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Lieselot Decroix
Personal information
Full name	Lieselot Decroix
Born	12 May 1987 (age 37); Poperinge, Belgium
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2007–2008	Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam
2009–2010	Cervélo TestTeam
2011	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2012	Dolmans–Boels
2013	CyclelivePlus-Zannata
2014-2016	Lotto–Belisol Ladies

Lieselot Decroix (born 12 May 1987 in Poperinge) is a Belgian retired professional road cyclist.^[1] She represented her nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently competed under an annual contract for CyclelivePlus-Zannata Women's Team.^[2]

Decroix qualified for the Belgian squad, as a lone female cyclist, in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by finishing among the top 24 and receiving a berth from the UCI World Cup.^[3] She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-fourth-place finish through a vast field of sixty-six cyclists in 3:36:35, surpassing Mexico's Alessandra Grassi by less than a second.^[4]^[5]

Major results

2007

7th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche

1st Young rider classification

2008

8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

10th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

2009

National Road Championships

3rd Time trial

4th Road race

2011

8th Overall Gracia–Orlová

1st Stage 4

2015: 9th Overall Belgium Tour; 10th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
2016: 3rd Ronde van Gelderland

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lieselot Decroix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ Atkins, Ben (29 November 2012). "Big names top new CyclelivePlus-Zannata women's team in Belgium". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ "OS Wielrennen: Lieselot Decroix enkeling in vrouwenwedstrijd" [Olympic Cycling: Lieselot Decroix competes as an individual woman] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

External links

Profile – CyclelivePlus-Zannata (in Dutch)
NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Lieselot Decroix at Cycling Archives (archived)
Lieselot Decroix on Twitter

[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lieselot Decroix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[2] Atkins, Ben (29 November 2012). "Big names top new CyclelivePlus-Zannata women's team in Belgium". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[3] "OS Wielrennen: Lieselot Decroix enkeling in vrouwenwedstrijd" [Olympic Cycling: Lieselot Decroix competes as an individual woman] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[4] "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

[5] "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

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