Geert Verheyen (ˈʝeːrt vər.ˈhɛi̯.ə(n)) (born 10 March 1973) is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 professional road racing cyclist who currently races for UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Colnago

Landbouwkrediet-Colnago

Landbouwkrediet is a UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Belgium that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events...

. He was born in Diest

Diest

Diest is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Situated in the northeast of the Hageland region, Diest neighbours the provinces of Antwerp to its North, and Limburg to the East and is situated around 60km from Brussels. The municipality comprises the city of...

, and is the cousin of cyclist David Verheyen

David Verheyen

David Verheyen is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist who currently races for UCI Professional Continental team Mitsubishi-Jartazi. He was born in Diest, and is the cousin of cyclist Geert Verheyen. He turned professional in 2006 having ridden the 2005 season as a trainee.-External links:...

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He turned professional in 1994, racing for Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx. In 1998 he went on to race for the UCI Professional Continental team, Lotto, and later Rabobank, Marlux, Chocolats Jacques and Colnago. He competed in the 1998 Tour de France

1998 Tour de France

The 1998 Tour de France, also called the Tour du Dopage , was marred by doping scandals throughout known as the Festina affair, starting with the arrest of Willy Voet, a soigneur in the French Festina team. Voet was traveling into France when he was arrested and found with large quantities of...

 and the 2006 Volta a Catalunya.

Palmares

1998

1st GP de Lillers (FRA)

1st Mere (BEL)

1999

1st Stage 2, Route du Sud

2001

1st Luk-Cup Bühl (GER)

1st Zele (BEL)

2003

1st Stage 4, Circuit Franco - Belge

2004

1st   Belgian National Road Race Championships

Belgian National Road Race Championships

The Belgian National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the Belgian cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come...

2005

1st Flèche Hesbignonne - Cras Avernas

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