Simon De Cuyper
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- 26 September 2016
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- 15 August 2016
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- 12 June 2016
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Simon wins the Belgian Sprint Championship!
Category : Belgium , Racing , SMO-Specialized
Strong race, and gutsy performance! Simon wins another Belgian Title, his first one since 2013.
Great joy, and proud to have an other “trocolore” jersey around his shoulders!
- 29 December 2015
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Sylvester Run Leuven
Category : Belgium
I may not be there yet, but I am closer than I was yesterday.
My season 2015 ended today with the sylvester run in Leuven, my hometown. It is a tradition for many years to finish the year with this great run in the city of Leuven. As every year, many people I know on the side of the course, or even competing themselves. It makes the atmosphere unique!
Offcourse, I still had to run 12k, and I suffered a lot. First k’s went good, but after 4k on 20k/hr pace I had to choose my own pace and let the leaders go. Jesse Stroobants, Jelle Geens and Dennis Laerte were to strong for me today. But I was satisfied with the pace I could run for the twelve kilometers, and I did my best run of the year. So I am improving, and looking forward to 2016! First some extra months of training before the next competition… I hope to be ready by then.
I also like to thank my employer, Belgian Defense, for deciding to support me for the next year. After a difficult season 2015, I am lucky that they are still on my side and keep supporting my career as an athlete. So I can stay focussed on the things that matter: training and racing.
Best Wishes for everyone in 2016! Stay healthy!
Greetings,
Simon
- 27 September 2015
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Teamvictory of the day and the final ranking victory!
Yesterday I joined my SMO-specialized teammates at the start of the T3 series in Lille. With both the men and women we were in de running for the final victory of the circuit. While winning the victory of the day for both men and women we also had the final victory!
Enjoyment for athletes, fans, management and sympathizers.
Obviously we had to compete first. After a great swim I was in the head group with 3 of my teammates. De first 4 athletes of the day determine the team ranking and our biggest rival (Atriac) didn’t have any athletes in the head group. So while on bike we pushed really hard and widened the distance systematically. While running we kept our position and the victory of the day was ours!
- 6 July 2015
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Victory in Vilvoorde!
As announced I was at the start of a triathlon since long time. Vilvoorde was the place to be and I had a nice comeback race, with a first victory as result. After the swimming part, together with coach Stijn Goris, I tried to get away quickly on my bike. But the Atriac-train (Tim VH, Wannes S, Tom M, Koen V) was there fast. They tried to win the teammatch by bike, but together with Stijn we hold it together, so the running finale would be decisive. While running I could run away from the competition really quick and the victory was mine without any threat. After a difficult period where I struggled with glandular fever it was mentaly really good to start with a victory.
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- 11 December 2014
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National championship cross country for the military
So yesterday I stood at the start of the national championship cross country for the military. It was about to be a thrilling race with French, Dutch, German and Luxembourg teams, with some very good runners from the ranks of Defense. As every year the event is in Schaffen, such a beautiful location for this cross. With 950 men at the start is was a impressive spectacle once the starting shot was given. To avoid the crowd, I had a quick start, maybe too quick in retrospective. It didn’t take long to realize the course was incredibly challenging. Lots of wind and hill zone, where we had to take 2 steep hills, followed quick on another. I lost some places, tried to hold on and run out of the wind. But I noticed the condition wasn’t there. But it was fun to suffer for half an hour in some sun and with lots of company. The result wasn’t important, I became 13th and 8th Belgian.
Result
With some pictures by Alex Smeyers.
- 6 July 2014
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Silver Belgian Championship OD Kortrijk
Category : Belgium , Racing , SMO-Specialized
- 1 May 2014
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- 30 June 2013
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Gold Belgian Championship OD Brasschaat
Category : Belgium , Racing , SMO-Specialized