List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Kevin Seeldraeyers is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer.
Laurens De Vreese
Laurens De Vreese is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix. De Vreese was the 2010 Belgian national champion for the road race for riders under 23 years of age, winning the title in Hooglede.
Valère Ollivier
Valère Ollivier was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the Belgian national road race title in 1949, Gent–Wevelgem in 1948, and Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne in 1945 and in 1950.
Ludo Dierckxsens
Ludo Dierckxsens is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He is best known for winning the 11th stage of the 1999 Tour de France, while competing for Lampre–Daikin.
Willy Vanden Berghen
Willy Vanden Berghen is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1960 he won two bronze medals in the road race, one at the amateur world championships and the other at the Olympic Games.
Frederik Veuchelen
Frederik Veuchelen is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017 for the Topsport Vlaanderen, Vacansoleil–DCM, and Wanty–Groupe Gobert teams.
Sven Vanthourenhout
Sven Vanthourenhout is a Belgian cycling coach and former professional racing cyclist, primarily riding cyclo-cross. Since 2017, Vanthourenhout has been the coach of the Belgian national cyclo-cross team, and in 2020 became the coach of the national road cycling team as well.
Mario Aerts
Mario Aerts is a former professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 1996 and 2011. He competed for three teams; Vlaanderen 2002, Team Telekom and the Lotto team through various sponsorships, competing with that particular team for twelve seasons during his career. During this time he raced in the Tours de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the Vuelta a España. In the 2007 cycling season, he finished in these three major stage races in cycling. He was only the 25th racer in the history of cycling to achieve this.
Mario De Clercq
Mario De Clercq is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He specialized in cyclo-cross racing but also rode on the road and circuit races during his career, he raced as a professional between 1991 and 2004. The majority of his years as a professional were under the sponsorship of Palmans and its various co-sponsors.
Roy Sentjens
Roy Sentjens is a retired Belgian road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2013. Sentjens has also previously competed for UCI ProTour team Team Milram. The highlight of his career was victory in the Belgian semi-classic Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne in 2003. Sentjens started his career with Rabobank in 2002, and transferred to Predictor-Lotto for the 2007 season. Sentjens held dual citizenship, from both Belgium and the Netherlands, and from 2002 until 2004 raced under a Dutch licence. However, in 2005, he changed to a Belgian licence as he felt more Belgian than Dutch.