Óscar Freire Gómez is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He was one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx and Peter Sagan. In the later years of his career, he became more of a classics rider. He won the cycling monument Milan–San Remo three times, the green jersey and four stages in the Tour de France and seven stages of the Vuelta a España, throughout a successful career.
Karsten Kroon is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for Tinkoff, a UCI ProTeam. He retired at the end of the 2014 season.
Herman Vanspringel, also spelled Herman Van Springel, was a Belgian road racing cyclist, from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine or Kempen region. He achieved podium finishes in all three of the grand tours with second place in the 1968 Tour de France and 1971 Giro d'Italia, and third place in the 1970 Vuelta a España. He wore the maillot jaune during four stages of the 1968 Tour de France and for three stages in 1973.
Philippe Gilbert is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour.
Nick Nuyens is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for Garmin–Sharp in the UCI World Tour. His biggest wins included the semi-classics Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, Omloop Het Volk, Paris–Brussels and the classic Tour of Flanders. He was a classics rider. His first wife was the Belgian multiple national champion, Evy Van Damme, with whom he had three children. In 2015 he married Lynn Peeters. He retired in 2015 after failing to secure a new contract.
Enrico Gasparotto is an Italian-born Swiss former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2020, for seven different teams. After retiring, he worked as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team in 2021 before joining Bora–Hansgrohe in a similar role the following year.
Dries Devenyns is a Belgian retired road bicycle racer, who rode for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step. He retired at the end of 2023.
Edwig Van Hooydonck is a former professional road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the prestigious Tour of Flanders twice and Brabantse Pijl four times. Van Hooydonck retired from professional cycling because he felt he could no longer compete with other cyclists, who were at the time starting to dope themselves, without himself cheating too. At this time Erythropoietin (EPO) was becoming a widely used doping agent in the sport. He is the uncle of former professional cyclist Nathan Van Hooydonck.
Ben Hermans is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.
Michael James Matthews is an Australian professional road and track cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.
Tim Wellens is a Belgian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Silvan Dillier is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.
Dylan Teuns is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.
The 2016 Brabantse Pijl was a one-day cycling road race that took place on 13 April 2016. The course ran 203 kilometres (126 mi) from Leuven to Overijse in Flanders. The race was the 56th edition of the Brabantse Pijl and was rated as a 1.HC event as part of the 2016 UCI Europe Tour.
The 2014 Brabantse Pijl was the 54th edition of the Brabantse Pijl road cycling race. Held on 16 April 2014, it started in Leuven and ended 203 kilometres (126 mi) later in Overijse. It was a 1.HC-ranked race that was part of the 2014 UCI Europe Tour. The main difficulty in the race was caused by 26 climbs, as well as the finishing climb in on the Schavei.
Benoît Cosnefroy is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.
The 2017 Brabantse Pijl was a one-day road cycling race that took place on 12 April 2017. It was the 57th edition of the Brabantse Pijl and was rated as a 1.HC event as part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour.
The 2018 Brabantse Pijl was the 58th edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 11 April 2018. The race started in Leuven and finished in Overijse. The race was won by Tim Wellens of Lotto–Dstny.
The 2022 Brabantse Pijl was the 62nd edition of the Brabantse Pijl cycle race and was held on 13 April 2022. The race covered 205.1 km (127.4 mi), starting in Leuven and finishing in Overijse. Magnus Sheffield of Ineos Grenadiers took the win with a 3.5km solo. As one of the 3 Ineos Grenadiers team riders in it, he attacked from a leading group of 7 and managed to hold them off to the line to take his second career victory.
