Dirk Demol

Dirk Demol (born 4 November 1959) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and a cycling team manager. He is currently assistant sports director of Lotto.^[1]

Dirk Demol

Demol in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Dirk Demol
Born	(1959-11-04) 4 November 1959 (age 65) Kuurne, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Israel–Premier Tech
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider Directeur sportif
Professional teams
1982–1983	DAF Trucks–TeVe Blad
1984	Splendor–Jacky Aernoudt Meubelen
1985	Verandalux–Dries
1986	Fangio–Lois–Mavic
1987–1988	AD Renting–Fangio–IOC–MBK
1989–1992	Lotto–Vlaanderen–Jong–Mbk–Merckx
1993	GB–MG Maglificio
1994–1995	Palmans–Inco Coating
Managerial teams
2000–2007	U.S. Postal Service
2008	Quick-Step
2009	Astana
2010–2011	Team RadioShack
2012–2018	RadioShack–Nissan
2019	Team Katusha–Alpecin
2020–2023	Israel Start-Up Nation
2024	Lotto–Dstny
Major wins
One-day races and Classics Paris–Roubaix (1988)

As a rider he specialized in the spring classics, his best result being his victory in the 1988 edition of the one-day classic Paris–Roubaix for Team ADR.^[2][3]

Racing career

Demol grew up in Kuurne, Belgium. In 1987 he finished third at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. In 1988 he won Paris-Roubaix for Belgian pro team ADR. He retired from racing in 1995.^[4]

Management career

In 2000, Demol became assistant team manager for the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, a position he held until 2007.^[5] He then worked as team manager for Quick Step (2008), assistant team manager for Astana (2009), and assistant team manager for Team RadioShack (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2018 he was assistant sport director for various teams including Radioshack-Nissan, RadioShack Leopard, Trek Factory Racing, and Trek-Segafredo. At the end of the 2018 season he left Trek-Segafredo and became the head sports director at Team Katusha-Alpecin for the 2019 season. He joined the Israel Cycling Academy as the assistant sports director in 2020,^[4][6] and assumed the same position at Lotto–Dstny in 2024.^[1]

Major results

1979

1st Stage 1 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften

1980

2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

1982

7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1983

4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

9th Druivenkoers Overijse

1984

3rd Omloop van het Houtland

7th GP Stad Zottegem

8th Dwars door België

10th Grand Prix de Fourmies

1985

2nd Druivenkoers Overijse

3rd GP Impanis

9th De Kustpijl

10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1986

2nd Omloop van het Houtland

5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

7th Scheldeprijs

7th De Kustpijl

1987

2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

9th Road race, National Road Championships

1988

1st Paris–Roubaix

3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies

1989

5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1990

3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1993

4th Nokere Koerse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1985	1986	1987	1988
Vuelta a España	—	DNF	—	—
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	DNF	—	—	149

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish