Dirk Demol

Dirk Demol (born 4 November 1959) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist and a cycling team manager. He is currently assistant sports director of Israel–Premier Tech.[1]

Dirk Demol
Demol in 2008
Personal information
Full nameDirk Demol
Born (1959-11-04) 4 November 1959
Kuurne, Belgium
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamIsrael–Premier Tech
DisciplineRoad
Role
Professional teams
1982–1983DAF Trucks–TeVe Blad
1984Splendor–Jacky Aernoudt Meubelen
1985Verandalux–Dries
1986Fangio–Lois–Mavic
1987–1988AD Renting–Fangio–IOC–MBK
1989–1992Lotto–Vlaanderen–Jong–Mbk–Merckx
1993GB–MG Maglificio
1994–1995Palmans–Inco Coating
Managerial teams
2000–2007U.S. Postal Service
2008Quick-Step
2009Astana
2010–2011Team RadioShack
2012–2018RadioShack–Nissan
2019Team Katusha–Alpecin
2020–Israel Start-Up Nation
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Paris–Roubaix (1988)

As a rider, he specialized in the spring classics, having himself won the 1988 edition of the one-day classic Paris–Roubaix, riding as a professional cyclist for Team ADR.[2][3]

Racing career

Demol grew up in Kuurne, Belgium. In 1987 he finished third at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. In 1988 he won Paris-Roubaix for Belgian pro team ADR. He retired from racing in 1995.[4]

Management career

In 2000, Demol became assistant team manager for the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, a position he held until 2007.[5] He then worked as team manager for Quick Step (2008), assistant team manager for Astana (2009), and assistant team manager for Team RadioShack (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2018 he was assistant sport director for various teams including Radioshack-Nissan, RadioShack Leopard, Trek Factory Racing, and Trek-Segafredo. At the end of the 2018 season he left Trek-Segafredo and became the head sports director at Team Katusha-Alpecin for the 2019 season. He joined the Israel Cycling Academy as the assistant sports director in 2020.[4][6]

Major results
1979
1st Stage 1 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
1980
2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
1982
7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
1983
4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
9th Druivenkoers Overijse
1984
3rd Omloop van het Houtland
7th GP Stad Zottegem
8th Dwars door België
10th Grand Prix de Fourmies
1985
2nd Druivenkoers Overijse
3rd GP Impanis
9th De Kustpijl
10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
1986
2nd Omloop van het Houtland
5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
7th Scheldeprijs
7th De Kustpijl
1987
2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
9th Road race, National Road Championships
1988
1st Paris–Roubaix
3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
1989
5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
1990
3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
1993
4th Nokere Koerse

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1985 1986 1987 1988
Vuelta a España — DNF — —
Giro d'Italia — — — —
Tour de France DNF — — 149
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Dirk Demol en Eric Van Lancker, aanstaande ploegleiders van Chris Froome: "Hij zal de hele ploeg naar een hoger niveau tillen"". nieuwsblad.be (in Flemish). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. "Studying Roubaix 1988: Demol's all-day breakaway wins". VeloNews.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. "Dirk Demol – #2760 best all time pro cyclist – CyclingRanking.com". cyclingranking.com. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. "Demol set to join Israel Cycling Academy as sports director for 2020". Cycling News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. "Dirk Demol Q&A: From carpet factory to Roubaix glory". Velonews. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. "DEMOL Dirk". UCI. Retrieved 1 September 2020.


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