Philippe Gilbert
Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team BMC Racing Team.[4] Gilbert is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012,[5] and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011.[6] Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour.[7] Gilbert was accused of abusing Cortisone by an anonymous former Lotto teammate during this dominant period with Omega Pharma–Lotto, an allegation which the Belgian vehemently denies.[8]
A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice (2009, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race three times (2010, 2011, 2014), La Flèche Wallonne (2011), Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2011) and the Clásica de San Sebastián (2011). He has also won stages at each of the three cycling Grand Tours; he won three stages at the Giro d'Italia, winning one in 2009 and two in 2015, a stage at the Tour de France in 2011, and five stages at the Vuelta a España, winning two in both 2010 and 2012, and one in 2013. He is the second person (and first Belgian) in history to win all three Ardennes classics in a single year.
Personal life
Gilbert currently resides in Monaco-Ville,[9] with his wife Patricia, and their sons Alan (b. 2010),[10] and Alexandre (b. 2013).[11]
Gilbert's younger brother Jerome has also been a racing cyclist.[12]
Gilbert committed to serve world peace through sport by joining Peace and Sport
Career
Early years
Born in Remouchamps in the municipality of Aywaille, Gilbert turned professional in 2003 by joining FDJeux.com after riding as stagiaire for the team in late 2000. During this season he recorded his first victory by winning a stage in Tour de l'Avenir. In 2004 he began by winning a stage in the Tour Down Under as well as the young rider classification. He participated in the men's road race at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he finished 49th. He also won the Paris–Corrèze. In 2005 he won several races in France, which allowed him to win the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route. These victories included Trophée des Grimpeurs, Tour du Haut-Var and the Polynormande. He also took stages in Four Days of Dunkirk and Tour Méditerranéen.
2006 season
2006 would become his most successful year thus far when he won the prestigious Omloop Het Volk after repeatedly attacking until he got away alone with 7 km to go.[13] During the season he also won Grand Prix de Fourmies and Grand Prix de Wallonie as well as stages at Dauphiné Libére and ENECO Tour.
2007 season
In early 2007 he had a skin cancer lesion removed from his thigh.[14] Because of this he had to delay the start of his season. That did not stop him from trying himself during Milan–San Remo, where he managed to escape on the Poggio with Riccardo Ricco before being captured 1200 meters from the finishing line. He could not get any victory during the season until Tour de Limousin, where he claimed his only victory in 2007 by winning a stage. In Paris–Tours he was caught with 500 meters to go along with Karsten Kroon and Filippo Pozzato.
2008 season
Gilbert started 2008 by winning the King of the Mountains competition at the Tour Down Under and the overall classification as well as two stages of the Vuelta a Mallorca. He also finished third in the Milan–San Remo, accomplishing his first podium in a monument. He later won Het Volk for the second time in his career after a solo attack with almost 50 kilometers to go. Four days later he won the GP Samyn. He finished the year by winning the classic Paris–Tours race in a late breakaway where he won a sprint between his three breakaway companions. The peloton finished four seconds back.
2009 season
In 2009 he joined Silence–Lotto to lead the Belgian team in the classics, finishing third at Tour of Flanders and fourth in both Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also took his first stage in a Grand Tour by winning the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia[15] and won a stage and the overall classification of the Ster Elektrotoer. Later in the season he repeated his Paris–Tours win, attacking on the last climb with Tom Boonen and Borut Božič before outsprinting them to the line. A week later, he also won the prestigious Giro di Lombardia after escaping from the peloton with Samuel Sánchez, beating him to the finish by a half-length. It was his fourth consecutive victory in 10 days after also winning the Coppa Sabatini, Paris–Tours and Giro del Piemonte. At the end of the season he was awarded the Flandrien of the Year award, recognizing him as the best Belgian rider of the year.[16]
2010 season
In 2010 he won his first classic of the year, Amstel Gold Race, in April. After an aggressive race featuring many attacks, he won through a big attack in the last 500 meters of the climb to the finish, comfortably winning by several bike lengths from the peloton.[17] He also won the first stage of the Tour of Belgium. Gilbert then ended the 2010 season in superb form. He followed up two stage wins in the Vuelta a España with victories in the Giro del Piemonte and the Giro di Lombardia, repeating his 2009 wins in both races. The Giro di Lombardia was won with a solo attack in atrocious weather conditions.[18]
2011 season
In 2011, Gilbert won the Montepaschi Strade Bianche, a race including 70 kilometres of gravel roads. He then had a quadruple consecutive win: first he won the Brabantse Pijl, then he repeated as winner of Amstel Gold Race, breaking free on the Cauberg. Three days later, he won La Flèche Wallonne dropping his rivals on the final climb of the Mur de Huy and finally he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège beating the Schleck brothers in the sprint. Gilbert thus became the second rider, after Davide Rebellin in 2004, to win the three Ardennes classics in a single year.[19] During the first half of the season he also won stages at the Volta ao Algarve, Tirreno–Adriatico as well as the overall classification and a stage of both the Tour of Belgium and Ster ZLM Toer.
