Sébastien Delfosse (born 29 November 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2018 for the and teams. He has also worked as a directeur sportif for Belgian amateur team Pesant Club Liégeois.

Career

Born in Oupeye and prior to turning professional, Delfosse also competed for the 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

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. 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. 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. Delfosse moved to the team for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded.

Personal life

Delfosse's older sister Kathy also competed professionally. Following his retirement from the professional peloton, Delfosse became a salesman at a

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Major results

;2006 : 7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 8th

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;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

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: 3rd Overall

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Combination classification : 5th Overall

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: 5th Polynormande : 9th Route Adélie ;2015 : 1st Jersey white

Overall

: 1st

Sprints classification Tour de Wallonie : 3rd La Drôme Classic : 4th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig : 6th Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen : 7th Velothon Wales : 8th Classic Loire Atlantique : 9th Paris–Camembert ;2016 : 7th Overall

: 10th Circuit de Wallonie ;2017 : 1st La Drôme Classic

References

External links

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Crelan-Euphony profile
* * 1982 births Living people People from Oupeye Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Liège Province {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1980s-stub