About Johan Museeuw

Johan Museeuw, also known as "Lion of Flanders" is a famous Belgian professional street bicycle racter. Born in on October 13, 1965, he began his professional racing career at age of 23 in 1988, for the next 16 years untill 2004 he dominated the sport of cycling. He retired in spring of 2004. During his 16 year career he raced for the following teams: ADRenting (1988-1989), Lotto (1990-1992), GB-MG (1993-1994), Mapei (1994-2000),Farm Frites (2001-2002) and Quick Step (2003-2004) He won the following major events: World Cycling Champion (1996), UCI Road World Cup (1995, 1996), Tour de France (2 stages), Ronde van Vlaanderen (1993, 1995, 1998), Paris-Roubaix (1996, 2000, 2002), Amstel Gold Race (1994), HEW Cyclassics (2002), Paris-Tours (1993), Züri-Metzgete (1991, 1995) And he also won the Gold meda in 1996 in Lugano at the Elite Men's Road Race.