Personal information | |
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Full name | Dirk Bellemakers |
Born | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 19 January 1984
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2003–2007 | Van Vliet-EBH-Advocaten-Gazelle |
2007 | Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2008–2012 | Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner |
2013 | Lotto–Belisol [1] |
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