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Gert Steegmans

Key Stats

Nationality: Belgian
Born: September 30, 1980
Hometown: Hasselt, Belgium
Residence: Monaco
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 185 pounds
Strengths: Sprinting.
Turned Pro: 2003
Hobbies: Reading, spending time with friends.

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2008
1st, stage 21, Tour de France
4th, stage 1, Mallorca Challenge
Two stage wins, Paris-Nice

2007
1st overall, Circuit Franco-Belge (plus stage 2 and 4)
1st overall, Tour de Rijke
1st, stage 2, Tour de France
1st, stage 3, Three Days of De Panne
1st, stage 1, Volta a Algarave
1st, stage 4, Four Days of Dunkirk

2006
1st, points competition, Volta a Algarve (plus stages 3 and 4)
1st, stage 3, Four Days of Dunkirk
1st, stage 2, Tour de Picardie
1st, stage 5, Tour of Belgium

2005
1st, stage 1, Tour de Picardie

2004
4th, Belgian road championship

2002
1st, Belgium under-23 time trial championships

1998
1st, Belgium under-19 time trial championships

1996
1st, Belgium under-17 road race championships