Pieter Mertens

Belgian cyclist

Pieter Mertens
Personal information
Mertens in 2007
Full name	Pieter Mertens
Born	(1980-08-28) 28 August 1980 (age 43) Lommel, Belgium
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2004–2005	Vlaanderen–T Interim
2006–2007	Davitamon–Lotto

Pieter Mertens (born 28 August 1980) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He competed as a professional for four years, riding for Vlaanderen–T Interim between 2004 and 2005 and for UCI ProTeam Davitamon–Lotto between 2006 and 2007.^[1] He announced his retirement in October 2007 in order to focus on his medical studies.^[2] His most notable victories include a stage of the 2005 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt and the overall title of the 2002 Tour de Namur.^[3] He competed in one Grand Tour: the 2006 Vuelta a España, finishing 75th overall.^[4]

Major results

Source: ^[5]

2002

1st

Overall Tour de Namur

4th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

7th Circuit du Hainaut

8th Paris–Tours Espoirs

2003

2nd Overall Flèche du Sud

1st Stage 3b

3rd Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke [fr]

3rd Zellik–Galmaarden

2004

6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

8th GP du canton d'Argovie

9th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

2005

1st Stage 4a Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

2007

6th Grand Prix de Wallonie

10th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

References

^ Haake, Bjorn (10 October 2007). "Mertens may end career at 27". Cycling News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Pieter Mertens stopt met wielrennen". internetgazet.be. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt (GER), 2005, Kategorie: 2.1". radsport-news.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Pieter Mertens". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Pieter Mertens". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.