Peter Van Petegem

Peter van Petegem (born 18 January 1970) is a former professional road racing cyclist. Van Petegem last rode for Quick Step-Innergetic, in 2007. He lived in Horebeke. He was a specialist in spring classics, one of ten riders to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same season. He also earned a medal at the World Championship on two occasions; taking the silver in 1998 and winning the bronze in 2003. His last race was the GP Briek Schotte in Desselgem on 11 September 2007.

Personal life His sons, Axandre Van Petegem and Maurits Van Petegem, are also competitive cyclists.

Major results

1988 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships 1990 2nd Circuit du Hainaut 1991 1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig 8th Circuit du Hainaut 8th Gran Premio della Liberazione 1992 3rd Overall Paris–Bourges 1993 6th Overall Tour d'Armorique 6th Trofeo Luis Puig 10th Cholet-Pays de la Loire 1994 1st Scheldeprijs 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 4th Druivenkoers Overijse 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 6th Road race, National Road Championships 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm 7th Cholet-Pays de la Loire 1995 1st De Kustpijl 2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal 5th Road race, National Road Championships 6th Tour du Haut Var 7th Scheldeprijs 7th Brussels–Ingooigem 8th Nice–Alassio 1996 1st Trofeo Luis Puig 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt 2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 2nd Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 10th Tour of Flanders 10th Clásica de Almería 1997 1st Omloop Het Volk

1st Trofeo Alcúdia 2nd Paris–Bourges 5th Trofeo Manacor 5th Trofeo Calvià 6th Dwars door België 7th Herinneringsprijs Dokter Tistaert – Prijs Groot-Zottegem 8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 8th Veenendaal–Veenendaal 9th Overall Ronde van Nederland 9th Tour of Flanders 1998 1st Omloop Het Volk 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé

2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland 3rd GP Rik Van Steenbergen 3rd Trofeo Calvià 5th Tour of Flanders 5th Trofeo Alcúdia 7th Milan–San Remo 7th Dwars door België 8th Gent–Wevelgem 8th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 1999

1st Tour of Flanders 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 1st Gouden Pijl Emmen 5th Coppa Sabatini 6th Overall Ronde van Nederland 6th Dwars door België 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 7th Milan–San Remo 8th Omloop Het Volk 8th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 10th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 10th GP Zottegem – Tistaertprijs 2000 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues 2nd Paris–Roubaix 2nd Gent–Wevelgem 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen 4th Overall Danmark Rundt 6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 7th Amstel Gold Race 8th Tour of Flanders 8th Trofeo Luis Puig 9th Road race, National Road Championships 10th Overall Ronde van Nederland 10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 2001 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues 3rd Overall Paris–Nice 1st Stage 2 6th Amstel Gold Race 7th Delta Profronde 2002

1st Stage 3b (ITT) 1st Omloop Het Volk 3rd Tour of Flanders 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 6th Amstel Gold Race 6th Paris–Brussels 6th Schaal Sels 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 7th GP Ouest-France 8th Overall Tour de la Région Wallonne 1st Stage 5 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 9th Druivenkoers Overijse 2003 1st Paris–Roubaix 1st Tour of Flanders

3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie 10th Paris–Tours 2004 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Amstel Gold Race 6th Paris–Roubaix 7th Trofeo Luis Puig 10th Milan–San Remo 2005 3rd Tour of Flanders 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2006 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 4th Tour of Flanders 9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 2007 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie

Classics results timeline

Major championship results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish DSQ Disqualified