Paul Herygers

Paul Herygers
Personal information
Full name	Paul Herygers
Born	22 November 1962 (age 61); Herentals, Belgium
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Cyclo-cross; Mountain bike racing
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1992	Saxon-Gatorade
1993	Saxon-Breitex
1994	Saxon-Selle Italia
1995–1996	Tönissteiner-Saxon
1997	Tönissteiner-Colnago
1998	Tönissteiner-Colnago-Saxon
1999	Spar-RDM
Major wins
	Cyclo-cross World Championship (1994) Cyclo-cross Belgian Championship (1993, 1997) Mountainbike Belgian Championship (1990, 1991, 1992) World Cup (1994) GvA Trophy (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships

Paul Herygers (born 22 November 1962) is a retired Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist.

Herygers was born in Herentals, Belgium. In his second year as a professional he was Belgian Champion, beating Danny De Bie in a sprint. The following year he became World Champion in Koksijde, ahead of Richard Groenendaal and his compatriot Erwin Vervecken. In 1997 he became Belgian cyclo-cross champion for the second time.^[1]

Herygers is a commentator for cyclo-cross for Sporza and cyclo-cross coordinator of the Belgian cycling association, the KBWB. Paul Herygers was an advisor to World Cyclocross Champion Fem Van Empel at end of the season 2022–2023.^[2]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

1983: 1st Contern Cyclocross
1992: 1st Cyclocross Rijkevorsel; 1st Cyclo-cross Kalmthout; 1st Kasteelcross Zonnebeke; 2nd Duinencross Koksijde; 3rd Cyclocross Ravels
1993: 1st National CX Championships; 1st Cyclocross Rijkevorsel; 1st Ziklokross Igorre; 1st Superprestige Gieten; 1st Cyclocross Ravels; 1st Cyclocross Contern; 1st Kasteelcross Zonnebeke; 1st Cyclocross Steinmaur; 1st Vlaamse Aardbeiencross Hoogstraten; 1st Cyclocross Eindhoven; 1st Cyclocross Eschenbach; 1st Krawatencross Lille; 1st General Classification GvA Trophy; 2nd Cyclo-cross Kalmthout; 2nd Duinencross Koksijde; 2nd Jaarmarktcross Niel; 3rd Azencross Loenhout; 3rd GP Essen
1994: 1st UCI World CX Championships; 1st Cyclocross Rijkevorsel; 1st Cyclo-cross Kalmthout; 1st Cyclocross Silvelle; 1st GP Essen; 1st Superprestige Gieten; 1st Duinencross Koksijde; 1st Jaarmarktcross Niel; 1st Kasteelcross Zonnebeke; 1st Cyclocross Steinmaur; 1st Cyclocross Harnes; 1st Krawatencross Lille; 1st General Classification UCI World Cup CX; 1st General Classification GvA Trophy; 2nd Cyclocross Corva di Azzano; 2nd Vlaamse Aardbeiencross Hoogstraten; 3rd Superprestige Diegem; 3rd Ziklokross Igorre
1995: 1st Azencross Loenhout; 1st Cyclocross Rijkevorsel; 1st Kasteelcross Zonnebeke; 1st GP Essen; 1st Jaarmarktcross Niel; 1st Contern Cyclocross; 1st Kasteelcross Zonnebeke; 1st Cyclocross Steinmaur; 1st Vlaamse Aardbeiencross Hoogstraten; 1st Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle; 1st Krawatencross Lille; 1st Cyclo-cross Ruddervoorde; 3rd Cyclocross Silvelle; 3rd Cyclocross Ravels; 1st General Classification GvA Trophy
1996: 1st Cyclocross Rijkevorsel; 1st Kasteelcross Zonnebeke; 1st Vlaamse Aardbeiencross Hoogstraten; 1st Noordzeecross Middelkerke; 1st Kermiscross Ardooie; 1st Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle; 1st Cyclocross Pont-Château; 1st Bredenecross; 1st Nationale Cyclo-Cross Otegem; 1st Cyklokros Tábor; 1st General Classification GvA Trophy; 2nd National CX Championships; 2nd Cyclocross Steinmaur; 2nd GP Essen; 2nd Cyclocross Ravels; 2nd Krawatencross Lille
1997: 1st National CX Championships; 1st Noordzeecross Middelkerke; 1st Kermiscross Ardooie; 1st Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle; 1st Surhuisterveen; 1st General Classification GvA Trophy; 2nd Contern Cyclocross; 2nd Cyclocross Steinmaur; 3rd Azencross Loenhout
1998: 1st Kermiscross Ardooie; 2nd Surhuisterveen; 3rd Noordzeecross Middelkerke

Mountainbike

1990: 1st National Championships Mountainbike
1991: 1st National Championships Mountainbike
1992: 1st National Championships Mountainbike

Honours and awards

Crystal Bicycle – Best Professional Cyclist: 1994^[3]
Honorary Citizen of Koksijde: 1994^[4]

References

^ "Paul Herijgers". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
^ https://cyclinguptodate.com/cyclocross/paul-herygers-on-teaching-fem-van-empel-amidst-sudden-stardom-for-me-the-key-is-education
^ "RETRO. Ook deze heren wonnen ooit Kristallen Fiets".
^ "Ereburgers en ambassadeurs van Koksijde" (in Dutch). Sporza. 2 December 2022.

External links

Paul Herygers at Cycling Archives

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bart Musschoot	Belgian Mountainbike Champion (3) 1990–1992	Succeeded by Benny Heylen

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[1] "Paul Herijgers". FirstCycling.com. 2022.

[2] ttps://cyclinguptodate.com/cyclocross/paul-herygers-on-teaching-fem-van-empel-amidst-sudden-stardom-for-me-the-key-is-education

[eurosport2010-3] "RETRO. Ook deze heren wonnen ooit Kristallen Fiets".

[eurosport322-4] "Ereburgers en ambassadeurs van Koksijde" (in Dutch). Sporza. 2 December 2022.

v t e UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race
1950–1959	Jean Robic (1950) Roger Rondeaux (1951–1953) André Dufraisse (1954–1958) Renato Longo (1959)
1960–1979	Rolf Wolfshohl (1960–1961) Renato Longo (1962) Rolf Wolfshohl (1963) Renato Longo (1964–1965) Erik De Vlaeminck (1966) Renato Longo (1967) Erik De Vlaeminck (1968–1973) Albert Van Damme (1974) Roger De Vlaeminck (1975) Albert Zweifel (1976–1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980) Hennie Stamsnijder (1981) Roland Liboton (1982–1984) Klaus-Peter Thaler (1985) Albert Zweifel (1986) Klaus-Peter Thaler (1987) Pascal Richard (1988) Danny De Bie (1989) Henk Baars (1990) Radomír Šimůnek (1991) Mike Kluge (1992) Dominique Arnould (1993) Paul Herygers (1994) Dieter Runkel (1995) Adri van der Poel (1996) Daniele Pontoni (1997) Mario De Clercq (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Richard Groenendaal (2000) Erwin Vervecken (2001) Mario De Clercq (2002) Bart Wellens (2003–2004) Sven Nys (2005) Erwin Vervecken (2006–2007) Lars Boom (2008) Niels Albert (2009) Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011) Niels Albert (2012) Sven Nys (2013) Zdeněk Štybar (2014) Mathieu van der Poel (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2018) Mathieu van der Poel (2019)
2020–2039	Mathieu van der Poel (2020–2021) Tom Pidcock (2022) Mathieu van der Poel (2023–2024)