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In late, June Gilbert won the national road race championships.[20] In July he would take the opening 191.5 km stage of the Tour de France, winning by three seconds over Cadel Evans, allowing him to be the first person to put on the yellow jersey as overall leader.[21] He lost that jersey in the team time trial the next day but still held the green jersey and the polka dot jersey after stage two. A week after the end of the Tour, Gilbert won the Clásica de San Sebastián, and in mid-August, Gilbert won the 3rd stage at the ENECO Tour, taking his 15th victory of the year.
In September, Gilbert won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and took over the lead of the UCI world rankings by raking in the 80 points allowed to the victor.[22] He followed that performance two days later at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal by finishing on the third step of the podium, despite stating that he felt "no pressure" after his Quebec City victory. With that placing, Gilbert deposited another 50 UCI points in his account.[23] He would race in the October Italian classic, the Giro di Lombardia, taking eight place after he was distanced on the final climb.[24] He eventually closed the season well ahead in the UCI World Tour rankings, with 718 points as his closest competitor Cadel Evans had garnered 584 points.[25] He won 18 races in the season, more than any other cyclist in the professional peloton.[26]
Gilbert was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.[27]
2012 season
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In 2012, Gilbert signed for BMC Racing Team on a three-year contract reportedly worth three million euros annually.[4] His goals for his new squad were to perform highly in the Spring classics and help his team-mate Cadel Evans repeat his 2011 feat of winning the Tour de France.[26] Neither of those came to fruition, as Gilbert's best result in the one-day spring races was third of La Flèche Wallonne, where he got deposited on the final climb by Joaquim Rodríguez who won atop the historic Mur de Huy with a slim margin of 4 seconds.[28] Three days prior, he took sixth position at the Amstel Gold Race and was pleased to achieve a top ten ranking in the Ardennes' race.[29] He missed out on his goal to bring Cadel Evans in yellow to Paris and his best placing in a Tour de France stage was fourth.[26] He also lost both of the Belgian National Championship titles he held, the Road Race and the Individual Time Trial, finishing on the third step of the podium for the latter.[30]
On 26 August 2012, Gilbert finally managed his first victory of the season by winning the ninth stage of the Vuelta a España after breaking away together with Joaquim Rodríguez.[31] He later won a second stage of the race, winning stage nineteen on 7 September.[32]
On 23 September 2012, Gilbert won the UCI Elite Men's Road Race world championship and the rainbow jersey, ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen and Alejandro Valverde by producing a massive surge on the final climb of the Cauberg.[33]
2013 season
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In 2013, Gilbert headed towards the World Championships without a single win in the rainbow jersey, in danger of his first winless season since turning professional in 2003. He started the Vuelta hoping that the competition would, for the second successive year, kick-start his season. After being narrowly defeated in a sprint by Zdeněk Štybar on stage 7,[34] Gilbert finally clinched a victory in the rainbow stripes when he caught and passed Edvald Boasson Hagen to win stage 12.[35]
2014 season
In 2014, Gilbert picked up his previous form when in the spring he won his second Brabantse Pijl and his third Amstel Gold Race.
