.jpg) De Wolf winning the 1989Dwars door België | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1961-01-16)16 January 1961 (age 64) Aalst, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1983 | Boule d'Or | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Kwantum Hallen-Yoko | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1989 | Hitachi | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | PDM | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Tonton Tapis | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Gatorade | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer | ||||||||||||||
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| Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1992) | |||||||||||||||
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Dirk De Wolf (born 16 January 1961) is a former professionalroad racing cyclist fromBelgium.
In 1982 at the age of 23 De Wolf won the Sealink International and finished 8th at the World Road Championships. The following season he turned professional for theBelgium team Boule d'Or. In his first season as a professional he won a stage inParis–Nice. In 1984 he joined theDutch team Kwantum Hallen-Yoko riding alongsideJoop Zoetemelk. andAdri van der Poel. After just one season he then joined Hitachi riding alongsideRoger De Vlaeminck. In his second season with Hitachi he wonFour Days of Dunkirk. In 1989 De Wolf finished second in theParis–Roubaix classic behind fellow Belgian,Jean-Marie Wampers. After five seasons with Hitachi De Wolf moved to PDM in 1990 and was second in theUCI Road World Championships. The race in Japan went to the final lap of the nine-mile course which resulted in De Wolf being beaten byRudy Dhaenens in a photo finish.[1] In 1991 he then joined Tonton Tapis riding alongsideStephen Roche. In 1991 he won theGiro dell'Appennino and finished third in theAmstel Gold Race. In 1992 he then joined Gatorade riding alongsideLaurent Fignon. In his first season with Gatorade he wonLiège–Bastogne–Liège. After two seasons with Gatorade he then joined the French team Novemail, retiring at the end of the 1994 season.
He participated in theTour de France five times, however his best overall finish was a disappointing 66th[2] as his talents were better suited to one-day classics than to long stage races[3]
UCI Road World Championships
