Landbouwkrediet–Colnago Explained

Crelan–Euphony
Code:CRE
Registered:Belgium
Bicycles:Colnago
Website:http://www.landbouwkrediet-cycling.be/
Generalmanager:Gérard Bulens
Discipline:Road
Status:UCI Professional Continental
Season:1992
1993
1994
1995–1996
1997–2000
2001–2006
2007–2008
2009
2010–2011
2012
2013
Oldname:Saxon (SAX)
Saxon–Breitex (SAX)
Saxon–Selle Italia (SAX)
Tönissteiner–Saxon (TON)
Tönissteiner–Colnago (TON)
Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (LAN)
Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner (LAN)
Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (LAN)
Landbouwkrediet (LAN)
Landbouwkrediet-Euphony (LAN)
Crelan–Euphony (CRE)
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Crelan–Euphony[1] was a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Belgium that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was managed by Gérard Bulens, with assistance from directeur sportifs Jef De Bilde, Claude Criquielion, Marco Saligari and Claude Van Collie.

Despite the fact that it was never a top team, they had a 3rd place in the GC of the 2003 Giro d'Italia, thanks to later Discovery Channel and Astana rider Yaroslav Popovych.

The team was sponsored by the Belgian companies Crelan, a bank, and Euphony, a telecommunications company.[2]

The team folded at the end of the 2013 season, for financial reasons.[3]

Final team roster

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Major wins

1993
  • Stage 6a Herald Sun Tour, Jocelyn Jolidon
  • Stage 7 Herald Sun Tour, Jacques Jolidon
    1994
  • Rund um Düren, Rik Claeys
    1995
  • 1996
  • Stage 3 Tour de Picardie, Marc Streel
  • Flèche Hesbignonne, Marc Streel
  • Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge, Marc Streel
  • Tour de Okinawa, Ken Hashikawa
    1997
  • Grote Prijs Jef Scherens, Stéphane Hennebert
  • Stage 5 Rás Tailteann, Michael Fitzgerald
  • Zellik–Galmaarden, Ludo Dierckxsens
  • Grand Prix de Denain, Ludo Dierckxsens
    1998
  • Stage 4 Vuelta a La Rioja, Jan Hordijk
  • Stage 5a Commonwealth Bank Classic, Jan Hordijk
  • Prix d'Armor, Hans De Meester
    1999
  • Stage 1b OZ Wielerweekend, Bert Roesems
  • Stage 3a Circuit Franco-Belge, Bert Roesems
  • Overall Tour de la Somme, Bert Roesems
  • Stage 1b, Bert Roesems
  • Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, Michel Van Haecke
    2000
  • Cras Avernas, Michel Van Haecke
  • Stage 3a Tour de la Somme, Michel Van Haecke
  • Dwars door Gendringen, Kees Hopmans
  • Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem, Michel Van Haecke
  • Druivenkoers Overijse, Michel Van Haecke
    2001
  • Nokere Koerse, Michel Van Haecke
  • Archer GP, Gordon McCauley
  • Antwerpse Havenpijl, Michel Van Haecke
  • GP Stadsbelangen Sint-Niklaas, Jurgen Vermeersch
  • Stage 2b Tour de la Somme, Bert Roesems
  • Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie, Bert Roesems
  • New Zealand Road Race Championship, Gordon McCauley
    2002
  • Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Yuri Metlushenko
  • Poreč Trophy I, Volodymyr Bileka
  • Poreč Trophy II, Yaroslav Popovych
  • GP de Genève, Yaroslav Popovych
  • Stage 4 Tour of South China Sea, Glen Chadwick
    2003
  • GP d'Ouverture, Ludo Dierckxsens
  • Stage 3 Étoile de Bessèges, Tom Steels
  • Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, Ludovic Capelle
  • Stage 1 Tour of Belgium, Tom Steels
  • Stage 7 Tour of Austria, Tom Steels
  • Lithuania, Time Trial Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
  • Tour du Doubs, Bert De Waele
  • Stage 4 Regio Tour, Vladimir Duma
  • Stage 2 Danmark Rundt, Yuri Metlushenko
  • Stage 4 Danmark Rundt, Tomas Vaitkus
  • Stage 1 Tour du Poitou Charentes, Yuri Metlushenko
    2004
  • Stage 1 Étoile de Bessèges, Tom Steels
  • Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi, Yuri Metlushenko
  • GP Cholet-Pays de Loire, Bert De Waele
  • Dwars door Vlaanderen, Ludovic Capelle
  • Grand Prix Pino Cerami, Nico Sijmens
  • Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk, Marc Streel
  • Overall Tour du Luxembourg, Maxime Monfort
  • Stage 2, Tom Steels
  • Stage 3, Maxime Monfort
  • Stage 1 & 3 Tour of Austria, Tom Steels
  • Stage 7 Tour of Austria, Ludo Dierckxsens
  • Lithuania, Road Race Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
  • Lithuania, Time Trial Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
  • Uzbekistan, Time Trial Championship, Sergey Lagutin
  • Belgian, Road Race Championship, Tom Steels
  • Stage 2b Brixia Tour, Yuri Metlushenko
  • Stage 5 Danmark Rundt, Tomas Vaitkus
  • Stage 5 Tour du Poitou Charentes, Ludovic Capelle
  • Grand Prix d'Isbergues, Ludovic Capelle
  • Omloop van het Houtland, Bert De Waele
    2005
  • Hel van het Mergelland, Nico Sijmens
  • Stage 3a Tour of Belgium, Jurgen Van Loocke
  • Flèche Hesbignonne, Geert Verheyen
  • Uzbekistan, Time Trial Championship, Sergey Lagutin
  • Uzbekistan, Road Race Championship, Sergey Lagutin
  • Overall Regio-Tour, Nico Sijmens
  • Stage 2, Nico Sijmens
  • Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen, Sergey Lagutin
    2006
  • Stage 3, Nico Sijmens
    2007
  • Beverbeek Classic, Nico Sijmens
  • Hel van het Mergelland, Nico Sijmens
  • Drie Zustersteden - Willebroek, Bert De Waele
  • Sparkassen Giro Bochum, Andy Cappelle
  • Stage 3 Regio Tour, Andy Cappelle
  • Stage 6 Tour of Britain, Paul Manning
  • Grand Prix de Wallonie, Bert De Waele
    2008
  • Stage 1 Étoile de Bessèges, Jan Kuyckx
    2009
  • 1 Meiprijs, Denis Flahaut
  • Stage 4 Tour of Belgium, Bert De Waele
  • Nationale Sluitingsprijs, Denis Flahaut
    2010
  • Dwars door het Hageland, Frédéric Amorison
    2011
  • De Vlaamse Pijl, Frédéric Amorison
  • Omloop van het Waasland, Aidis Kruopis
  • Grand Prix Pino Cerami, Bert Scheirlinckx
  • 1 Meiprijs, Aidis Kruopis
  • Stage 1 Tour de Picardie, Egidijus Juodvalkis
  • Stage 2 Tour of Belgium, Aidis Kruopis
  • I.W.T. Jong Maar Moedig, Bert Scheirlinckx
  • Stage 2 Paris–Corrèze, Bert De Waele
  • Schaal Sels, Aidis Kruopis
    2012
  • , Time Trial Championship, Matti Helminen
  • De Vlaamse Pijl, Frédéric Amorison
  • Ronde van Limburg (Belgium), Kevin Claeys
  • Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré, Frédéric Amorison
  • Antwerpse Havenpijl, Joeri Stallaert
  • Kustpijl, Kevin Claeys
    2013
  • Circuit de Wallonie, Sébastien Delfosse
  • Rund um Köln, Sébastien Delfosse
  • Kustpijl, Egidijus Juodvalkis
  • Stage 8 Tour of Taihu Lake, Jonathan Breyne

