Philippe Gilbert

Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won the 2012 UCI Road World Championships. Gilbert is one of the two cyclist in the history, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics: the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Gilbert is a member of the Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux ^[6]

Philippe Gilbert

Gilbert at the 2017 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Philippe Gilbert
Nickname	Boar of the Ardennes[1]
Born	(1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 (age 43) Verviers, Wallonia, Belgium[2]
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[3]
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)[3]
Team information
Current team	Lotto–Soudal
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist Puncheur
Professional teams
2003–2008	FDJeux.com
2009–2011	Silence–Lotto
2012–2016	BMC Racing Team
2017–2019	Quick-Step Floors[4]
2020–	Lotto–Soudal[5]
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2011) Giro d'Italia 3 individual stages (2009, 2015) Combativity award (2015) Vuelta a España 7 individual stages (2010, 2012, 2013, 2019) Stage races Three Days of De Panne (2017) Tour of Beijing (2014) Tour of Belgium (2011) Ster ZLM Toer (2009, 2011, 2014) One-day races and Classics World Road Race Championships (2012) National Road Race Championships (2011, 2016) National Time Trial Championships (2011) Paris–Roubaix (2019) Tour of Flanders (2017) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2011) Giro di Lombardia (2009, 2010) Amstel Gold Race (2010, 2011, 2014, 2017) La Flèche Wallonne (2011) Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2006, 2008) Clásica de San Sebastián (2011) Strade Bianche (2011) Paris–Tours (2008, 2009) Brabantse Pijl (2011, 2014) GP de Québec (2011) Gran Piemonte (2009, 2010) Grand Prix de Fourmies (2006) Other UCI World Tour (2011) Vélo d'Or (2011)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Belgium World Championships 2012 Valkenburg Road race Representing BMC Racing Team World Championships 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial