Paul Herygers

Personal information

Full name

Paul Herygers

Born

22 November 1962
Herentals, Belgium

Team information

Current team

Retired

Discipline

Cyclo-cross
Mountain bike racing

Role

Rider

Professional team(s)

1992-1999

Major wins

(1994)

(1993, 1997)

Mountainbike Belgian Championship

(1990, 1991, 1992)

(1994)

(1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)

Medal record

Paul Herygers (born 22 November 1962) was a professional Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist from 1992 until 1999.

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 was Belgian cyclo-cross champion for the second time.

Herygers is a commentator for cyclo-cross for Sporza and cyclo-cross coordinator of the Belgian cycling association, the KBWB.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Bart Musschoot	Belgian Mountainbike Champion (3) 1990-1992	Succeeded by Benny Heylen

UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race

Belgian Professional Cyclist of the Year

Crystal Bicycle	1992 De Wolf 1993 Museeuw 1994 Herygers 1995–1997 Museeuw 1998 Steels 1999 Vandenbroucke 2000 Tchmil 2001 Verbrugghe 2002 Museeuw 2003 Van Petegem 2004–2006 Boonen 2007 Nys 2008–2011 Gilbert 2012 Boonen 2013 Nys 2014–2016 Van Avermaet

Best Young Rider	1994 Trouvé 1995 Hoste 1996 D'Hollander 1997–1998 Nys 1999 Hulsmans 2000 Van Goolen 2001 Boonen 2002 De Weert 2003 Vansummeren 2004–2005 Albert 2006 Cornu 2007 Albert 2008 Bakelants 2009 Boeckmans 2010 Eijssen 2011 Van der Sande 2012 Van Hoecke 2013 Decraene 2014 Teuns 2015 De Plus 2016 Lambrecht

Best Manager	2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel 2001 Braeckevelt 2002–2003 Bruyneel 2004 Lefevere 2005 De Cauwer 2006 Lefevere 2007–2009 Bruyneel 2010 Sergeant 2011 Lelangue 2012 Bomans 2013 Lefevere 2014–2015 Planckaert 2016 De Weert

Crystal Drop of Sweat	2005 Hulsmans 2006 Steegmans 2007 Vansummeren 2008 Aerts 2009 Vandenbergh 2010 Aerts 2011 Vanendert 2012 De Weert 2013 Vandenbergh 2014–2016 Keisse

Best Female Rider	2016 D'Hoore

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