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Gert Steegmans
Key Stats
Team: Quick Step-Innergetic
Nationality: Belgian
Born: September 30, 1980
Hometown: Hasselt, Belgium
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 185 pounds
Strengths: sprinting
Turned Pro: 2003
Palmares
Career Highlights:
2008
4th, stage 1, Mallorca Challnge
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
Biography
Steegmans is one of Boonen’s right-hand men in the sprints, and he can ride for himself, too. He got his start in 2001 as a stagiaire with Domo-Farm Frites.Related Articles
- Jul. 9, 2007Steegmans takes Stage 2 as crash fractures peloton
- Jul. 9, 2007For Steegmans it's Christmas in July
- May. 5, 2006Friday's EuroFile: Steegmans takes Dunkirk stage; Bettini eyes maglia rosa; Petacchi agrees
- Feb. 18, 2006Saturday's EuroFile: Steegmans seizes lead at l'Argarve; Bertagnolli wins Haut-Var; Nys takes Superprestige
- Feb. 17, 2006Friday's EuroFile: Liberty debuts sans Heras, with Vino'; Steegmans wins l’Algarve stage
