Johan Bruyneel
Personal information | |
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Full name | Johan Bruyneel |
Born | Izegem, Belgium | 23 August 1964
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Manager |
Professional teams | |
1989 | SEFB |
1990–1991 | Lotto–Superclub |
1992–1995 | ONCE |
1996–1997 | Rabobank |
1998 | ONCE |
Managerial teams | |
1999–2007 | U.S. Postal Service |
2008–2009 | Astana |
2010–2011 | Team RadioShack |
2012 | RadioShack–Nissan |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Johan Bruyneel (born 23 August 1964) is a Belgian former professional
History
Professional cyclist
Born in
His greatest successes as a pro cyclist came in 1995. At the
In the 1996 Tour de France, he missed a curve when descending a hill in stage 7 (Chambéry > Les Arcs), and disappeared into a ravine. The moment was captured by a camera team that was driving right behind the group of descenders. After some time, Bruyneel could be seen climbing out of the ravine and getting back onto his bike to continue the stage, apparently unscathed.[4]
Team director
Following his retirement from cycling in 1998 at age 34, Bruyneel accepted the position of managing director of the
At the time, Bruyneel announced his retirement and his plans to write a book. Bruyneel's book, We Might As Well Win, was published by Houghton Mifflin on 4 June 2008. Also, on 29 May 2008, Bruyneel joined the Board of Directors of World Bicycle Relief. But his retirement did not materialize.
In October 2007, after negotiations with the Kazakh government, Bruyneel was signed to take over control of the embattled Astana team, which had been kicked out of the 2007 Tour de France for doping violations and was in shambles over its doping connections. He brought Discovery's Contador and Leipheimer with him for the 2008 season. Although the team was banned from the Tour de France for its past doping history, Contador won both the 2008 Giro d'Italia and the 2008 Vuelta a España, making Contador the youngest rider to win all three Grand Tour championships. Additionally, Leipheimer finished second at the Vuelta.
Contador's victory in the Tour de France meant that Bruyneel had won four of the last six Grand Tours that his teams entered, and thirteen Grand Tour championships in eleven years (seven of these victories have since been nullified with the disqualification of Lance Armstrong from 1999 to 2005 from the Tour de France by USADA with ratification from the UCI). In 2010,
Conviction for doping
As of May 2010, he was under investigation by the Belgian cycling federation, after being accused by Floyd Landis of involvement in systematic doping while director sportif of Lance Armstrong's US Postal team.[7]
On 28 June 2012, Bruyneel was accused by
While some accused in this case, such as Lance Armstrong and Michele Ferrari, did not seek to formally contest the charges via arbitration, Bruyneel asked for an arbitration hearing.[11]
In October 2012, while still waiting for his hearing, Bruyneel left his position as managing director of
In November 2013, Armstrong settled a lawsuit with Acceptance Insurance Company (AIC). AIC had sought to recover $3 million it had paid Armstrong as bonuses for winning the Tour de France from 1999 to 2001. The suit was settled for an undisclosed sum the day before Armstrong was scheduled to give an oral deposition under oath. In a written deposition for the lawsuit, Armstrong stated under oath that, "Johan Bruyneel participated in or assisted with Armstrong's use of PEDs, and knew of that use through their conversations and acts."[13][14]
In April 2014, Bruyneel was given a ten-year ban by USADA, who noted that "the evidence establishes conclusively that Mr. Bruyneel was at the apex of a conspiracy to commit widespread doping on the USPS and Discovery Channel teams spanning many years and many riders."[15] Said Bruyneel about the ban, "I do not dispute that there are certain elements of my career that I wish had been different. However, a very small minority of us has been used as scapegoats for an entire generation."[16]
In October 2018, the World Anti-Doping Agency successfully increased his ten-year ban to a lifetime ban.[17]
Major results
As rider
- 1983
- 3rd Trofee van Vlaanderen Juniors
- 1987
- 6th Flèche Hesbignonne
- 6th Halle–Ingooigem
- 1988
- 1st Izegem Koers
- 4th GP Stad Vilvoorde
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 1
- 1989
- 1st Memorial Fred De Bruyne
- 3rd Tour de Vendée
- 4th LuK Challenge Chrono
- 5th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 7
- 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 2 & 10
- 1990
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 3rd Overall Tour of Galicia
- 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Overall Tour du Vaucluse
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 5th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 6th Tour de Berne
- 10th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1991
- 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Cholet-Pays de la Loire
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Overall Critérium International
- 4th Circuit des Frontières
- 5th Subida a Urkiola
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 3
- 10th Classique des Alpes
- 1992
- 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations
- 5th Overall Critérium International
- 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 8th Overall Clásico RCN
- 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 1993
- 1st Stage 3 Catalaanse Week
- 4th LuK Challenge Chrono
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 6
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1994
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 7th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
- 1st Stages 3 (TTT) & 4
- 1995
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 6 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 6th Klasika Primavera
- 1996
- 3rd Belgian National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Hofbräu-Cup
- 1st Stage 3
- 1997
- 1st Namense Pijl
- 4th Tour de Berne
- 5th Overall Catalaanse Week
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | 17 | 35 | — | 7 | — | 31 | DNF | — | DNF |
/ Vuelta a España | — | — | 15 | 9 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
As director
- Giro d'Italia (2): Winner of the general classification with Paolo Savoldelli in 2005, and with Alberto Contador in 2008.
- Tours de France (2): Winner of the general classification with Alberto Contador in 2007 and 2009.
- Lance Armstrong was disqualified from seven Tour de France victories directed by Bruyneel.
- Vuelta a España (2): Winner of the general classification with Roberto Heras in 2003 and with Alberto Contador in 2008.
Written work
- We Might As Well Win: On the Road to Success with the Mastermind Behind a Record-Setting Eight Tour de France Victories, ISBN 0-618-87937-4
See also
References
- ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Lance Armstrong's former team manager given lifetime ban from cycling". The Guardian. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "Le Tour en chiffres Les autres records" (PDF) (in French). LeTour.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ^ "Descending Cormet de Roselend". Podium Cafe. 2012 VOX MEDIA. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ Johan Bruyneel and Bill Strickland, We Might As Well Win, Houghton Mifflin, 2008, p. 4.
- ^ "Bruyneel says it's time to quit Astana". Google News. Agence France-Presse. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Belgian federation to investigate Bruyneel". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Letter from USADA to Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel, Dr Pedro Celaya, Dr Luis Garcia del Moral, and Dr Michele Ferrari" (PDF). The Wall Street Journal. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Bruyneel to sit out Tour de France over USADA allegations". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Shane Stokes (14 July 2012). "Bruyneel confirms he's opted for arbitration hearing with USADA". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ a b "'Ploegleider Bruyneel gaat bekentenis afleggen in België' – Dopinggebruik Lance Armstrong". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 18 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "Lance Armstrong's former team manager given lifetime ban from cycling". The Guardian. Press Association. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Schrotenboer, Brent, "Lance Armstrong named names under oath", USA Today, 10 April 2014
- ^ "Lance Armstrong Reveals Names in Lawsuit", The New York Times, 10 April 2014
- ^ "AAA Panel Imposes Ban for Team Director Bruyneel, Team Doctor Celaya and Team Trainer Martí, for Involvement in The United States Postal Service (USPS) Pro Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy". 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- Washington Times, 22 April 2014,
- ^ Ramsay, Ramsay (25 October 2018). "Lance Armstrong's former team manager gets lifetime ban from cycling". CNN. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Johan Bruyneel". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Johan Bruyneel". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Johan Bruyneel". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
External links
- Johan Bruyneel at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Johan Bruyneel
- Official website