2015 season
Gilbert finished third of the Brabantse Pijl, seconds after his teammate Ben Hermans.[36] At the Amstel Gold Race, Gilbert could not repeat his winning ways of 2014 and came in tenth after having attacked on the final climb of the day, the Cauberg.[37] On the next Wednesday, Gilbert crashed out of the La Flèche Wallonne.[38] He then took part in Liège–Bastogne–Liège even though he was slightly injured and held on to the main group until the Côte de Saint-Nicolas, where he was dropped and finished 36th.[39] He raked in his first victory of the season at the Giro d'Italia, besting the lead group on a sharp incline at the end of Stage 12.[40] He repeated on Stage 18, where he participated to the early break. After being dropped on the last climb of the day, he came back on the remnants of the breakaway after the descent and attacked them to win solo.[41]
2016 season
Gilbert took his first victory of the season in February at the one-day race Vuelta a Murcia, winning the sprint of a four-man group.[42] He won the Belgian national championship.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2003
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stage 9
- 1st
- 2004
- 1st
Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 2005
- 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 1st Tour du Haut-Var
- 1st Polynormande
- 1st Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route
- 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2006
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 7 Eneco Tour
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs
- 2nd Le Samyn
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2007
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin
- 2nd Le Samyn
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Trofeo Mallorca
- 1st Trofeo Soller
- 1st Le Samyn
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour Down Under
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 2009
- 1st
Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia
- 1st GP José Dubois
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th UCI World Road Race Championships
- 2010
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 3 & 19
- Held
Red Jersey from Stages 3–7
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Giro del Piemonte
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 2011
- 1st Overall UCI World Tour
- 1st
National Road Race Championships
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 1st Montepaschi Strade Bianche
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de France
- Held
Yellow Jersey for Stage 1
- Held
- 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve
- 2nd Overall Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Overall Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st Stage 5
- 2012
- UCI World Road Championships
- 1st
Road race
- 2nd
Team time trial
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 9 & 19
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 6th Amstel Gold Race
- 2013
- 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th UCI World Road Race Championships
- 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2014
- 1st
Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 1st Prologue (ITT) & Stage 3
- 1st
Overall Tour of Beijing
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour de Picardie
- 3rd Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 4th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 4th RideLondon–Surrey Classic
- 6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 7th UCI World Road Race Championships
- 7th Overall Eneco Tour
- 7th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Roma Maxima
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9th La Drôme Classic
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2015
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 12 & 18
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 4th Overall Eneco Tour
- 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 3
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 8th Overall Dubai Tour
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th World Road Race Championships
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 2016
- 1st
National Road Race Championships
- 1st Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st GP José Dubois
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- 6th Overall Dubai Tour
- 6th Tre Valli Varesine
- 8th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 6th Gran Piemonte
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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32 | – | WD | – | – | 97 | – | – | – | – | – | 39 | – |
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– | 70 | 110 | WD | 112 | – | – | 38 | 46 | 62 | – | – | – |
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– | – | – | 69 | WD | 54 | 50 | – | 59 | WD | 45 | – | WD |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
Classics results
This table shows Gilbert's results in the great classics and the World Road Race Championships.
Year | Milan–San Remo | Gent–Wevelgem | Tour of Flanders | Paris–Roubaix | Amstel Gold Race | La Flèche Wallonne | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Clásica de San Sebastián | UCI Road World Championships | Paris–Tours | Giro di Lombardia |
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2005 | 6th | 77th | 25th | 74th | |||||||
2006 | 32nd | 29th | 69th | 21st | 38th | 92nd | 13th | ||||
2007 | 21st | 45th | 25th | 52nd | 19th | 16th | 84th | 8th | 27th | ||
2008 | 3rd | 62nd | 15th | 29th | 92nd | 89th | 15th | 1st | |||
2009 | 23rd | 3rd | 4th | 35th | 4th | 6th | 1st | 1st | |||
2010 | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 43rd | 18th | 63rd | 1st | |
2011 | 3rd | 36th | 9th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 17th | 67th | 8th | |
2012 | 87th | 39th | 75th | 6th | 3rd | 16th | 1st | DNF | |||
2013 | 32nd | 42nd | 5th | 15th | 7th | 9th | 20th | ||||
2014 | 13th | 1st | 10th | 8th | 7th | ||||||
2015 | 55th | 10th | DNF | 36th | 2nd | 10th | |||||
2016 | 81st | 91st |
Awards and honors
- Belgian Sportsman of the year: 2009, 2010, 2011
- National Trophy for sporting merit: 2009
- Velo d'Or: 2011
- Crystal Bicycle: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Flandrien Award: 2009, 2010, 2011
- AIJC trophy: 2009
References
- ↑ "Gilbert honored as "Boar of Ardennes" in Aywaille". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "Philippe Gilbert – About Phil". Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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- 1 2 "Philippe Gilbert signs for BMC". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Belgium's Philippe Gilbert blasts to men's road race victory on the Cauberg". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (25 April 2011). "Philippe Gilbert's Ardennes triple lifts him to World number one spot". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "UCI presents Philippe Gilbert with 2011 WorldTour trophy at Peace and Sport International Forum". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "Gilbert denies allegations of Cortisone abuse". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Ltd. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ Gilbert moves to The Rock
- ↑ Philippe Gilbert becomes a father
- ↑ "Philippe Gilbert, papa pour la seconde fois: Alexandre est né ce vendredi" [Philippe Gilbert, a father for the second time: Alexandre was born on Friday]. LaProvince (in French). Copiepresse. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
- ↑ "Gilbert's brother to ride Liege-Bastogne-Liege". Special Broadcasting Service. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ↑ 61st Omloop Het Volk – 1.HC. Autobus.cyclingnews.com (2006-02-25). Retrieved on 2011-12-23.
