Marc Janssens (born 13 November 1968 in

Duffel Duffel () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. The municipality comprises the town of Duffel proper. On 1 January 2020, Duffel had a total population of 17,664. The total ar ...

) is a Belgian former

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

cyclist. Professional from 1993 to 2001, he won the Belgian national cyclo-cross championship three times. He also won the

Gazet van Antwerpen Trophy The Cyclo-cross Trophy (), also known as X²O Badkamers Trophy (), is a Belgian cyclo-cross racing series currently sponsored by X²O Badkamers (X²O Bathrooms). It is one of the three major season-long competitions in Cyclo-cross, the other two ...

twice, placed third in the

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

twice, and finished second in the 1996 Superprestige. After his racing career, he became a commentator of cyclo-cross competitions on the Flemish TV channel VT4. He is also currently a

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (, ) is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is seen as the equivalent to a field manager in baseball, or a head coach in football. At professional level, a directeur sportif follows t ...

for the team.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;1987 : 1st UCI World Junior Championships ;1993 : 1st Loenhout ;1994 : 2nd Overall Superprestige : 3rd Overall UCI World Cup ;1995 : 1st

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

: 4th Overall Superprestige ;1996 : 1st Niel ;1997 : 1st

Otegem Zwevegem () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Heestert, Moen, Belgium, Moen, Otegem, Sint-Denijs and Zwevegem. On January 1, 2019, Zweveg ...

: 3rd Overall UCI World Cup : 5th Overall Superprestige ;1998 : 1st

: 1st Loenhout : 4th Overall UCI World Cup ;1999 : 1st

: 5th Overall UCI World Cup ;2002 : 1st

Aigle Aigle ( French for "eagle", ; ) is a historic town and a municipality and the capital of the district of Aigle in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The official language of Aigle is Swiss French. Geography Aigle lies at an elevation of a ...

Road

;1989 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Namur ;1991 : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Liège The Tour de la province de Liège (English: Tour of the Province of Liège) is a cycling race held annually in the Liège province of Belgium. Although it isn't part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle rac ...

: 1st Stage 3 Tour de Namur ;1992 :

::1st Stages 4a & 4b ( ITT) ;1993 : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 3rd Overall

::1st Stages 1 & 3

References

External links

* * Belgian male cyclists 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Duffel Cyclists from Antwerp Province 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub