Johan Bruyneel
Bruyneel in 2009
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Johan Bruyneel |
| Born |
23 August 1964 Izegem, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Manager |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1989 | SEFB |
| 1990–1991 | Lotto–Superclub |
| 1992–1995 | ONCE |
| 1996–1997 | Rabobank |
| 1998 | ONCE |
| Managerial team(s) | |
| 1999–2007 | U.S. Postal Service |
| 2008–2009 | Astana |
| 2010–2011 | Team RadioShack |
| 2012 | RadioShack–Nissan |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de l'Avenir Rund um den Henninger Turm Tour de France, 2 stages Vuelta a España, 1 stage |
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Johan Bruyneel (born 23 August 1964) is a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a former directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team RadioShack–Nissan. Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of U.S. Postal Service (later known as Discovery Channel), a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team. Following the 2007 season, the team disbanded and Bruyneel became the director of the Astana team beginning in 2008, and achieved victories in each of cycling's Grand Tours with spanish rider Alberto Contador. He participated in two Tour de France wins with Discovery and Astana, with Alberto Contador in 2007 and 2009.
Bruyneel left his position at RadioShack–Nissan on 12 October 2012 in the wake of the publication of the United States Anti-Doping Agency's (USADA) decision into the investigation of Lance Armstrong. In April 2014, the USADA banned Bruyneel from any type of involvement in sanctioned competitions for 10 years.
Born in Izegem, Belgium, Bruyneel was a successful professional cyclist. Early wins included the 1990 Tour de l'Avenir, the 1991 Rund um den Henninger Turm, the 1992 Grand Prix des Nations and Coppa Placci, and stage 6 (Evreux > Amiens) and finishing 7th at the 1993 Tour de France. His stage win set the record for fastest stage at 49.417 km/h, since then only broken by two cyclists.
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