Johan Capiot
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Johan Capiot |
| Born | 12 April 1964 Rijkhoven, Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter/Classics specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1986–1987 | Roland–Van de Ven |
| 1988–1994 | TVM–Van Schilt |
| 1995 | Refin |
| 1996 | Collstrop–Lystex |
| 1997–2000 | TVM–Farm Frites |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and classics
| |
Johan Capiot (born 12 April 1964) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. He was a professional rider from 1986 to 2000. His son Amaury is also a professional cyclist.
A sprinter and hardy rider, Capiot had success in one day classic races, often in his native Belgium. Having ridden for Roland–Van de Ven he made a switch to the Dutch TVM team, led by Cees Priem, ahead of the 1988 season. However, having verbally pledged his services to both teams, the case was settled in court with a judge ruling his contract with Roland-Skala could be broken in exchange for a buyout fee.[1] Riding for TVM, Capiot was the winner of Flèche Brabançonne in 1988 with a lone attack from 60 km out, and retained the title in 1989 by winning a sprint ahead of Adrie van der Poel and Dirk De Wolf.[1][2]
Continuing with TVM, a 26 year-old Capiot was a surprise winner of the 1990 Omloop Het Volk, the first classic race in Belgium of the season. Having engineered a breakaway with 34km to go, and recovering from a puncture with 25km remaining, he returned to the breakaway group and proceeded won the sprint ahead of his illustrious companions Etienne De Wilde, Eddy Planckaert, Johan Museeuw and Edwig Van Hooydonck.[3] The following year, Capiot placed second at Het Volk behind Frans Maassen.[1] Later that year, however, he placed first from a bunch sprint at the finale of the 1991 Paris–Tours classic, winning ahead of Olaf Ludwig of Germany.[2]
In 1992, he won Brabantse Pijl for the third time in five years, briefly the record number of victories in the race until surpassed by Van Hooydonck in the following years.[1] That spring, he also once again won the 1992 Omloop Het Volk.[4] He was third across the line in a bunch sprint at 1992 Gent–Wevelgem but was awarded second place behind Mario Cipollini after initial race winner Djamolidine Abdoujaparov was disqualified for an illegal racing manoeuvre in the finishing straight.[5] That season, he placed third behind Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle and Olaf Ludwig at 1992 Paris–Roubaix.[6]
Capiot placed fifth at the Tour of Flanders in 1994,[7] and had sixth place finish in weather conditions described as "brutal" at the 1994 Paris–Roubaix, with fellow competitor Sean Yates seeing fit to describe Capiot as a "hard man".[8][9][10] He placed fifth at 1995 Paris–Roubaix the following year, part of a small group riders behind the lone winner Franco Ballerini.[11]
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