Vandenbroucke tops podium in Le Bizet
Former prodigy take minor win
Former Quickstep-Davitamon rider, Frank Vandenbroucke, claimed victory in a race in the Belgian town of Le Bizet, on Wednesday.
Riding for Belgian/Australian continental squad Cinelli-Down Under, the former Liège-Bastogne-Liège champion finished twelve seconds ahead of Jérémy Honorez (Lotto-Bodysol-P.C.W.) in a race for elite riders without a professional contract.
Touted as a cycling prodigy early in his career, Vandenbroucke had a series of spectacular problems with has failed to re-find the form that saw him win the Belgian classics Het Volk and Ghent-Wevelgem in the late 1990s.
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