Edwig Cammaerts (born 17 July 1987) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2011 and 2016 for the , , and squads.

Career

Born in

Namur Namur (; ; ) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is the capital both of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namur stands at the confl ...

, Cammaerts joined the team in 2011 after two seasons with Lotto-Bodysol. During his one season with the team, Cammaerts was disqualified from

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

, after riding through red lights at a level-crossing. Cammaerts joined for the 2012 season. After no notable results with the team in 2012, Cammaerts took the first victory of his professional career in March

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, when he won the 1.1-rated

Classic Loire Atlantique Classic Loire Atlantique is a road bicycle race held annually in the French department of Loire-Atlantique. Since 2011, it is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

race, the second round of the

French Road Cycling Cup The French Road Cycling Cup (English language, English for Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route) is a road bicycle racing competition under the Fédération Francaise de Cyclisme (French Cycling Federation) each year since 1992. It consists of se ...

. Cammaerts attacked the peloton just over a kilometre from the finish, and soloed away to a seven-second margin of victory over the field in

La Haie-Fouassière La Haie-Fouassière (also spelled: ''La Haye-Fouassière'', ; Gallo: ''La Haè-Fóacierr'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. La Haie-Fouassière station has rail connections to Clisson and Nantes. Populatio ...

, led home by 's

Yauheni Hutarovich Yauheni Hutarovich (born 29 November 1983) is a Belarusian former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2016 for the , , and teams. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Career In th ...

Major results

;2009 :2nd Provincial Under-23 Road Race Championships :2nd Bolinne–Harlue :4th Overall Tour de la Province de Namur ::1st Stage 3 :4th Challenge de Hesbaye :4th Trofee van Haspengouw :4th Grand Prix Cammaerts ;2010 :1st Overall Tour de la Province de Namur :2nd

Beverbeek Classic Beverbeek Classic is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in Hamont-Achel, in the Belgian region of Limburg. From 1998 to 2003, it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, it was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Cont ...

:3rd Provincial Road Race Championships :3rd Overall Triptyque Ardennaise :3rd Saint Trond–Bousalle :4th Trofee van Haspengouw :6th Grote Prijs Stad Geel :9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 :10th

Paris–Brussels The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur eve ...

;2011 :5th Overall

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

:6th Circuit de Wallonie :6th Zwevezele Koers :7th

Hel van het Mergelland The Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...

;2013 :1st

References

External links

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Cofidis profile
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Cycling Quotient profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cammaerts, Edwig Belgian male cyclists 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Namur (city) Cyclists from Namur (province) 21st-century Belgian sportsmen