Paul Herygers

Paul Herygers
Personal information
Full name	Paul Herygers
Born	22 November 1962 (age 59); Herentals, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Cyclo-cross; Mountain bike racing
Role	Rider
Professional team
1992-1999	-
Major wins
	Cyclo-cross World Championship (1994) Cyclo-cross Belgian Championship (1993, 1997) (1990, 1991, 1992) World Cup (1994) GvA Trophy (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships

Paul Herygers (born 22 November 1962) is a retired Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist.

Herygers was born in Herentals, Belgium. In his second year as a professional he was Belgian Champion, beating Danny De Bie in a sprint. The following year he became World Champion in Koksijde, ahead of Richard Groenendaal and his compatriot Erwin Vervecken. In 1997 he was Belgian cyclo-cross champion for the second time.

Herygers is a commentator for cyclo-cross for Sporza and cyclo-cross coordinator of the Belgian cycling association, the KBWB.

External links[]

Paul Herygers at Cycling Archives

Sporting positions
Preceded by	(3) 1990-1992	Succeeded by

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v t UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race
1950–1959	Jean Robic () Roger Rondeaux (–) André Dufraisse (–) Renato Longo ()
1960–1979	Rolf Wolfshohl (–) Renato Longo () Rolf Wolfshohl () Renato Longo (–) Erik De Vlaeminck () Renato Longo () Erik De Vlaeminck (–) Albert Van Damme () Roger De Vlaeminck () Albert Zweifel (–)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton () Hennie Stamsnijder () Roland Liboton (–) Klaus-Peter Thaler () Albert Zweifel () Klaus-Peter Thaler () Pascal Richard () Danny De Bie () Henk Baars () Radomír Šimůnek () Mike Kluge () Dominique Arnould () Paul Herygers () Dieter Runkel () Adri van der Poel () Daniele Pontoni () Mario De Clercq (–)
2000–2019	Richard Groenendaal () Erwin Vervecken () Mario De Clercq () Bart Wellens (–) Sven Nys () Erwin Vervecken (–2007) Lars Boom (2008) Niels Albert (2009) Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011) Niels Albert (2012) Sven Nys (2013) Zdeněk Štybar (2014) Mathieu van der Poel () Wout van Aert (–) Mathieu van der Poel ()
2020–2039	Mathieu van der Poel (–) Tom Pidcock ()

v t Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champions (men)
1900–1919	Philippe Thys (1910) (1912) (1913) (1914)
1920–1939	René Vermandel (1921) Maurice De Waele (1922) (1923) Joseph Van Dam (1924) Pé Verhaegen (1925) (1926) (1927) Jules Goedhuys (1928) Georges Ronsse (1929–1930) Jules Goedhuys (1931) Jef Demuysere (1932) Maurice Seynaeve (1933–1937) (1938–1939)
1940–1959	(1941) (1942–1943) (1944) (1945–1947) (1948) (1949) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1950) (1951) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1952) (1953) (1954) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1955–1956) (1957) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1958) (1959)
1960–1979	Roger De Clercq (1960) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1961) Roger De Clercq (1962) Albert Van Damme (1963) Roger De Clercq (1964) Albert Van Damme (1965–1966) Erik De Vlaeminck (1967) Albert Van Damme (1968) Erik De Vlaeminck (1969) Albert Van Damme (1970) Erik De Vlaeminck (1971–1972) Albert Van Damme (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc De Block (1976–1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978) (1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980–1989) Danny De Bie (1990–1992) Paul Herygers (1993) Peter Van Den Abeele (1994) Marc Janssens (1995) Erwin Vervecken (1996) Paul Herygers (1997) Marc Janssens (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Sven Nys (2000) Mario De Clercq (2001–2002) Sven Nys (2003) Bart Wellens (2004) Sven Nys (2005–2006) Bart Wellens (2007) Sven Nys (2008–2010) Niels Albert (2011) Sven Nys (2012) Klaas Vantornout (2013) Sven Nys (2014) Klaas Vantornout (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2018) Toon Aerts (2019)
2020–2039	Laurens Sweeck (2020) Wout van Aert (2021–2022)

v t Belgian Professional Cyclist of the Year
Crystal Bicycle (men)	1992 De Wolf 1993 Museeuw 1994 Herygers 1995–1997 Museeuw 1998 Steels 1999 Vandenbroucke 2000 Tchmil 2001 Verbrugghe 2002 Museeuw 2003 Van Petegem 2004–2006 Boonen 2007 S. Nys 2008–2011 Gilbert 2012 Boonen 2013 S. Nys 2014–2017 Van Avermaet 2018 Campenaerts 2019 Evenepoel 2020–2021 Van Aert
Best Young Rider	1994 Trouvé 1995 Hoste 1996 D'Hollander 1997–1998 S. Nys 1999 Hulsmans 2000 Van Goolen 2001 Boonen 2002 De Weert 2003 Vansummeren 2004–2005 Albert 2006 Cornu 2007 Albert 2008 Bakelants 2009 Boeckmans 2010 Eijssen 2011 Van der Sande 2012 Van Hoecke 2013 Decraene 2014 Teuns 2015 De Plus 2016–2017 Lambrecht 2018 Evenepoel 2019 Van Wilder 2020–2021 T. Nys
Best Manager	2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel 2001 2002–2003 Bruyneel 2004 Lefevere 2005 De Cauwer 2006 Lefevere 2007–2009 Bruyneel 2010 Sergeant 2011 2012 Bomans 2013 Lefevere 2014–2015 Planckaert 2016 De Weert 2017–2019 Lefevere 2020 Peiper 2021 &
Crystal Drop of Sweat	2005 Hulsmans 2006 Steegmans 2007 Vansummeren 2008 Aerts 2009 Vandenbergh 2010 Aerts 2011 Vanendert 2012 De Weert 2013 Vandenbergh 2014–2016 Keisse 2017 Vermote 2018–2021 Declercq
Crystal Bicycle (women)	2016–2017 D'Hoore 2018 Degrendele 2019 Cant 2020–2021 Kopecky