Paul van Hyfte (born 19 January 1972 in
Eeklo
Eeklo () is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Eeklo proper. The name ''Eeklo'' comes from the contraction of "eke" and "lo", two Old German words meaning ''oak'' and ''sp ...
) is a
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former professional
road bicycle racer. He is a former rider at the
Danish
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professional
cycling team, from 2002 to 2003. He left the team after 2003 and joined a Belgian team,
Vlaanderen-T Interim for his final season in 2004.
In the
2015 Tour of Flanders
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, van Hyfte was named as driving a
Shimano
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neutral service vehicle which rear-ended the team car as it slowed to attend to
Sylvain Chavanel.
Major results
;1989
: 3rd
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, National Junior Road Championships
;1990
: National Junior Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
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;1995
: 8th
Grand Prix Cerami
Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belg ...
;1996
: 9th
Grand Prix de Wallonie
The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia
Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...
;1997
: 6th
GP Stad Zottegem
Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competit ...
: 6th Overall
Tour de Wallonie
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: 9th Overall
Route du Sud
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;1998
: 1st
GP Stad Zottegem
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competit ...
: 2nd
Route Adélie
Route Adélie de Vitré is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in a circuit around Vitré, France. Between 1980 and 1995 it was called ''Tour d'Armorique''. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...
: 10th
HEW Cyclassics
The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250  ...
;1999
: 8th
Druivenkoers Overijse
Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road ...
;2000
: 5th Henk Vos Memorial
: 6th
Classic Haribo
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: 7th Overall
Étoile de Bessèges
The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...
: 9th
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
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;2001
: 1st
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a ...
: 1st
Schaal Sels
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: 3rd
Classic Haribo
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The ...
: 4th Overall
Circuit Franco-Belge
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: 4th Overall
Ronde van Nederland
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: 8th
Omloop Het Volk
: 9th
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
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;2002
: 6th Overall
Tour Down Under
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: 9th
Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
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;2003
: 8th Overall
Sachsen-Tour
;2004
: 2nd Overall
Ster Elektrotoer
The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries
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: 5th Overall
Tour de Wallonie
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: 8th
Classic Loire Atlantique
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Roa ...
References
External links
Trap-Friis profile(source)
*Photo: https://web.archive.org/web/20110527130728/http://mishami.image.pbase.com/u12/actiefotos/upload/13886484.Img_0344.jpg
1972 births
Living people
People from Eeklo
Belgian male cyclists
Cyclists from East Flanders
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