexander Vinokourov (2005) Alejandro Valverde (2006) Danilo Di Luca (2007) Alejandro Valverde (2008) Andy Schleck (2009) Alexander Vinokourov (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Maxim Iglinsky (2012) Dan Martin (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Alejandro Valverde (2015)

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