v t e Belgian National Cyclo-cross Champions (men)
1900–1919	Philippe Thys (1910) Joseph Van Ingelghem (1912) Henri Moerenhout (1913) Joseph Van Ingelghem (1914)
1920–1939	René Vermandel (1921) Maurice De Waele (1922) Théodore Van Eetvelde (1923) Joseph Van Dam (1924) Pé Verhaegen (1925) Henri Moerenhout (1926) Jean Meeuwis (1927) Jules Goedhuys (1928) Georges Ronsse (1929–1930) Jules Goedhuys (1931) Jef Demuysere (1932) Maurice Seynaeve (1933–1937) Omer Thys (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Richard Blendeman (1941) Eugeen Jacobs (1942–1943) Frans Van Hellemont (1944) Georges Vandermeirsch (1945–1947) Frans De Coster (1948) Georges Vandermeirsch (1949) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1950) Georges Vandermeirsch (1951) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1952) Georges Furnière (1953) Frans Feremans (1954) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1955–1956) René De Rey (1957) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1958) René De Rey (1959)
1960–1979	Roger De Clercq (1960) Firmin Van Kerrebroeck (1961) Roger De Clercq (1962) Albert Van Damme (1963) Roger De Clercq (1964) Albert Van Damme (1965–1966) Erik De Vlaeminck (1967) Albert Van Damme (1968) Erik De Vlaeminck (1969) Albert Van Damme (1970) Erik De Vlaeminck (1971–1972) Albert Van Damme (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc De Block (1976–1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978) Jan Teugels (1979)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton (1980–1989) Danny De Bie (1990–1992) Paul Herygers (1993) Peter Van Den Abeele (1994) Marc Janssens (1995) Erwin Vervecken (1996) Paul Herygers (1997) Marc Janssens (1998–1999)
2000–2019	Sven Nys (2000) Mario De Clercq (2001–2002) Sven Nys (2003) Bart Wellens (2004) Sven Nys (2005–2006) Bart Wellens (2007) Sven Nys (2008–2010) Niels Albert (2011) Sven Nys (2012) Klaas Vantornout (2013) Sven Nys (2014) Klaas Vantornout (2015) Wout van Aert (2016–2018) Toon Aerts (2019)
2020–2039	Laurens Sweeck (2020) Wout van Aert (2021–2022) Michael Vanthourenhout (2023) Eli Iserbyt (2024)

v t e Belgian Professional Cyclist of the Year
Crystal Bicycle (men)	1992 De Wolf 1993 Museeuw 1994 Herygers 1995–1997 Museeuw 1998 Steels 1999 Vandenbroucke 2000 Tchmil 2001 Verbrugghe 2002 Museeuw 2003 Van Petegem 2004–2006 Boonen 2007 S. Nys 2008–2011 Gilbert 2012 Boonen 2013 S. Nys 2014–2017 Van Avermaet 2018 Campenaerts 2019 Evenepoel 2020–2021 Van Aert 2022–2023 Evenepoel
Best Young Rider (men)	1994 Trouvé 1995 Hoste 1996 D'Hollander 1997–1998 S. Nys 1999 Hulsmans 2000 Van Goolen 2001 Boonen 2002 De Weert 2003 Vansummeren 2004–2005 Albert 2006 Cornu 2007 Albert 2008 Bakelants 2009 Boeckmans 2010 Eijssen 2011 Van der Sande 2012 Van Hoecke 2013 Decraene 2014 Teuns 2015 De Plus 2016–2017 Lambrecht 2018 Evenepoel 2019 Van Wilder 2020–2021 T. Nys 2022 Segaert 2023 Lecerf
Best Manager	2000 Lefevere & Bruyneel 2001 Braeckevelt 2002–2003 Bruyneel 2004 Lefevere 2005 De Cauwer 2006 Lefevere 2007–2009 Bruyneel 2010 Sergeant 2011 Lelangue 2012 Bomans 2013 Lefevere 2014–2015 Planckaert 2016 De Weert 2017–2019 Lefevere 2020 Peiper 2021 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft 2022 Vanthourenhout 2023 C. Roodhooft & P. Roodhooft
Crystal Drop of Sweat	2005 Hulsmans 2006 Steegmans 2007 Vansummeren 2008 Aerts 2009 Vandenbergh 2010 Aerts 2011 Vanendert 2012 De Weert 2013 Vandenbergh 2014–2016 Keisse 2017 Vermote 2018–2021 Declercq 2022 Benoot 2023 Van Hooydonck
Crystal Bicycle (women)	2016–2017 D'Hoore 2018 Degrendele 2019 Cant 2020–2023 Kopecky
Best Young Rider (women)	2023 De Wilde