Erwin Vervecken

Erwin Vervecken

Personal information
Full name	Erwin Vervecken
Born	(1972-03-23) 23 March 1972 Herentals, Belgium
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team	Fidea
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1995–2001	Espace Card-Record Bank
2002–2004	Spaarselect (to 08/31)
2004–	Fidea Cycling Team (from 09/01)
Major wins
World Cyclo-cross Champion (2001, 2006, 2007) 6 World Cup victories 9 victories in Superprestige 7 victories in the GVA Trophy 2 overall victories in GVA Trophy 1 overall lead in UCI ranking
Medal record Men's cyclo-cross Representing  Belgium World Championships 2001 Tábor Elite Men's Race 2006 Zeddam Elite Men's Race 2007 Hooglede-Gits Elite Men's Race 1998 Middelfart Elite Men's Race 1999 Poprad Elite Men's Race 2005 Sankt Wendel Elite Men's Race 1994 Koksijde Elite Men's Race 2002 Zolder Elite Men's Race

Erwin Vervecken (born 23 March 1972) is a former Belgian professional cyclist specialising in cyclo-cross. Vervecken was professional cyclists for 16 seasons (1995–2010) and works since his retirement as an external sportive consultant for sportmarketing company Golazo where he helps organizing cyclocross and mountainbike races and does the coordination of the UCI Gran Fondo World Series. He's also writing for the cycling magazine cycling.be

Career highlights

He won the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championship in 2001, 2006, and 2007. In 1998, 1999 and 2005 he was second in the World Championships and in 1994 and 2002 he was third in the World Championships.