Marc Sergeant (born 16 August 1959) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] After Sergeant stopped his cycling career, he became team manager at Lotto–Soudal. He left his management role at the end of the 2021 season.[2] Sergeant finished a total of 6 times in the top 10 of Tour of Flanders.[3]
 Sergeant (left) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marc Sergeant |
| Born | 16 August 1959 Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider Team manager |
| Professional teams | |
| 1981–1982 | Boule d'Or–Sunair |
| 1983–1984 | Europ Decor–Dries |
| 1985–1987 | Lotto |
| 1988–1989 | Hitachi–Bosal–B.C.E. Snooker |
| 1990–1992 | Panasonic–Sportlife |
| 1993–1994 | Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer |
| 1995–1996 | Lotto–Isoglass |
| Managerial teams | |
| 1999–2000 | Mapei–Quick-Step |
| 2001–2002 | Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco |
| 2003–2021 | Lotto–Domo |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Tours | |
Major results
edit- 1981
- 1st
Road race, National Amateur Road Championships
- 2nd Ghent–Wevelgem U23
- 2nd Circuit de Wallonie
- 3rd Circuit des Frontières
- 5th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
- 1982
- 1st
Overall, Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 6, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Overall Tour of the Netherlands
- 1983
- 1st Londerzeel
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Leeuwse Pijl
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 6th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 8th Polder-Kempen
- 1984
- 1st Stage 5, Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 3rd Dwars door België
- 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 9th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1985
- 1st Oostkamp & Temse
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 8th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 1986
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2nd Le Samyn
- 4th Tour du Haut Var
- 6th Dwars door België
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Circuit des Frontières
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1987
- 1st Stage 5, Tour de France
- 1st Profronde van Almelo
- 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 4th Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 4th Overall La Méditerranéenne
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Overall Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 9th Omloop Het Volk
- 9th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1988
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1st Stage 1 Euskal Bizikleta
- 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 6th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 6th De Brabantse Pijl
- 7th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 6
- 7th Dwars door België
- 9th Circuit des XI Villes
- 10th Omloop Het Volk
- 1989
- 1st Oostrozebeke
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 4th Omloop van het Leiedal
- 6th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 8th Circuit des Frontières
- 1990
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour de France
- 2nd Omloop van de Westhoek
- 3rd Dwars door België
- 5th, Wincanton Classic
- 1991
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 7th Trofeo Luis Puig
- 7th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- 8th Omloop Het Volk
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 8th De Kustpijl
- 10th Tour of Flanders
- 1992
- 1st De Haan
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- 10th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1993
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th Dwars door België
- 1994
- 2nd Dwars door België
- 8th Tour of Flanders
- 1995
- 4th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 5th Halle–Ingooigem
- 6th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did Not contest during Career | |||||||||||||
| 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | 48 | 59 | DNF | DNF | 33 | 61 | 62 | 81 | 66 | 69 | DNF | DNF | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Marc Sergeant Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ "Caleb Ewan extends with Lotto Soudal until end of 2024". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Ronde van Vlaanderen memories of Marc Sergeant and Herman Frison". PezCycling News. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Marc Sergeant". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Marc Sergeant". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
External links
edit- Marc Sergeant at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Marc Sergeant at ProCyclingStats
- Marc Sergeant at CycleBase
- Marc Sergeant at Olympedia
- Official Tour de France results for Marc Sergeant