Jurgen Van den Broeck

Jurgen Van den Broeck

Van den Broeck at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné.
Personal information
Full name	Jurgen Van den Broeck
Nickname	VDBke, JVDB, VDB2
Born	(1983-02-01) 1 February 1983 (age 42) Herentals, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)[1]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
1997–2000	KVC Heist Sportief
2001	Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters
2003	Quick-Step–Davitamon–Latexco
Professional teams
2004–2006	U.S. Postal Service
2007–2015	Predictor–Lotto
2016	Team Katusha
2017	LottoNL–Jumbo
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2015)
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2001 Lisbon Men's junior time trial

Jurgen Van den Broeck (born 1 February 1983) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer,^[2] who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017 for the Discovery Channel, Lotto–Soudal, Team Katusha and LottoNL–Jumbo squads. Van den Broeck specialised in the time trial discipline, having been Junior World Champion against the clock in 2001. The promise he first displayed in minor stage races like the Tour de Romandie and Eneco Tour was later validated and confirmed by top-10 finishes in all three Grand Tours: the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.