Belgian cyclist

Dirk Demol (born 4 November 1959) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and a cycling team manager. He is currently *istant sports director of Israel–Premier Tech.

As a rider, he specialized in the spring cl*ics, having himself won the 1988 edition of the one-day cl*ic Paris–Roubaix, riding as a professional cyclist for Team ADR.

Contents

• 1 Racing career
• 2 Management career
• 3 Major results
  • 3.1 Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Racing career

Demol grew up in Kuurne, Belgium. In 1987 he finished third at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. In 1988 he won Paris-Roubaix for Belgian pro team ADR. He retired from racing in 1995.

Management career

In 2000, Demol became *istant team manager for the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, a position he held until 2007. He then worked as team manager for Quick Step (2008), *istant team manager for Astana (2009), and *istant team manager for Team RadioShack (2010–2011). From 2012–2018 he was *istant sport director for various teams including Radioshack-Nissan, RadioShack Leopard, Trek Factory Racing, and Trek-Segafredo. At the end of the 2018 season he left Trek-Segafredo and became the head sports director at Team Katusha-Alpecin for the 2019 season. He joined the Israel Cycling Academy as the *istant sports director in 2020.

Major results

19791st Stage 1 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften19802nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs19827th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne19834th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen9th Druivenkoers Overijse19843rd Omloop van het Houtland7th GP Stad Zottegem8th Dwars door België10th Grand Prix de Fourmies19852nd Druivenkoers Overijse3rd GP Impanis9th De Kustpijl10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne19862nd Omloop van het Houtland5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens7th Scheldeprijs7th De Kustpijl19872nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne9th Road race, National Road Championships19881st Paris–Roubaix3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies19895th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen19903rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne19934th Nokere Koerse

Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline

References

External links

• Dirk Demol at Cycling Archives
• Dirk Demol at ProCyclingStats
• Dirk Demol at CycleBase
• Demol's Profile at ThePaceline.com
• 2007 Pezcyclingnews interview of Dirk Demol by Matt Wood