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Filip Meirhaeghe (born March 5, 1971) is a Belgian cyclist. His primary focus was in mountain bike racing, however, he has also taken part in elite road, cyclo-cross and track cycling. He has won four Mountain Bike World Championships medals, one Olympic medal and a total of 11 World Cup events. In the final years of his racing career he raced for the bicycle manufacturer Specialized Bicycle Components on the mountain bike and for the professional team Domina Vacanze-Elitron on the road. Cycling has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ...
The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ...
A rider during a Cross Country race The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recognised the sport of mountain bike racing relatively late in 1990, when it sanctioned the world championships in Purgatory, Colorado. ...
Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ...
A cyclo-cross racer carrying his bicycle up a steep slope after overcoming a barrier at the bottom (not shown). ...
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles. ...
The first professional Mountain Bike World Championships took place in Durango (USA) in 1990. ...
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking. ...
Domina Vacanze is a professional road bicycle racing team from Italy. ...
Positive test results
On July 29, 2004, just before the 2004 Summer Olympics, Meirhaeghe admitted to have used EPO. He tested positive during the World Cup in Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec (Canada) and unlike most racers did not argue the validity of the test. During a press conference he admitted he used EPO simply because of his desire to win gold at the Olympic Games in Athens . He also announced at that time he would stop racing and retire. He wrote a book called Positief, which tells the story of his life as an athlete and the consequences of his positive test. (issued by Davidsfonds - Dutch only). July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ...
Erythropoietin Erythropoietin (or EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone that is a growth factor for erythrocyte (red blood cell) precursors in the bone marrow. ...
Mont Ste-Anne is a ski resort East of Quebec, Canada Categories: Stub ...
The Davidsfonds is a Catholic organisation in Flanders, Belgium with the purpose of promoting the Flemisch culture in the areas of : literature, history and art. ...
End of retirement Filip was suspended from professional racing based on his positive test result until Jan 14, 2006. On January 1, 2006 he announced he would resume racing. He signed a three year contract to race for Landbouwkrediet-Colnago on the road and Versluys-Landbouwkrediet-Sportstech on mountain bikes. He made his come back during the beachrace of Oostduinkerke (Belgium).[1] Oostduinkerke is a popular seaside resort in the Belgian province of West-Flanders. ...
Major racing achievements - European XC MTB Championships
- Belgian XC MTB Championships
- Champion: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001
- Belgian Downhill National Championships
The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
The first professional Mountain Bike World Championships took place in Durango (USA) in 1990. ...
The UCI World Cup was a season-long competition for European professional racing cyclists, organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing body of competitive cycling. ...
Begun in 1896, Paris-Roubaix, third of the ten UCI World Cup races, has become the most famous single-day bicycle road race. ...
External links - Filip's official website
- Filip's fan website (english)
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