# Philippe Gilbert

Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two riders, along with Davide Rebellin, to have won the three Ardennes classics – the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – in a single season, which he accomplished in 2011. Gilbert also finished the 2011 season as the overall winner of the UCI World Tour.
A Classics specialist, Gilbert has won several classic cycle races, including Paris–Tours twice (2008, 2009), the Giro di Lombardia twice (2009, 2010), the Amstel Gold Race four times (2010, 2011, 2014, 2017), La Flèche Wallonne (2011), Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2011), the Clásica de San Sebastián (2011), the Tour of Flanders (2017), and Paris–Roubaix (2019). He is the second person (and first Belgian) in history to win all three Ardennes classics in a single year. In 2017, Gilbert became the third rider after Eddy Merckx (1975) and Jan Raas (1979) to win both the Tour of Flanders and the Amstel Gold Race in the same year.
He has also won stages at each of the three cycling Grand Tours: three stages at the Giro d'Italia (one in 2009 and two in 2015), one stage at the Tour de France (in 2011), and seven stages at the Vuelta a España (two in both 2010 and 2012, one in 2013 and two in 2019).
Gilbert retired as a professional, after the 2022 Paris–Tours. He celebrated his retirement in Valkenburg aan de Geul where he became world champion and won four Amstel Gold Races. He was honoured with a mural in the caves of the Cauberg.

## Personal life

Gilbert currently resides in Monaco. With his ex-wife Patricia Zevaert he has two sons, born 2010 and 2013.
Gilbert's younger brother Jérôme has also been a racing cyclist.
Gilbert committed to serve world peace through sport by joining Peace and Sport.
During the 2021 UCI Road World Championships in Flanders, he was elected to a four-year term as a representative for road cycling on the Union Cycliste Internationale Athletes' Commission, winning 66 per cent of the vote.

## Career
### FDJeux.com (2003–08)
#### First three seasons

Born in Remouchamps in the municipality of Aywaille, Gilbert turned professional in 2003 by joining FDJeux.com after riding as stagiaire for the team in late 2000. During this season he recorded his first victory by winning a stage in the Tour de l'Avenir. In 2004 he began by winning a stage in the Tour Down Under as well as the young rider classification. He participated in the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race at the 2004 Summer Olympics where he finished 49th. He also won the Paris–Corrèze. In 2005 he won several races in France, which allowed him to win the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route. These victories included the Trophée des Grimpeurs, the Tour du Haut Var and the Polynormande. He also took stages in the Four Days of Dunkirk and the Tour Méditerranéen.

#### 2006 season

2006 would become his most successful year to the point when he won the prestigious Omloop Het Volk after repeatedly attacking until he got away alone with 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) to go. During the season he also won the Grand Prix de Fourmies and the Grand Prix de Wallonie as well as stages at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Eneco Tour.

#### 2007 season

In early 2007 he had a skin cancer lesion removed from his thigh, delaying the start of his season. That did not stop him from trying himself during Milan–San Remo, where he managed to escape on the Poggio with Riccardo Riccò before being captured 1.2 kilometres (0.75 miles) from the finishing line. He could not get any victory during the season until the Tour du Limousin, where he claimed his only victory in 2007 by winning a stage. In Paris–Tours he was caught with 500 metres (1,600 feet) to go along with Karsten Kroon and Filippo Pozzato.

#### 2008 season

Gilbert started 2008 by winning the King of the Mountains competition at the Tour Down Under and the overall classification as well as two stages of the Vuelta a Mallorca. He also finished third in Milan–San Remo, accomplishing his first podium in a monument. He later won Omloop Het Volk for the second time in his career after a solo attack with almost 50 kilometres (31 miles) to go. Four days later he won the GP Samyn. He finished the year by winning the classic Paris–Tours race in a late breakaway where he won a sprint between his three breakaway companions. The peloton finished four seconds back.

### Silence–Lotto (2009–11)
#### 2009 season

In 2009 he joined Silence–Lotto to lead the Belgian team in the classics, finishing third at the Tour of Flanders and fourth in both the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He also took his first stage in a Grand Tour by winning the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia and won a stage and the overall classification of the Ster Elektrotoer. Later in the season, he repeated his Paris–Tours win, attacking on the last climb with Tom Boonen and Borut Božič before outsprinting them to the line. A week later, he also won the prestigious Giro di Lombardia after escaping from the peloton with Samuel Sánchez, beating him to the finish by a half-length. It was his fourth victory in 10 days after also winning the Coppa Sabatini and Giro del Piemonte. At the end of the season, he was awarded the Flandrien of the Year award, recognising him as the best Belgian rider of the year.

#### 2010 season

In 2010 he won his first classic of the year, April's Amstel Gold Race. After an aggressive race featuring many attacks, he won through a big attack in the last 500 metres (1,600 feet) of the climb to the finish, comfortably winning by several bike lengths from the peloton. He also won the first stage of the Tour of Belgium. Gilbert then ended the 2010 season in superb form. He followed up two stage wins in the Vuelta a España with victories in the Giro del Piemonte and the Giro di Lombardia, repeating his 2009 wins in both races. The Giro di Lombardia was won with a solo attack in atrocious weather conditions.

#### 2011 season

In 2011, Gilbert won the Montepaschi Strade Bianche, a race including 70 kilometres (43 miles) of gravel roads. He then had a quadruple consecutive win: first, he won the Brabantse Pijl, then he repeated as winner of the Amstel Gold Race, breaking free on the Cauberg. Three days later, he won La Flèche Wallonne dropping his rivals on the final climb of the Mur de Huy and finally, he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège beating the Schleck brothers in the sprint. Gilbert thus became the second rider, after Davide Rebellin in 2004, to win the three Ardennes classics in a single year. During the first half of the season he also won stages at the Volta ao Algarve, Tirreno–Adriatico as well as the overall classification and a stage of both the Tour of Belgium and Ster ZLM Toer.
In late June, Gilbert won the Belgian National Road Race Championships. In July he won the opening 191.5-kilometre (119.0-mile) stage of the Tour de France, winning by three seconds over Cadel Evans, allowing him to be the first person to put on the yellow jersey as overall leader. He lost that jersey in the team time trial the next day but still held the green and polka dot jerseys after stage two. A week after the end of the Tour, Gilbert won the Clásica de San Sebastián, and in mid-August, Gilbert won the 3rd stage at the Eneco Tour, taking his 15th victory of the year.
In September, Gilbert won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and took over the lead of the UCI world rankings with the 80 points awarded to the victor. He followed that performance two days later at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal by finishing third, despite stating that he felt "no pressure" after his Quebec City victory. With that placing, Gilbert deposited another 50 UCI points in his account. He would race in the October Italian classic, the Giro di Lombardia, taking eighth place after he was distanced on the final climb. He eventually closed the season well ahead in the UCI World Tour rankings, with 718 points to the 584 points of his closest competitor, Cadel Evans. He won 18 races in the season, more than any other cyclist in the professional peloton.
Gilbert was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.

### BMC Racing Team (2012–16)
#### 2012 season

In 2012, Gilbert signed for BMC Racing Team on a three-year contract reportedly worth €3 million a year. His goals for his new squad were to perform highly in the Spring classics and help his team-mate Cadel Evans repeat his 2011 feat of winning the Tour de France. Neither of those came to fruition, as Gilbert's best result in the one-day spring races was third at La Flèche Wallonne, where he got deposited on the final climb by Joaquim Rodríguez who won atop the historic Mur de Huy with a slim margin of 4 seconds. Three days prior, he took sixth position at the Amstel Gold Race and was pleased to achieve a top ten ranking in the Ardennes race. He missed out on his goal to bring Evans in yellow to Paris and his best placing in a Tour de France stage was fourth. He also lost both of the Belgian National Championship titles he held, finishing third in the Belgian National Time Trial Championships.
On 26 August 2012, Gilbert finally managed his first victory of the season by winning the ninth stage of the Vuelta a España after breaking away together with Rodríguez. He later won a second stage of the race, winning stage nineteen on 7 September.
On 23 September 2012, Gilbert won the UCI Elite Men's Road Race world championship and the rainbow jersey, ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen and Alejandro Valverde by producing a massive surge on the final climb of the Cauberg.

