Sébastien Delfosse

Sébastien Delfosse

Sébastien Delfosse at the 2015 Grand Prix Pino Cerami.
Personal information
Full name Sébastien Delfosse
Nickname Séba
Born (1982-11-29) 29 November 1982
Oupeye, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team Wallonie–Bruxelles
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2006–2007 Pôle Continental Wallon
2007 Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2008–2013 Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2014– Wallonie-Bruxelles
Infobox last updated on
11 May 2014

Sébastien Delfosse (born 29 November 1982) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Continental Team Wallonie–Bruxelles.[1] Delfosse's older sister Kathy is also a professional cyclist.

Born in Oupeye, Delfosse has competed as a professional since 2008, when he joined the Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner team full-time, having competed as a stagiaire for the team in the second half of 2007. Prior to turning professional, Delfosse also competed for the Pôle Continental Wallon team. Having previously taken a podium finish at the 2012 Classic Loire Atlantique, Delfosse achieved his first two professional UCI victories within the space of a week, in May 2013. His first victory came at the Circuit de Wallonie in Lambusart, when he managed to fend off the rest of the field and soloed to victory, having been part of the early breakaway of the race.[2] The following weekend, Delfosse won the 1.1-rated Rund um Köln in Cologne, after again featuring in the race breakaway. Delfosse out-sprinted two other riders for the honours, beating Pieter Jacobs and Georg Preidler at the finish.[3][4]

Delfosse moved to the Wallonie-Bruxelles team for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Crelan–Euphony[5] – folded.[1]

Major results

2006
7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
8th Vlaamse Havenpijl
2007
1st Kattekoers
1st Flèche Ardennaise
3rd Romsée–Stavelot–Romsée
2009
4th Dwars door het Hageland
2010
2nd GP José Dubois
3rd Profkoers Sint-Niklaas
2011
1st GP José Dubois
5th Bolinne–Harlue
7th Heistse Pijl
10th Kattekoers
2012
3rd Classic Loire Atlantique
4th Bolinne–Harlue
7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2013
1st Circuit de Wallonie
1st Rund um Köln
3rd Polynormande
7th Heistse Pijl
10th Volta Limburg Classic
2014
2nd La Drôme Classic
2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire
3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne
1st Combination classification
5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
9th Route Adélie
2015
1st Sprint classification Tour de Wallonie
3rd La Drôme Classic[6]
8th Classic Loire Atlantique[7]
7th Velothon Wales
9th Paris–Camembert[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Spruyt, Francis (29 September 2013). "Delfosse et Prémont chez Wallonie-Bruxelles" [Delfosse and Prémont at Wallonie-Bruxelles]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Delfosse remporte le Circuit de Wallonie" [Delfosse wins Circuit de Wallonie]. RTBF.be (in French). RTBF. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Delfosse gewinnt 97. Rund um Köln" [Delfosse wins 97th Around Köln]. Rund um Köln (in German). Verein Cölner Straßenfahrer 08 e.V. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Quistgaard, Daniel (12 May 2013). "Delfosse wins Rund um Köln". CyclingQuotes. Feltet. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Crelan-Euphony (CRE) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dumoulin wins La Drôme Classic". cyclingnews.com. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Gougeard repeats at Classic Loire Atlantique". cyclingnews.com. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Loubet wins Paris-Camembert". cyclingnews.com. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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