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Full name | Paul Herygers | |||||||||||||
Born | Herentals, Belgium | 22 November 1962|||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
Discipline | Cyclo-cross Mountain bike racing | |||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||
1992 | Saxon-Gatorade | |||||||||||||
1993 | Saxon-Breitex | |||||||||||||
1994 | Saxon-Selle Italia | |||||||||||||
1995-1996 | Tönissteiner-Saxon | |||||||||||||
1997 | Tönissteiner-Colnago | |||||||||||||
1998 | Tönissteiner-Colnago-Saxon | |||||||||||||
1999 | Spar-RDM | |||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||
Cyclo-cross World Championship
Cyclo-cross Belgian Championship
Mountainbike Belgian Championship
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Medal record
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Paul Herygers (born 22 November 1962) is a retired Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist.
Herygers was born in Herentals, Belgium. In his second year as a professional he was Belgian Champion, beating Danny De Bie in a sprint. The following year he became World Champion in Koksijde, ahead of Richard Groenendaal and his compatriot Erwin Vervecken. In 1997 he became Belgian cyclo-cross champion for the second time. [1]
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