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

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

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.
News: Landbouwkrediet adds Euphony for 2012. Cycling News. 16 January 2012. 16 January 2012.
News: Crelan–Euphony ending due to financial reasons. Cyclingnews.com. 28 September 2013. 5 November 2013.
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 .