- Born
- Nickname
- The Lion of Flanders
- Height6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
- Johan Museeuw, nicknamed the Lion of Flanders ("De Leeuw van Vlaanderen"), is a former Belgian professional road racing cyclist born 1965. A professional cyclist between 1988 and 2004, he amassed a total of 113 victories on the road including the UCI Road World Championships 1996 in Lugano, Switzerland the day of his 31st birthday, three times cobbled classics Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix and twice the Belgian national road championships. Museeuw spent his glory years as a rider with the Italian professional cycling team Mapei, mid 1990s and late 1990s. He retired with Quick Step Floors-Davitamon in the spring of 2004, after the Paris Roubaix and Scheldeprijs races.
- IMDb mini biography by: cnuddearthur
- SpouseVeronique Souvagie(1991 - 2009) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenStefano MuseeuwGianni Museeuw
- ParentsEddy Museeuw
- His confident yet introverted personality, his distinctive higher pitched voice with West Flemish accent when speaking Dutch and his hair implants.
- Post-career four-year suspension for doping use, wrongdoings that date from the later stages of his career.
- Museeuw and his wife Veronique Souvagie divorced in 2009. They married in 1991 and have two sons, Gianni (born 1992) and Stefano (born 1997). Youngest son Stefano turned semi-professional cyclist, roughly following in his father's footsteps.
- Suffered a skull fracture in 2000 due to a motorcycle accident with his wife Veronique and son Gianni sitting on the back of the motorcycle. His family survived.
- Has a rather closed personality and quirky, inscrutable train of thought which he displayed both during his days as a rider and after.
- Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams was a fan of Museeuw's during Museeuw's professional cycling days, Museeuw himself said. He would have received Adams's phone number and kept in touch with the famous artist after his cycling days.
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