Ludo Dierckxens is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He is best known for winning the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France

1999 Tour de France

The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 1999. It was won by Lance Armstrong, his first of 7 consecutive wins, the most in Tour history. There were no French stage winners for the first time since the 1926 Tour de France.The 1999 edition of Tour de...

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1999 Tour de France

Ludo Dierckxens won the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France. After this stage victory, Dierckxens went to take the obligatory doping tests. When the doctors asked him the routine question if he had taken any products which might cause a positive test result, Dierckxens replied that he had taken synacthen in the Tour of Germany

Tour of Germany

The Tour of Germany is a nordic combined event first established in Germany for the 2006-07 Nordic Combined World Cup season by the International Ski Federation....

. He claimed to have a prescription for them, but his team did not know about this, and sent him home a few days later. The doping tests returned negative.

Palmarès

1989

Brussel-Zepperen

1994

Izegem

1995

Geetbets

Mechelen

Wanzele

1996

GP Stad Vilvoorde

Ruddervoorde

1997

Hasselt-Spa-Hasselt

Zellik-Galmaarden

Grand Prix de Denain

Grand Prix de Denain

Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. Since 2005 the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route....

Belsele-Puivelde

Izegem

1998

Deinze

Paris–Bourges

1999

Aalst

Profronde van Maastricht

1999

  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...

Tour de France

1999 Tour de France

The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 1999. It was won by Lance Armstrong, his first of 7 consecutive wins, the most in Tour history. There were no French stage winners for the first time since the 1926 Tour de France.The 1999 edition of Tour de...

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Winner stage 11

2000

Deurne

2001

Profronde van Almelo

Deurne

2002

Peer

2003

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour...

Boom

2005

Wilrijk

Tessenderlo

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Ludo Dierckxsens