Dominique Cornu
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Dominique Cornu |
| Born | 10 October 1985 Beveren, Belgium |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time triallist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Bodysol–Win for Life–Jong Vlaanderen |
| 2007–2008 | Predictor–Lotto |
| 2009 | Quick-Step |
| 2010 | Skil–Shimano |
| 2011–2013 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
| 2014 | Sunweb–Napoleon Games[1] |
| 2015 | Verandas Willems |
Dominique Cornu (born 10 October 1985) is a Belgian retired road and track cyclist from Flanders, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015. He specialised in the time trial discipline.
Career
Cornu was born in Beveren.
At the 2006 World Cycling Championship he was crowned Under-23 Time Trial World Champion.[2] He had previously won the Junior Belgian Time Trial Championship in 2003 and 2004, and in 2005 he became the Belgian Under-23 time trial Champion. Cornu is also an accomplished track cyclist, winning the Individual Pursuit at the 2006 Belgian Track Cycling Championships.[3] In addition to Cornu's time trialing skills he is also a promising cobblestone rider, having won the Under-23 edition of the prestigious Omloop "Het Volk" cycling classic in 2006.
Cornu left Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Sunweb–Napoleon Games for the 2014 season.[1]
Major results
- 2003
- 1st
Time trial, National Junior Road Championships - 2004
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations Under–23
- 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 2005
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour de Berlin - 1st Stage 2 Tweedaagse van de Gaverstreek
- 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 2nd
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 2006
- 1st
Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd
Kilo - 3rd
Points race
- 1st
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 1st Prologue Ronde van Antwerpen
- 3rd
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 2008
- 1st Stage 4 Giro del Capo
- 2010
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2011
- 7th Overall Eneco Tour
References
- ^ a b "Dominique Cornu tekent voor Sunweb-Napoleon Games" [Dominique Cornu signs for Sunweb-Napoleon Games]. SportWereld–Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Corelio. Belga. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ A dream comes true for Cornu, cyclingnews.com
- ^ Dominique Cornu at Cycling Archives (archived)
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-08-20) (in Dutch)
- Dominique Cornu at ProCyclingStats
- Dominique Cornu at CycleBase
- Dominique Cornu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
 UCI Road World Champions – Men's under-23 time trial | |
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