Lieselot Decroix Explained

Lieselot Decroix
Fullname:Lieselot Decroix
Birth Date:12 May 1987
Birth Place:Poperinge, Belgium
Weight:500NaN0
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2007–2008
Proyears2:2009–2010
Proyears3:2011
Proyears4:2012
Proyears5:2013
Proteam5:CyclelivePlus-Zannata
Proyears6:2014-2016
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Lieselot Decroix (born 12 May 1987 in Poperinge) is a Belgian retired professional road cyclist.[1] She represented her nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently competed under an annual contract for CyclelivePlus-Zannata Women's Team.[2]

Decroix qualified for the Belgian squad, as a lone female cyclist, in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by finishing among the top 24 and receiving a berth from the UCI World Cup.[3] She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-fourth-place finish through a vast field of sixty-six cyclists in 3:36:35, surpassing Mexico's Alessandra Grassi by less than a second.[4] [5]

Major results

2007
  • 7th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
  • 1st Young rider classification
    2008
  • 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
  • 10th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
    2009
  • National Road Championships
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 4th Road race
    2011
  • 8th Overall Gracia–Orlová
  • 1st Stage 4
    2015
  • 9th Overall Belgium Tour
  • 10th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
    2016
  • 3rd Ronde van Gelderland

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Lieselot Decroix. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062347/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/lieselot-decroix-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 10 October 2013.
    2. News: Atkins. Ben. Big names top new CyclelivePlus-Zannata women’s team in Belgium. Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. 29 November 2012. 10 October 2013.
    3. News: OS Wielrennen: Lieselot Decroix enkeling in vrouwenwedstrijd. Olympic Cycling: Lieselot Decroix competes as an individual woman. Dutch. Het Nieuwsblad. 8 August 2008. 10 October 2013.
    4. Web site: Women's Road Race . . . 21 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213117/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRW012100/index.html . 19 August 2012 .
    5. News: Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold. Velo News. 10 August 2008. 10 October 2013.

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