{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Lieselot Decroix | image = Lieselot Decroix Belgium Tour 2016.jpg | caption = | fullname = Lieselot Decroix | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Poperinge, Belgium | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.67|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|50|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2007–2008 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|LBL|2007}} | proyears2 = 2009–2010 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}} | proyears3 = 2011 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2011}} | proyears4 = 2012 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|DLT|2012}} | proyears5 = 2013 | proteam5 = CyclelivePlus-Zannata | proyears6 = 2014-2016 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|LBL|2014}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes }}
'''Lieselot Decroix''' (born 12 May 1987 in Poperinge) is a Belgian retired professional road cyclist.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Lieselot Decroix|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/lieselot-decroix-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062347/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/lieselot-decroix-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 10 October 2013}}</ref> She represented her nation Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has currently competed under an annual contract for CyclelivePlus-Zannata Women's Team.<ref>{{cite news|last=Atkins|first=Ben|title=Big names top new CyclelivePlus-Zannata women’s team in Belgium|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13401/Big-names-top-new-CyclelivePlus-Zannata-womens-team-in-Belgium.aspx|work=Velo Nation|publisher=Velo Nation LLC|date=29 November 2012|accessdate=10 October 2013}}</ref>
Decroix qualified for the Belgian squad, as a lone female cyclist, in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by finishing among the top 24 and receiving a berth from the UCI World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|title=OS Wielrennen: Lieselot Decroix enkeling in vrouwenwedstrijd|trans-title=Olympic Cycling: Lieselot Decroix competes as an individual woman|language=Dutch|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf08082008_025|publisher=Het Nieuwsblad|date=8 August 2008|accessdate=10 October 2013}}</ref> She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-fourth-place finish through a vast field of sixty-six cyclists in 3:36:35, surpassing Mexico's Alessandra Grassi by less than a second.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Road Race |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CRW012100/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213117/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRW012100/index.html |archive-date=19 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/news/road/cooke-weathers-storm-to-take-olympic-gold_81537|publisher=Velo News|date=10 August 2008|accessdate=10 October 2013}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col start}} ;2007 : 7th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche ::1st Young rider classification ;2008 : 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 10th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine ;2009 : National Road Championships ::3rd Time trial ::4th Road race ;2011 : 8th Overall Gracia–Orlová ::1st Stage 4 ;2015 : 9th Overall Belgium Tour : 10th Cholet Pays de Loire Dames ;2016 : 3rd Ronde van Gelderland {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{UCI}} *{{ProCyclingStats}} *{{Cycling Archives|21124}} *{{Olympics.com|lieselot-decroix}} *{{Olympedia}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130122032756/http://www.cycleliveplus-zannata.be/team/6/lieselot-decroix.html Profile – CyclelivePlus-Zannata] (archived) {{in lang|nl}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131022121004/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=56697/bio/index.html NBC 2008 Olympics profile] (archived)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Decroix, Lieselot}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian female cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic cyclists for Belgium Category:Sportspeople from Poperinge Category:Cyclists from West Flanders Category:21st-century Belgian sportswomen