Dirk Demol

Belgian cyclist

Rider
Directeur sportif

Professional teams1982–1983DAF Trucks–TeVe Blad1984Splendor–Jacky Aernoudt Meubelen1985Verandalux–Dries1986Fangio–Lois–Mavic1987–1988AD Renting–Fangio–IOC–MBK1989–1992Lotto–Vlaanderen–Jong–Mbk–Merckx1993GB–MG Maglificio1994–1995Palmans–Inco Coating Managerial teams2000–2007U.S. Postal Service2008Quick-Step2009Astana2010–2011Team RadioShack2012–2018RadioShack–Nissan2019Team Katusha–Alpecin2020–Israel Start-Up Nation Major winsOne-day races and Classics

Paris–Roubaix (1988)

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]

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

^ "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.
^ "Studying Roubaix 1988: Demol's all-day breakaway wins". VeloNews.com. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Dirk Demol – #2760 best all time pro cyclist – CyclingRanking.com". cyclingranking.com. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Demol set to join Israel Cycling Academy as sports director for 2020". Cycling News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Dirk Demol Q&A: From carpet factory to Roubaix glory". Velonews. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "DEMOL Dirk". UCI. Retrieved 1 September 2020.