Jurgen Van den Broeck

Jurgen Van den Broeck
Van den Broeck at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné.
Personal information
Full nameJurgen Van den Broeck
NicknameVDBke, JVDB, VDB2
Born (1983-02-01) 1 February 1983 (age 41)
Herentals, Belgium
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
1997–2000KVC Heist Sportief
2001Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters
2003Quick-Step–Davitamon–Latexco
Professional teams
2004–2006U.S. Postal Service
2007–2015Predictor–Lotto
2016Team Katusha
2017LottoNL–Jumbo
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2015)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lisbon Men's junior time trial

Jurgen Van den Broeck (born 1 February 1983) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer,[2] who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017 for the Discovery Channel, Lotto–Soudal, Team Katusha and LottoNL–Jumbo squads. Van den Broeck specialised in the time trial discipline, having been Junior World Champion against the clock in 2001. The promise he first displayed in minor stage races like the Tour de Romandie and Eneco Tour was later validated and confirmed by top-10 finishes in all three Grand Tours: the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.

  1. ^ a b "Jurgen Van den Broeck profile". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Van den Broeck to retire at end of 2017 season". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.