Paul Van Hyfte Explained

Paul Van Hyfte
Birth Date:	19 January 1972
Birth Place:	Eeklo, Belgium
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	1994
Proyears2:	1995–2001
Proyears3:	2002–2003
Proyears4:	2004

Paul van Hyfte (born 19 January 1972 in Eeklo) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He is a former rider at the Danish professional cycling team, from 2002 to 2003. He left the team after 2003 and joined a Belgian team, Vlaanderen-T Interim for his final season in 2004.

In the 2015 Tour of Flanders, van Hyfte was named as driving a Shimano neutral service vehicle which rear-ended the team car as it slowed to attend to Sylvain Chavanel.^[1]

Major results

1989

3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

1990

National Junior Road Championships

1st Road race

2nd Time trial

1995

8th Grand Prix Cerami

1996

9th Grand Prix de Wallonie

1997

6th GP Stad Zottegem

6th Overall Tour de Wallonie

9th Overall Route du Sud

1998

1st GP Stad Zottegem

2nd Route Adélie

10th HEW Cyclassics

1999

8th Druivenkoers Overijse

2000

5th Henk Vos Memorial

6th Classic Haribo

7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

2001

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1st Schaal Sels

3rd Classic Haribo

4th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

4th Overall Ronde van Nederland

8th Omloop Het Volk

9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

2002

6th Overall Tour Down Under

9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

2003

8th Overall Sachsen-Tour

2004

2nd Overall Ster Elektrotoer

5th Overall Tour de Wallonie

8th Classic Loire Atlantique

External links

Trap-Friis profile (source)
Photo: https://web.archive.org/web/20110527130728/http://mishami.image.pbase.com/u12/actiefotos/upload/13886484.Img_0344.jpg

Notes and References

Web site: Policeman and former pro revealed as Flanders crash drivers. 8 April 2015.