Dominique Cornu
{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Dominique Cornu
| image = Dominique Cornu.jpg
| fullname = Dominique Cornu
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|10|10}}
| birth_place = Beveren, Belgium
| height = 1.96 m
| weight = 77 kg
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = {{ubl|Road|Track}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Time triallist
| protourrank =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2005–2006
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|JVC|2005}}
| proyears2 = 2007–2008
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|SIL|2007}}
| proyears3 = 2009
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|QST|2009}}
| proyears4 = 2010
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|SKS|2010}}
| proyears5 = 2011–2013
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2011}}
| proyears6 = 2014
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|MNG|2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20131025_00808640|title=Dominique Cornu tekent voor Sunweb-Napoleon Games|language=nl|trans-title=Dominique Cornu signs for Sunweb-Napoleon Games|date=25 October 2013|access-date=21 December 2013|work=SportWereld–Het Nieuwsblad|publisher=Corelio|agency=Belga}}
| proyears7 = 2015
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|VWT|2015}}
| majorwins =
}}
Dominique Cornu (born 10 October 1985) is a Belgian retired road and track cyclist from Flanders, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2015. He specialised in the time trial discipline.
Career
Cornu was born in Beveren.
At the 2006 World Cycling Championship he was crowned Under-23 Time Trial World Champion.[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//worlds06/?id=results/worlds062 A dream comes true for Cornu], cyclingnews.com He had previously won the Junior Belgian Time Trial Championship in 2003 and 2004, and in 2005 he became the Belgian Under-23 time trial Champion. Cornu is also an accomplished track cyclist, winning the Individual Pursuit at the 2006 Belgian Track Cycling Championships.{{Cycling Archives|11839}} In addition to Cornu's time trialing skills he is also a promising cobblestone rider, having won the Under-23 edition of the prestigious Omloop "Het Volk" cycling classic in 2006.
Cornu left {{UCI team code|TSV|2013}} at the end of the 2013 season, and joined {{UCI team code|MNG|2014}} for the 2014 season.
Major results
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;2003
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
;2004
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
: 1st Grand Prix des Nations Under–23
: 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
;2005
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 1st 20px Overall Tour de Berlin
: 1st Stage 2 Tweedaagse van de Gaverstreek
: 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
: 2nd 15px Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
;2006
: 1st 20px Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: National Track Championships
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
::2nd 15px Kilo
::3rd 15px Points race
: 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
: 1st Prologue Ronde van Antwerpen
: 3rd 15px Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
;2008
: 1st Stage 4 Giro del Capo
;2010
: 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
::1st 20px Young rider classification
::1st Stage 4 (ITT)
: 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
;2011
: 7th Overall Eneco Tour
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References
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External links
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820223531/http://www.dominiquecornu.be:80/ |title=Official website}} {{in lang|nl}}
- {{Procyclingstats}}
- {{CycleBase|3343}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|co/dominique-cornu-1}}
{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's under-23 time trial}}
{{Belgian Sportsperson of the Year}}
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Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:Belgian track cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Category:Sportspeople from Beveren