Collstrop (cycling team)

Collstrop was a Belgian professional road cycling team that existed from 1986 until 2000, when it merged into Palmans–Ideal.^[1]

Collstrop

Team information
Registered	Belgium
Founded	1986
Disbanded	2000
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Pro team (1986–1998) Trade Team II (1999–2000)
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Luc Landuyt Roger De Vlaeminck Willy Teirlink
Team name history
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995–1996 1997 1998 1999–2000	Robland–La Claire Fontaine Robland–Isoglass Isoglass–EVS–Robland Mini–Flat–Isoglass Isoglass–Garden Wood Collstrop–Isoglass Collstrop–Garden Wood Collstrop–Assur Carpets Collstrop–Willy Naessens Collstrop–Lystex Collstrop–Zeno Project Collstrop Collstrop–De Federale Verzekeringen

Final Roster (2000)

As of 1 January 2000^[2]

Rider Date of birth  Dirk Aernouts (BEL) (1975-09-14)14 September 1975 (aged 24)  Danny Baeyens (BEL) (1974-01-17)17 January 1974 (aged 25)  Martin Bo Johansson (SWE) (1969-11-19)19 November 1969 (aged 30)  Tony Bracke (BEL) (1971-12-15)15 December 1971 (aged 28)  Andy Cappelle (BEL) (1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 20)  Eric De Clercq (BEL) (1967-12-03)3 December 1967 (aged 32)  Hans de Meester (BEL) (1970-08-07)7 August 1970 (aged 29)  Koen Deschuytter (BEL) (1971-09-18)18 September 1971 (aged 28)  Roger Hammond (GBR) (1974-01-30)30 January 1974 (aged 25)  Lorenzo Lapage (BEL) (1966-04-14)14 April 1966 (aged 33)

Rider Date of birth  Geert Omloop (BEL) (1974-02-12)12 February 1974 (aged 25)  Oleg Pankov (UKR) (1967-08-02)2 August 1967 (aged 32)  Frederik Penne (BEL) (1978-06-05)5 June 1978 (aged 21)  Hans Redant (BEL) (1970-04-06)6 April 1970 (aged 29)  Bert Scheirlinckx (BEL) (1974-11-01)1 November 1974 (aged 25)  Staf Scheirlinckx (BEL) (1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 20)  Marc Streel (BEL) (1971-08-12)12 August 1971 (aged 28)  Danny Van Cappellen (BEL) (1977-10-07)7 October 1977 (aged 22)  Johan Van Der Berg (RSA) (1976-01-31)31 January 1976 (aged 23)  Donatas Virbickas (LTU) (1974-05-24)24 May 1974 (aged 25)

Major victories

• Omloop van het Houtland: Hendrik Redant (1987), Etienne De Wilde (1994)
• Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne: Hendrik Redant (1988)
• Cholet-Pays de Loire: Laurent Desbiens (1992), Marc Bouillon (1993)
• Volta Limburg Classic: Erwin Thijs (1994), John van den Akker (1994)
• Grand Prix Guillaume Tell: Peter Verbeken (1993, 1995)
• Grand Prix de Denain: Jo Planckaert (1995)
• Nokere Koerse: Jo Planckaert (1995)
• Clásica de Almería: Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (1995)
• Stage 7 Vuelta a España: Benny Van Brabant (1990)

UCI Rankings

Season	Team rank	Top ranked rider
1995	24	Jo Planckaert (125)
1996	22	Johan Capiot (48)
1997	49	Frank Hoj (204)
1998	49	Tom Desmet (331)
1999	28 (GSII)	Tony Bracke (382)
2000	26 (GSII)	Geert Omloop (349)