# Rudy Pevenage

Rudy Pévenage (15 June 1954) is a former Belgian cyclist, and later in his career team coach of cycling teams such as Histor–Sigma, La William–Saltos, Team Coast, and T-Mobile Team.
Pévenage was a professional cyclist from 1976 until 1988. His largest success was in the 1980 Tour de France: he won one stage and won the points classification. He reached second place in the 1979 Tour de Suisse. He also spent nine days in the yellow jersey, leading the general classification in the Tour de France. His nickname was de rosse van Moerbeke.
After his cycling career, Pévenage became a team manager. Pévenage was team manager of Deutsche Telekom when Jan Ullrich started his career. In 2002, when Ullrich was forced to leave the team, Pévenage followed Ullrich to his new team Bianchi. After a good 2003 Tour de France, Ullrich returned to Telekom, without Pévenage. In 2006, Pévenage returned to Telekom (then renamed T-Mobile). When Ullrich was suspected of using illegal doping in Operación Puerto and was fired by T-Mobile Team, Pévenage also had to leave. He was rumoured to have worked as a connection between Ullrich and the Spanish Eufemiano Fuentes.

## Major results

Source:

### 1976

    2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
    3rd Circuit de Wallonie
    7th Druivenkoers Overijse

### 1977

    2nd Le Samyn
    3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Stage 5
    3rd Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen
    4th Leeuwse Pijl
    6th Milano–Torino
    7th Dwars door België
    7th Brussels Cycling Classic
    9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    9th Paris–Tours

### 1978

    2nd Leeuwse Pijl
    3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland
    3rd Ronde van Limburg
    4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    7th Trofeo Laigueglia

### 1979

    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol
    2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
    3rd Circuit des Frontières
    4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

### 1980

    1st Points classification Tour de France
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Druivenkoers Overijse
    4th Brabantse Pijl
    6th Eschborn–Frankfurt
    8th Züri-Metzgete
    10th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

### 1981

    1st Tour de Berne
    1st Druivenkoers Overijse
    1st Omloop van het Houtland
    2nd 1981 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    4th 1981 Amstel Gold Race
    4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    4th Brussels Cycling Classic
    5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    7th La Flèche Wallonne
    9th Nokere Koerse
    9th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

### 1982

    3rd Tour of Flanders
    4th Tour de Berne
    4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
    4th Brussels Cycling Classic
    6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    6th Trofeo Laigueglia

### 1983

    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    6th Milano–Torino

### 1984

    2nd Trofeo Pantalica
    2nd GP Montelupo
    4th Trofeo Laigueglia
    7th Coppa Sabatini

### 1985

    1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
    9th Züri-Metzgete

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | — | — | — | 106 | 61 | 58 |
| Tour de France | — | 23 | 42 | 75 | 73 | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |