Serge Pauwels (born 21 November 1983) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2020, for Topsport Vlaanderen, the Cervélo TestTeam, Team Sky, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, Team Dimension Data and the CCC Team.[7]
 Serge Pauwels in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Serge Pauwels |
| Nickname | Sergio[1] |
| Born | 21 November 1983 Lier, Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2004–2005 | Rabobank GS3[2] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006–2008 | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen |
| 2009 | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2010–2011 | Team Sky |
| 2012–2014 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[3][4] |
| 2015–2018 | MTN–Qhubeka |
| 2019–2020 | CCC Team[5][6] |
| Major wins | |
| Stage races | |
Cycling career
editBorn in Lier, Flanders, Pauwels' career kicked off in 2004 in the youth team of the Netherlands ProTeam Rabobank. He also rode for their Continental team in 2004 and 2005. Pauwels turned professional in 2006 with Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen, with whom he also rode in 2007 and 2008. Pauwels won the overall mountain ranking in the 2007 Tour Down Under and was second in the sixth stage of the 2006 Tour de l'Avenir in France.
After four years riding for Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, Pauwels announced in September 2014 that he would join MTN–Qhubeka from 2015 on a two-year contract.[2]
After four years riding for Team Dimension Data, Pauwels transferred to CCC Team for the 2019 season.[5]
Major results
edit- 2003
- 5th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 10th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
- 2004
- 9th Overall Tour des Pyrénées
- 2005
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
- 7th Overall Gran Premio Internacional del Oeste RTP
- 2006
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2007
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour Down Under
- 2008
- 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 9th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 2012
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT)
- 2015
- 2nd International Road Cycling Challenge
- 5th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 2016
- 8th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 9th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 1st Stage 3
- 2018
- 3rd Overall Tour de Yorkshire
- 8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | — | — | 47 | 77 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | 107 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 42 | 19 | DNF | 77 | |
| — | — | — | 24 | 31 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Serge Pauwels". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ a b Benson, Daniel (20 September 2014). "Pauwels falls for MTN-Qhubeka project". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (20 November 2011). "Serge Pauwels back to Belgium with Omega Pharma-Quick Step". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) - BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ a b Ferri, Marco (24 December 2018). "CCC Team, Riccardo Zoidl prende il posto di Denifl e completa il roster" [CCC Team, Riccardo Zoidl takes the place of Denifl and completes the roster]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (12 October 2020). "Pauwels calls time on 15-year career". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
External links
edit- Serge Pauwels at ProCyclingStats
- Serge Pauwels at Cycling Archives (archive)