Английская Википедия:Filip Meirhaeghe
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Filip Meirhaeghe (born 5 March 1971[1] in Ghent[2]) is a retired Belgian racing cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also taken part in elite road, cyclo-cross and track cycling. He has won four Mountain Bike World Championships medals,[3] one Olympic medal and a total of eleven mountain bike World Cup events. In the final years of his racing career he raced for the bicycle manufacturer Specialized Bicycle Components on the mountain bike and for the professional team Domina Vacanze-Elitron on the road.
Doping
On 29 July 2004, just before the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, Meirhaeghe admitted to having used EPO. He tested positive during the World Cup in Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec (Canada) and unlike most racers did not argue the validity of the test. During a press conference he admitted he used EPO simply because of his desire to win gold at the Olympics. He also announced at that time he would stop racing and retire.[4] He wrote a book called Positief, which tells the story of his life as an athlete and the consequences of his positive test. (issued by Davidsfonds – in Dutch only).
End of retirement
Filip was suspended from professional racing until 14 January 2006 based on his positive test result. On 1 January 2006, he announced he would resume racing. He signed a three-year contract to race for Landbouwkrediet-Colnago on the road and Versluys-Landbouwkrediet-Sportstech on mountain bikes. He made his comeback during the beach-race of Oostduinkerke (Belgium).[5] He retired again in September 2009.[3]
Major racing achievements
- 2000 Summer Olympics
- Silver: 2000 – Sydney (AUS)[4]
- Mountain Bike World Championships
- Gold: 2003 – Lugano (SUI)[3]
- Silver: 2002 – Kaprun (AUT)
- Bronze: 1998 – Mont Sainte-Anne (CAN)
- Bronze: 1999 – Åre (SWE)
- Mountain Bike World Cup
- Winner: 2002
- European XC MTB Championships
- Champion: 2000
- Belgian XC MTB Championships
- Champion: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001
- Belgian Downhill National Championships
- Champion 1994
- Paris–Roubaix mountain bike
- Winner: 1997, 2002
See also
References
External links
Шаблон:UCI Mountain Bike World Champions – Men's cross-country Шаблон:Flemish Sportsjewel Шаблон:Authority control Шаблон:Use dmy dates
- ↑ "Rider Profile: Filip Meiraeghe". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ "Filip Meirhaeghe". Le Site du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 George, Sue. "Meirhaeghe retires effective immediately". cyclingnews.com. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 "Meirhaeghe tests positive, admits guilt, retires". VeloNews. 29 July 2004. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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