- ↑ Gilbert undergoes skin cancer surgery. Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-23.
- ↑ Hood, Andrew (30 May 2009). "Philippe Gilbert wins 2009 Giro d'Italia stage 20; Denis Menchov holds lead". Velonews.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ vrt (19 October 2010). "Philippe Gilbert is 'Flandrien of the year'". flandersnews.be. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ "Amstel Gold Race 2010: Philippe Gilbert ends 16-year wait for Belgian win on the Cauberg". The Daily Telegraph. UK: Telegraph Media Group. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ↑ Farrand, Stephen (16 October 2010). "Gilbert repeat victor of Giro di Lombardia". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ MacLeary, John (24 April 2011). "Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2011: Philippe Gilbert triumphs in Belgium to complete historic Ardennes classics hat-trick". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ Haake, Bjorn (26 June 2011). "Philippe Gilbert takes his first Belgian road title with solo move". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ Fotheringham, William (2 July 2011). "Philippe Gilbert clinches stage one victory". Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ↑ Pasquale Stalter (9 September 2009). "Gilbert wins Quebec City Grand Prix, Gesink Second". Miroir du Cyclisme. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ Ben Atkins (12 September 2011). "Philippe Gilbert extends WorldTour lead after Montréal third place". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ Barry Ryan (15 October 2011). "Gilbert comes up short at Giro di Lombardia". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ Ben Atkins (12 September 2011). "Philippe Gilbert presented with 2011 WorldTour trophy by Pat McQuaid". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Gilbert says other teams responsible for his lack of victories in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ Ryan, Barry (5 March 2015). "UCI Athletes' Commission holds first meeting in Aigle". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ↑ "BMC racing team's Gilbert third at La Flèche Wallonne". BMC. BMC 2012. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ Brecht Decaluwé (15 April 2012). "Amstel Gold Race marks return to form for Gilbert". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ "Vandewalle claims Belgian time trial title". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ "Gilbert pakt eerste seizoenszege in Vuelta" [Gilbert takes first season win in Vuelta]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ↑ "Gilbert slaat opnieuw toe in de Vuelta" [Gilbert strikes again in the Vuelta]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ↑ "Philippe Gilbert of Belgium wins men's road race at cycling World Championships". CTN News. Bell Media. Associated Press. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ↑ Wood, Donald (30 August 2013). "Vuelta a Espana 2013 Results: Stage 7 Standings, Highlights and Recap". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ↑ "Vuelta a España 2013, stage 12: Philippe Gilbert surges to victory in Tarragona as Vincenzo Nibali defends red jersey". telegraph.co.uk. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ↑ "Hermans holds off pack for Brabantse Pijl win". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "Kwiatkowski sprints to first victory in rainbow jersey in Amstel Gold Race". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Valverde wins La Fleche Wallonne 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "Injured Gilbert fades in Liège-Bastogne-Liège finale". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Results: 2015 Giro d'Italia, stage 12". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ Colin Henrys (28 May 2015). "Giro d'Italia 2015: Philippe Gilbert wins stage 18 as Alberto Contador gains more time". Road Cycling UK. MPORA. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ↑ "Philippe Gilbert wins Vuelta a Murcia". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
Further reading
- Gilbert, Philippe (2012). Philippe Gilbert: My Year in Top Gear. Translated by Martin Lambert. Tielt, Belgium: Lannoo Meulenhoff. ISBN 9789401401593. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
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