Sébastien Delfosse

Sébastien Delfosse
	Sébastien Delfosse at the 2015 Grand Prix Pino Cerami.
Personal information
Full name	Sébastien Delfosse
Nickname	Séba
Born	29 November 1982 (age 42); Oupeye, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Disciplines	Road; Cyclo-cross;
Role	Directeur sportif; Rider (retired);
Amateur teams
2005	Massi–Abarth
2006–2007	Pôle Continental Wallon–Bergasol–Euro Millions
2007	Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2008–2013	Landbouwkrediet–Tönissteiner
2014–2018	Wallonie-Bruxelles
Managerial team
2019	Pesant Club Liégeois

Sébastien Delfosse (born 29 November 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2018 for the Crelan–Euphony and WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic teams.^[2] He has also worked as a directeur sportif for Belgian amateur team Pesant Club Liégeois.^[3]

Career

Born in Oupeye and prior to turning professional, Delfosse also competed for the Pôle Continental Wallon–Bodysol–Euromillions team. Having previously taken a podium finish at the 2012 Classic Loire Atlantique, Delfosse achieved his first two professional UCI victories within the space of a week, in May 2013. His first victory came at the Circuit de Wallonie in Lambusart, when he managed to fend off the rest of the field and soloed to victory, having been part of the early breakaway of the race.^[4] The following weekend, Delfosse won the 1.1-rated Rund um Köln in Cologne, after again featuring in the race breakaway. Delfosse out-sprinted two other riders for the honours, beating Pieter Jacobs and Georg Preidler at the finish.^[5]^[6]

Delfosse moved to the Wallonie-Bruxelles team for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Crelan–Euphony^[7] – folded.^[1]

Personal life

Delfosse's older sister Kathy also competed professionally. Following his retirement from the professional peloton, Delfosse became a salesman at a Decathlon sporting goods store in Verviers.^[8]

Major results

2006

7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

8th Vlaamse Havenpijl

2007

1st Kattekoers

1st Flèche Ardennaise

3rd Romsée–Stavelot–Romsée

2009

4th Dwars door het Hageland

2010

2nd GP José Dubois

3rd Profkoers Sint-Niklaas

2011

1st GP José Dubois

5th Bolinne–Harlue

7th Heistse Pijl

10th Kattekoers

2012

3rd Classic Loire Atlantique

4th Bolinne–Harlue

7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

2013

1st Circuit de Wallonie

1st Rund um Köln

3rd Polynormande

7th Heistse Pijl

10th Volta Limburg Classic

2014

2nd La Drôme Classic

2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire

3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne

1st

Combination classification

5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

5th Polynormande

9th Route Adélie

2015

1st

Overall Tour de Bretagne

1st

Sprints classification Tour de Wallonie

3rd La Drôme Classic

4th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig

6th Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen

7th Velothon Wales

8th Classic Loire Atlantique

9th Paris–Camembert

2016

7th Overall Tour de Bretagne

10th Circuit de Wallonie

2017

1st La Drôme Classic

References

^ ^a ^b Spruyt, Francis (29 September 2013). "Delfosse et Prémont chez Wallonie-Bruxelles" [Delfosse and Prémont at Wallonie-Bruxelles]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
^ "Sébastien Delfosse met un terme à sa carrière" [Sébastien Delfosse puts an end to his career]. RTBF.be (in French). RTBF. Belga. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ Odvart, James (11 December 2018). "Sébastien Delfosse passe du vélo au volant" [Sébastien Delfosse goes from the bike to the wheel]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Delfosse remporte le Circuit de Wallonie" [Delfosse wins Circuit de Wallonie]. RTBF.be (in French). RTBF. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Delfosse gewinnt 97. Rund um Köln" [Delfosse wins 97th Around Köln]. Rund um Köln (in German). Verein Cölner Straßenfahrer 08 e.V. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ Quistgaard, Daniel (12 May 2013). "Delfosse wins Rund um Köln". CyclingQuotes. Feltet. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Crelan-Euphony (CRE) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
^ "Sébastien Delfosse, ambassadeur Van Rysel : « Le cyclo-cross me donne cette montée d'adrénaline »" [Sébastien Delfosse, Van Rysel ambassador: "cyclo-cross gives me that adrenaline rush"]. Decathlon.be (in French). Decathlon Belgium SA. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.