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Jurgen Roelandts
Key Stats
Team: Silence-Lotto
Nationality: Belgian
Born: July 2, 1985
Hometown: St. Martens, Belgium
Residence: Asse, Belgium
Height: 6-foot
Weight: 170 pounds
Strengths: time trialing, one-day racing
Turned Pro: 2008
Web site: www.jurgenroelandts.be
Palmares
Career Highlights:
1st, Paris-Tours (U23) 2007
1st, Belgian junior road championship 2002
2008
5th overall, Tour of Qatar
5th, stage 2, Tour of Qatar
6th, stage 3, Tour of Qatar
2007
1st, Paris-Tours (U23)
2nd overall, Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant (Winner Stage 3)
2006
1st, Stage 2, Tour de Normandie
1st, Stage 2, Tour du Loir-et-Cher
3rd, Belgian national pursuit championship
2003
3rd, Belgian junior national time trial championship
2002
1st, Belgian junior national road championship
3rd, Belgian junior national time trial championship
2001
1st, Belgian junior national time trial championship
Biography
A strong time trialist, Roelandts has been tearing up the roads in Belgium as a junior and U23. 2008 is his first year in the professional ranks. Roelandts has a degree in physical education and sport.