Jurgen Van Goolen

Jurgen Van Goolen
Personal information
Van Goolen at the 2008 Four Days of Dunkirk.
Full name	Jurgen Van Goolen
Born	(1980-11-28) 28 November 1980 Leuven, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
1999–2000	Saeco-Mapei
2001	Domo-Farm Frites
Professional team(s)
2002	Domo-Farm Frites
2003–2005	Quick-Step–Davitamon
2006–2007	Discovery Channel
2008–2009	Team CSC
2010	Omega Pharma–Lotto
2011–2013	Veranda's Willems–Accent

Jurgen Van Goolen (born 28 November 1980 in Leuven, Flanders), is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer.

He rode the Vuelta a España eight times, and the Giro d'Italia two times during his career, serving mostly as a domestique. On five occasions, he was part of the Belgian squad for the World Road Race Championships. Although Van Goolen was considered a big talent as a youngster, winning the award for Best Young Belgian Rider in 2000, his professional career never really lived up to these promises. In January 2014, he announced his retirement.^[1]

Palmarès

2000

1st

National Under-23 Time Trial Championships

1st GP Wielerrevue

1st U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st Overall GP Tell

1st Stage 2

2001: 1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships; 3rd Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke; 5th Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt

2003: 2nd National Road Race Championships; 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt; 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie; 10th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2004: 3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain; 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk; 10th Overall Tour of Belgium

2006: 9th Overall Tour of Austria

2007: 9th Overall Tour of Austria

2008: 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie; 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie

2011: 1st Stage 3 Route du Sud; 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse; 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

2013: 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse; 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

References

↑ "Jurgen Van Goolen stapt uit profpeloton" [Jurgen Van Goolen leaves professional peloton]. Sportwereld – Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch) (Corelio). 25 January 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

External links

Official website
Jurgen Van Goolen profile at Cycling Archives

Belgian Professional Cyclist of the Year

Crystal Bicycle	1992 De Wolf 1993 Museeuw 1994 Herygers 1995–1997 Museeuw 1998 Steels 1999 Vandenbroucke 2000 Tchmil 2001 Verbrugghe 2002 Museeuw 2003 Van Petegem 2004–2006 Boonen 2007 Nys 2008–2011 Gilbert 2012 Boonen 2013 Nys 2014–2015 Van Avermaet

Best Young Rider	1994 Trouvé 1995 Hoste 1996 D'Hollander 1997–1998 Nys 1999 Hulsmans 2000 Van Goolen 2001 Boonen 2002 De Weert 2003 Vansummeren 2004–2005 Albert 2006 Cornu 2007 Albert 2008 Bakelants 2009 Boeckmans 2010 Eijssen 2011 Van der Sande 2012 Van Hoecke 2013 Decraene 2014 Teuns 2015 De Plus

Best Manager	2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel 2001 Braeckevelt 2002–2003 Bruyneel 2004 Lefevere 2005 De Cauwer 2006 Lefevere 2007–2009 Bruyneel 2010 Sergeant 2011 Lelangue 2012 Bomans 2013 Lefevere 2014–2015 Planckaert

Crystal Drop of Sweat	2005 Hulsmans 2006 Steegmans 2007 Vansummeren 2008 Aerts 2009 Vandenbergh 2010 Aerts 2011 Vanendert 2012 De Weert 2013 Vandenbergh 2014–2015 Keisse

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