Dominique Cornu
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dominique Cornu |
| Born | 10 October 1985 Beveren, Belgium |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time triallist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Bodysol–Win for Life–Jong Vlaanderen |
| 2007–2008 | Predictor–Lotto |
| 2009 | Quick-Step |
| 2010 | Skil–Shimano |
| 2011–2013 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
| 2014 | Sunweb–Napoleon Games[1] |
| 2015 | Verandas Willems |
Dominique Cornu (born 10 October 1985) is a Belgian retired road and track cyclist from Flanders, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015. He specialised in the time trial discipline.
Career
[edit | edit source]Cornu was born in Beveren.
At the 2006 World Cycling Championship he was crowned Under-23 Time Trial World Champion.[2] He had previously won the Junior Belgian Time Trial Championship in 2003 and 2004, and in 2005 he became the Belgian Under-23 time trial Champion. Cornu is also an accomplished track cyclist, winning the Individual Pursuit at the 2006 Belgian Track Cycling Championships.[3] In addition to Cornu's time trialing skills he is also a promising cobblestone rider, having won the Under-23 edition of the prestigious Omloop "Het Volk" cycling classic in 2006.
Cornu left Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Sunweb–Napoleon Games for the 2014 season.[1]
Major results
[edit | edit source]- 2003
- 1st File:MaillotBélgica.svg Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2004
- 1st File:MaillotBélgica.svg Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations Under–23
- 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 2005
- 1st File:MaillotBélgica.svg Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Stage 2 Tweedaagse van de Gaverstreek
- 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2006
- 1st File:Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 1st File:MaillotBélgica.svg Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- National Track Championships
- 1st File:MaillotBélgica.svg Individual pursuit
- 2nd File:Silver medal blank.svg Kilo
- 3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg Points race
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 1st Prologue Ronde van Antwerpen
- 3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2008
- 1st Stage 4 Giro del Capo
- 2010
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st File:Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2011
- 7th Overall Eneco Tour
References
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- ^ A dream comes true for Cornu, cyclingnews.com
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-08-20) (in Dutch)
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