Dirk Demol

Dirk Demol (born 4 November 1959) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and a cycling team manager. He is currently assistant sports director of .

As a rider he specialized in the spring classics, his best result being his victory in the 1988 edition of the one-day classic Paris–Roubaix for Team ADR.

Racing career Demol grew up in Kuurne, Belgium. In 1987 he finished third at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. In 1988 he won Paris-Roubaix for Belgian pro team ADR. He retired from racing in 1995.

Management career In 2000, Demol became assistant team manager for the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, a position he held until 2007. He then worked as team manager for Quick Step (2008), assistant team manager for Astana (2009), and assistant team manager for Team RadioShack (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2018 he was assistant sport director for various teams including Radioshack-Nissan, RadioShack Leopard, Trek Factory Racing, and Trek-Segafredo. At the end of the 2018 season he left Trek-Segafredo and became the head sports director at Team Katusha-Alpecin for the 2019 season. He joined the Israel Cycling Academy as the assistant sports director in 2020, and assumed the same position at Lotto–Dstny in 2024.

Major results

1979 1st Stage 1 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften 1980 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs 1982 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1983 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 9th Druivenkoers Overijse 1984 3rd Omloop van het Houtland 7th GP Stad Zottegem 8th Dwars door België 10th Grand Prix de Fourmies 1985 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse 3rd GP Impanis 9th De Kustpijl 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1986 2nd Omloop van het Houtland 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 7th Scheldeprijs 7th De Kustpijl 1987 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 9th Road race, National Road Championships 1988 1st Paris–Roubaix 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies 1989 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1990 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1993 4th Nokere Koerse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 1985 1986 1987 1988 Vuelta a España—DNF—— Giro d'Italia———— Tour de FranceDNF——149

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish