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{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name          = Christophe Brandt
| image         = Walcourt - Tour de la province de Namur, étape 3, 7 août 2015, arrivée (A42).JPG
| caption       = Brandt in 2015
| fullname      = Christophe Brandt
| nickname      =
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|5|6}}
| birth_place   = [[Liège]], Belgium
| height        = 1.82 m
| weight        = 65 kg
| currentteam   = {{ubl|{{UCI team code|WVA}}|{{UCI team code|WBD}}}}
| discipline    = Road
| role          = {{ubl|Rider (retired)|[[Directeur sportif]]|General manager}}
| ridertype     =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1  =
| proyears1     = 2000
| proteam1      = {{UCI team code|SAE|2000}}
| proyears2     = 2001–2010
| proteam2      = {{UCI team code|OLO|2001}}
| manageyears1  = 2012–2013
| manageteam1   = {{UCI team code|AAS|2012}} ''(directeur sportif)''
| manageyears2  = 2014–
| manageteam2   = {{UCI team code|WVA|2014}} ''(general manager)''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.directvelo.com/actualite/69983/wb-aqua-protect-et-ago-aqua-service-unies-officiellement|language=French|first=James|last=Odvart|title=WB-Aqua Protect et AGO-Aqua Service unies officiellement|trans-title=WB-Aqua Protect and AGO-Aqua Service officially united|work=Directvelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton|date=12 October 2018|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref>
| manageyears3  = 2019–
| manageteam3   = {{allow wrap|{{UCI team code|WBD|2019}} ''(directeur sportif)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14156/1001726/257|title=Wallonie - Bruxelles Development Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|accessdate=31 May 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200531181924/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14156/1001726/257|archivedate=31 May 2020}}</ref>}}
| majorwins     =
}}

'''Christophe Brandt''' (born 6 May 1977) is a [[Belgians|Belgian]] former professional [[road bicycle racer]], who competed professionally between 2000 and 2010 for the {{UCI team code|SAE|2000}} and {{UCI team code|OLO|2010}} teams. He now works as the general manager for [[UCI ProSeries|UCI ProTeam]] {{UCI team code|BWB}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15251/1001655/280|title=Bingoal WB|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|accessdate=4 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210104180801/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15251/1001655/280|archivedate=4 January 2021}}</ref> and as a [[directeur sportif]] for its junior team, [[UCI Continental team]] {{UCI team code|WBD}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15289/1001726/276|title=Bingoal WB Development Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|accessdate=4 February 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210204212716/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15289/1001726/276|archivedate=4 February 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
Born in [[Liège]], Brandt started his career with {{UCI team code|SAE|2000}}, but after one year he transferred to {{UCI team code|OLO|2001}} and stayed there for the rest of his career. In the early 2000s he was a good rider in the Grand Tours, like a 14th place in the [[2004 Giro d'Italia]] and 33rd in the [[2002 Tour de France]]. In 2004, he returned a positive test for [[methadone]]. He believed the test was a result of a tainted nutritional supplement that he had taken to cure a liver problem. The chemist who had prepared Brandt's prescription confirmed he had been working with methadone on the same day he had prepared Brandt's prescription. This did not satisfy Brandt's team management, who fired him. However, later in the year the [[Belgian Cycling Federation]] exonerated Brandt, and his {{UCI team code|OLO|2004}} team rehired him. He stayed with them for the remainder of his career before retiring from competition in 2010. After two years with {{UCI team code|AAS|2013}} as a [[directeur sportif]], Brandt joined the {{UCI team code|WVA|2014}} team in 2014.

==Major results==
;2002
: 1st [[Course du Raisin]]
;2007
: 1st Stage 1b (TTT) [[Settimana Coppi e Bartali]]

==See also==
*[[List of doping cases in cycling]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{official website|http://www.christophebrandt.be}}
*{{trap-friis|belgium.Brandt}}

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Belgian male cyclists]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists for Belgium]]
[[Category:Cyclists from Liège]]


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