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Philippe Gilbert
Key Stats
Team: Française des Jeux
Nationality: Belgian
Born: July 5, 1982
Hometown: Verviers, Belgium
Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 147 pounds
Strengths: classics, sprinting
Turned Pro: 2003
Palmares
Career Highlights:
2008
1st, Het Volk
1st, stage 1, Mallorca Challenge
3rd, Milan-San Remo
4th, stage 5, Tour Down Under
10th, stage 3, Tour Down Under
2007
1st, stage 1, Tour du Limousin
2nd, Belgian time trial championship
2006
1st, stage 2, Dauphiné Libéré
1st, Het Volk
1st, stage 7, Eneco Tour of Benelux
2005
1st, stage 4, Four Days of Dunkirk
1st, stage 2, Tour of the Méditerranéen
2nd, GP de Wallonie
2004
1st overall and points competition, Paris-Corrèze
1st, stage 3, Tour Down Under
1st, best young rider, Tour Down Under
2nd, Paris-Brussels
2003
1st, points competition, Tour de l'Avenir
1st, stage 9, Tour de l'Avenir
Biography
In 2004, he represented his country and participated in the men's road race at the Summer Olympics. He participated in the 2005 Tour de France and is looking for high placement in the 2008 spring classics.