List of Famous people born in Flemish Region, Belgium
Noël Dejonckheere
Noël Dejonckheere is a Belgian former professional road cyclist. After retiring, he worked as a sports director for 7-Eleven and the BMC Racing Team.
Jürgen Roelandts
Jürgen Roelandts is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2020, for the Lotto–Soudal, BMC Racing Team and Movistar Team squads.
Jean-Michel Veranneman de Watervliet
Maarten Wynants
Maarten Wynants is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma.
Michel Vaarten
Michel Vaarten is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Belgium. He represented Belgium at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won silver medal in the 1.000m time trial behind East Germany's Klaus-Jürgen Grünke. Vaarten was a professional from 1979 to 1992. He won 12 national titles, one European title and one world title, mainly in track cycling. Vaarten is currently piloting a Derny bike in many Six Day Cycling events around Europe.
Heidi Van De Vijver
Heidi Van De Vijver is a Belgian former racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team Plantur–Pura. She won the Belgian national road race title in 1994 and 1998. She also competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
Gert Dockx
Gert Dockx is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI ProTour team Lotto–Soudal.
Guy Smet
Guy Smet is a Belgian cyclist.
Thor Salden
Thor Salden from Schoten was the winning contestant in the Belgian pre-selections of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 and he represented Belgium in the international final on 2 December 2006 in Bucharest, Romania where he reached seventh place in a field of fifteen. At the time of the preselections he was the youngest contestant at eight years old. He won both the first semi-final on 17 September 2006 and the final on 1 October 2006. In the opening show he performed together with Attic and Clouseau.
Wilfried Cretskens
Wilfried Cretskens is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. He rode most of his career for the Quick-Step–Innergetic team, where he was a domestique for the team leaders in the classic races, among others Tom Boonen. His most notable career win was the 2007 Tour of Qatar.