Ludo Dierckxsens

Ludo Dierckxsens (14 October 1964 – 29 May 2025) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He was best known for winning the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France, while competing for . Dierckxsens died during the 1000 km bike ride of Kom op tegen Kanker on 29 May 2025 in Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde. He was 60.

1999 Tour de France

Ludo Dierckxsens won the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France. After this stage victory, Dierckxsens went to take the obligatory doping tests. When the doctors asked him the routine question if he had taken any products which might cause a positive test result, Dierckxsens replied that he had taken tetracosactide (Synacthen) in the Tour of Germany, to reduce knee pain. He claimed to have a prescription for them, but his team did not know about this, and sent him home a few days later. The doping tests returned negative.

Major results Source:

1989 1st Brussel–Zepperen 1993 2nd Tour of Flanders U23 1994 1st Izegem 1st GP du Nord Pas de Calais 2nd Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé 2nd Halle–Ingooigem 3rd Schaal Sels 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde 3rd Le Samyn 1995 1st Geetbets 1st Mechelen 1st Wanzele 1996 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde 1st Ruddervoorde 2nd Omloop van het Waasland 3rd Le Samyn 7th Omloop Het Volk 1997 1st Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt 1st Zellik–Galmaarden 1st Grand Prix de Denain 1st Belsele–Puivelde 1st Izegem 2nd Road race, National Championships 2nd Flèche Ardennaise 2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde 3rd Paris–Bourges 3rd Rund um Köln 1998 1st Deinze 1st Paris–Bourges 2nd Bretagne Classic 2nd GP Ouest France - Plouay 3rd BEMER Cyclassics 3rd Overall Tour de la Région Wallonne 4th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 4th Le Samyn 1999 1st Aalst 1st Profronde van Maastricht

1st Stage 11 Tour de France 3rd Classic Haribo 8th Gent–Wevelgem 8th Brabantse Pijl 2000 1st Deurne 3rd Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas 2001 1st Deurne 1st Profronde van Almelo 5th Brabantse Pijl 5th Belgian National Time Trial Championships 8th Tour of Flanders 6th Paris–Roubaix 10th Scheldeprijs 10th Road race, National Championships 2002 1st Peer Three Days of De Panne 1st Mountains classification 8th Overall 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium 3rd Belgian National Time Trial Championships 2003 1st Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 1st Boom 2004 1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria 2nd Heusden Koers 2005 1st Wilrijk 1st Tessenderlo 2nd Omloop van het Waasland 3rd Gullegem Koerse 10th Omloop Het Volk