Belgian National Time Trial Championships

2011 champion Philippe Gilbert wearing the champion's jersey during the 2012 Tour de France
The Champion's Jersey

The Belgian National Time Trial Championships are held annually as part of the Belgian National Cycling Championships, they decide the best cyclist in this discipline. The time trial race in Belgium is not as old as it might be thought, especially when you take a look to the Belgium National Road Race Championship, which were first held in 1894.

The first winner of the time trial championships was Marc Streel in 1997. The race was not held the following year, and Marc Streel retained his title in 1999. In 2000 the Rik Verbrugghe was crowned champion, who holds the record for the fastest average speed in a time trial race in a Grand Tour, which he achieved by winning the 2001 Giro d'Italia prologue. Marc Wauters, Leif Hoste and Kristof Vandewalle hold the record for most wins in the championships, with three wins apiece.

The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey which is black yellow and red, like the national flag, these colours can be worn by the rider at other time trialling events in the country to show their status as national champion. The champion's stripes can be combined into a sponsored rider's team kit design for this purpose.

Men

Elite

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1997 Marc Streel Johan Museeuw Bert Roesems
1998 The time trial championships were not held this year
1999 Marc Streel (2) Bert Roesems Thierry Marichal
2000 Rik Verbrugghe Marc Streel Leif Hoste
2001 Leif Hoste Bert Roesems Glenn D'Hollander
2002 Marc Wauters Bert Roesems Ludo Dierckxsens
2003 Marc Wauters (2) Jurgen Van den Broeck Bert Roesems
2004 Bert Roesems Marc Wauters Leif Hoste
2005 Marc Wauters (3) Bert Roesems Frank Vandenbroucke
2006 Leif Hoste (2) Bert Roesems Marc Wauters
2007 Leif Hoste (3) Philippe Gilbert Jurgen Van den Broeck
2008 Stijn Devolder Leif Hoste Dominique Cornu
2009 Maxime Monfort Sébastien Rosseler Dominique Cornu
2010 Stijn Devolder (2) Sébastien Rosseler Leif Hoste
2011 Philippe Gilbert Ben Hermans Dominique Cornu
2012 Kristof Vandewalle Ben Hermans Philippe Gilbert
2013 Kristof Vandewalle (2) Philippe Gilbert Julien Vermote
2014 Kristof Vandewalle (3) Tim Wellens Pieter Serry
2015 Jurgen Van den Broeck Yves Lampaert Kristof Vandewalle

Under 23

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1997 Marc Chanoine Stijn De Peuter Laurent Caps
1998 Davy Daniels Wesley Huvaere Steven Van Olmen
1999 Jan Kuyckx Gert Steegmans Kurt Geysen
2000 Jurgen Van Goolen Stijn Devolder Kevin Van Impe
2001 Jurgen Van Goolen Gert Steegmans Sébastien Rosseler
2002 Gert Steegmans Sébastien Rosseler Olivier Kaisen
2003 Olivier Kaisen Jurgen Van den Broeck Stefan Wijnands
2004 Dominique Cornu Mario Ickx Olivier Kaisen
2005 Dominique Cornu Bart Vanheule Francis De Greef
2006 Dominique Cornu Mario Ickx Kristof Goddaert
2007 Francis De Greef Jan Ghyselinck Kristof Goddaert
2008 Jan Ghyselinck Ben Hermans Jonathan Dufrasne
2009 Julien Vermote Jonathan DufrasneRomain Zingle
2010 Jonathan Breyne Gerard Hophra Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
2011 Kevin De Jonghe Maarten Vlasselaer Arthur Vanoverberghe
2012 Yves Lampaert Frederik Frison David Desmecht
2013 Victor Campenaerts Frederik Frison Edward Theuns
2014 Elias Van Breussegem Ruben Pols Tom Bosmans

Junior

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Olivier Kaisen Anton Wouters Johan Peeters
2003 Dominique Cornu
2004 Dominique Cornu
2005 Jan Ghyselinck Kevin Crabbé Sam Maertens
2007 Matthias Allegaert Yannick Wellens Alphonse Vermote
2009 Kevin De Jonghe Niels Reynvoet Sean De Bie
2010 Frederik Frison Mike De Bie David Desmecht
2011 Jasper De Buyst Michael Goolaerts Boris Vallée
2012 Aimé De Gendt Dries Van Gestel Tiesj Benoot
2013 Igor Decraene Nathan Van Hooydonck Brent Luyckx
2014 Igor Decraene Martin Palm Senne Leysen

Women

Elite

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1999 Heidi Van de Vijver Els Decottenier Evy Van Damme
2000 Heidi Van de Vijver (2) Natacha Maes Evy Van Damme
2001 Heidi Van de Vijver (3) Ine Wannijn Cindy Pieters
2002 Cindy Pieters Evy Van Damme Sharon Van Dromme
2003 Evy Van Damme
2004 Natacha Maes
2005 Natacha Maes (2) An Van Rie Ine Wannijn
2006 An Van Rie Cindy Pieters Laure Werner
2007 An Van Rie (2) Ludivine Henrion Liesbet De Vocht
2008 An Van Rie (3) Liesbet De Vocht Kelly Druyts
2009 Liesbet De Vocht Latoya Brulée Lieselot Decroix
2010 Grace Verbeke Liesbet De Vocht Latoya Brulée
2011 Liesbet De Vocht (2) Grace Verbeke Ludivine Henrion
2012 Liesbet De Vocht (3) Sofie De Vuyst Ann-Sophie Duyck
2013 Liesbet De Vocht (4) Maaike Polspoel Annelies Dom
2014 Ann-Sophie Duyck Liesbet De Vocht Maaike Polspoel
2015 Ann-Sophie Duyck (2) Jolien D'Hoore Sofie De Vuyst

Junior

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2001 Kathy Ingels Ellen Gevers Ilse Temmerman
2005 Alice Pirard Goedele Van den Steen Tamara Laeremans
2007 Veronique Staes Kim Vermeiren Sanne Van Reusel
2008 Evelyn Arys Jessie Daams Jolien D'Hoore
2009 Anisha Vekemans Kaat Hannes Daisy Depoorter
2010 Daisy Depoorter Tessa De Moyer Marlène Wintgens
2011 Steffy Van Den Haute Marlène Wintgens Evelien Deltombe
2012 Lotte Kopecky Dana Lodewyks Kaat Van Der Meulen
2013 Kelly Van den Steen Lotte Kopecky Kaat Van Der Meulen
2014 Jesse Vandenbulcke Lenny Druyts Saartje Vandenbroucke

See also

References

{{Belgian National Time Trial Champion – Men's Elite}}

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