Christoph Roodhooft (born 18 January 1974) is a Belgian former professional cyclist and the head directeur sportif of UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck, in addition to the associated women's team Fenix–Deceuninck and development teams Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team and Fenix–Deceuninck Development Team.[2][3] After competing professionally from 2001 to 2007, he became the sports director of BKCP–Powerplus alongside his brother Philip in 2009. The two were both awarded the Crystal Bicycle for best team manager in 2021 and 2023.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 January 1974 Herentals, Belgium |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | |
| Discipline |
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| Role |
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| Professional teams | |
| 2001–2002 | Flanders–Prefetex |
| 2003 | Palmans–Collstrop |
| 2004–2005 | Mr. Bookmaker–Palmans–Collstrop |
| 2006–2007 | Palmans–Collstrop |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2009– | BKCP–Powerplus |
| 2023– | Alpecin–Deceuninck Development Team |
| 2023– | Fenix–Deceuninck |
| 2024– | Fenix–Deceuninck Development Team |
In 2009, Roodhooft admitted to having possessed DHEA in his career, but received a suspended sentence.[4]
Major results
edit- 1996
- 2nd Grand Prix de Waregem
- 6th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
- 1998
- 1st Brussel-Opwijk
- 2001
- 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2002
- 9th Brussel–Ingooigem
- 10th Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 10th Grote 1-MeiPrijs
- 2003
- 2nd Omloop van het Houtland
- 2nd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
- 4th Vlaamse Havenpijl
- 5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2004
- 1st Omloop van het Waasland
- 5th Dwars door Gendringen
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 9th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 2005
- 7th Noord-Nederland Tour
- 2006
- 1st Gullegem Koerse
- 8th Grote 1-MeiPrijs
References
edit- ^ "Christoph Roodhooft". cyclocross24.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Alpecin–Deceuninck". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Christoph Roodhooft staff profile". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Roodhooft en Bruylandts: wel schuldig, geen straf". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 25 April 2009.
External links
edit- Christoph Roodhooft at UCI
- Christoph Roodhooft at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Christoph Roodhooft at ProCyclingStats