    World and national champions

    2001
  • New Zealand Road Race Championship, Gordon McCauley
    2003
  • Lithuania Time Trial Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
    2004
  • Lithuania, Road Race Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
  • Lithuania, Time Trial Championship, Tomas Vaitkus
  • Uzbekistan Time Trial Championship, Sergey Lagutin
  • Belgian Road Race Championship, Tom Steels
    2005
  • Uzbekistan Time Trial Championship, Sergey Lagutin
  • Uzbekistan Road Race Championship, Sergey Lagutin
    2009
  • Belgian Cyclo-cross Championship, Sven Nys
    2010
  • Belgian Cyclo-cross Championship, Sven Nys
    2012
  • Belgian Cyclo-cross Championship, Sven Nys
  • Time Trial Championship, Matti Helminen
    2013
  • World Cyclo-cross Championship, Sven Nys

    Notes and References

    1. News: Crelan-Euphony clôt son effectif pour 2013. Alexandre. Mignot. Cyclism'Actu. Swar-Agency. fr. Crelan–Euphony completes its membership for 2013. 4 December 2012. 1 January 2013.
    2. News: Landbouwkrediet adds Euphony for 2012. Cycling News. 16 January 2012. 16 January 2012.
    3. News: Crelan–Euphony ending due to financial reasons. Cyclingnews.com. 28 September 2013. 5 November 2013.
    4. Web site: Landbouwkrediet (LAN) – BEL . 1 January 2013 . . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131105014120/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=PCT&teamstype=PCT&year=2013&teamnameid=3792&npage=&search=&l=ENG . 5 November 2013 .