Danny De Bie

Danny De Bie
	De Bie (left) at the 1987 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Danny De Bie
Born	23 January 1960 (age 64)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road; Cyclo-cross;
Role	Rider (retired); Directeur sportif;
Professional teams
1987–1991	S.E.F.B.–Gipiemme
1992–1994	Bankunie
1995	Rolini Sportswear
Managerial teams
2000–2014	Spaarselect
2015	Colba–Superano Ham
Major wins
	Cyclo-cross World Championships (1989) National Championships (1990, 1991, 1992) Superprestige (1989–1990)
Medal record
Representing Belgium
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships

Danny De Bie (born 23 January 1960) is a former Belgian professional cyclist and directeur sportif, who won the men's race at the 1989 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. His brothers Eddy De Bie and Rudy De Bie also competed professionally.

Career

Born in Beersel, De Bie achieved several successes on the road but started to focus on cyclo-cross full-time after taking the silver medal at the 1987 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. He went to Switzerland which was at that time the main place for cyclo-cross races. Two years later he achieved that. The World Cyclo-Cross Championships parcours at Pont-Château in 1989, was a course that was suited to him. De Bie was able to cycle up a tough climb of almost 100 metres where his opponents such as Adri van der Poel had to walk and as a result De Bie was able to make a gap every time he went over the climb. After winning the rainbow jersey, De Bie became one of the best cyclo crossers of the world with a win in the Superprestige classification and increased popularity for the sport in Belgium.

In 1991 De Bie was suspected of possible tampering with a doping control after a Superprestige race in Zillebeke and he was not allowed to take part in the World Championships that year in Gieten.^[1] De Bie was Belgium cyclo-cross champion for three years in a row and then beaten by Paul Herijgers. De Bie in his career won 11 Superprestige races.

After his career he worked as directeur sportif for the Spaarselect team between 2000 and 2014, and Colba–Superano Ham in 2015.