#### 2013 season

In 2013, Gilbert headed towards the World Championships without a single win in the rainbow jersey, in danger of his first winless season since turning professional in 2003. He started the Vuelta a España hoping that the competition would, for the second successive year, kick-start his season. After being narrowly defeated in a sprint by Zdeněk Štybar on stage 7, Gilbert finally clinched a victory in the rainbow stripes when he caught and passed Edvald Boasson Hagen to win stage 12.

#### 2014 season

In 2014, Gilbert picked up his previous form when in the spring he won his second Brabantse Pijl and his third Amstel Gold Race.

#### 2015 season

Gilbert finished third at Brabantse Pijl, seconds after his teammate Ben Hermans. At the Amstel Gold Race, Gilbert could not repeat his winning ways of 2014 and came in tenth after having attacked on the final climb of the day, the Cauberg. On the next Wednesday, Gilbert crashed out of La Flèche Wallonne. He then took part in Liège–Bastogne–Liège even though he was slightly injured and held on to the main group until the Côte de Saint-Nicolas, where he was dropped and finished 36th. He scored his first victory of the season at the Giro d'Italia, besting the lead group on a sharp incline at the end of Stage 12. He repeated on Stage 18, where he participated in the early break. After being dropped on the last climb of the day, he returned to the remnants of the breakaway after the descent and attacked them to win solo.

#### 2016 season

Gilbert took his first victory of the season in February at the one-day race Vuelta a Murcia, winning the sprint of a four-man group. He won the Belgian National Road Race Championships in June.

### Quick-Step Floors (2017–19)
#### 2017 season

After 5 seasons with BMC, Gilbert joined Quick-Step Floors for the 2017 season. Gilbert finished second in the Dwars door Vlaanderen behind teammate Yves Lampaert. The pair made the race-defining split along with Alexey Lutsenko from the Astana team, and Orica–Scott's Luke Durbridge. Lampaert attacked with 7.5 kilometres (4.7 miles) remaining and ultimately won the race by 39 seconds ahead of Gilbert, who led home Lutsenko and Durbridge in a sprint for second place. Later that week, in a three-up sprint finish of Belgian riders, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) won E3 Harelbeke ahead of Gilbert and AG2R La Mondiale's Oliver Naesen. The following week, Gilbert won the Three Days of De Panne after he attacked on the Muur van Geraardsbergen during the race's opening stage and soloed away to the victory by 17 seconds from his nearest competitor. He ultimately won the race by 38 seconds ahead of Trek–Segafredo's Matthias Brändle, and also won the sprints classification, primarily from his opening-day attack.
Three days later, he won the Tour of Flanders after a solo attack on the Oude Kwaremont and holding off the rest of the field over the remaining 55 kilometres (34 mi). Gilbert became the first rider in twenty years to win both the Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in his career. Two weeks after that he won the Amstel Gold Race for a fourth time and became the third rider to win the Tour of Flanders and the Amstel Gold Race in the same year, after Jan Raas and Eddy Merckx. It was later revealed that he won the race despite riding for the last 130 kilometres (81 mi) of the race with a minor kidney tear. The injury required treatment in hospital after the race, and ruled him out of La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

#### 2018 season

In Stage 16 of the Tour de France, Gilbert was involved in a crash in a downhill section where he went over a wall, suffering lacerations and fracturing his kneecap. This was the same road where Fabio Casartelli died in the 1995 Tour de France. Gilbert climbed back onto his bike and rode the remaining 57 kilometres (35 mi) to the finish in Bagnères-de-Luchon, earning him the Most Combative Rider award but ending his tour.

#### 2019 season

In April, Gilbert won Paris–Roubaix in a sprint ahead of Nils Politt, thereby raising his total number of monument titles to five. During the Vuelta a España, Gilbert won stage 12 to Bilbao, after dropping his breakaway companions to reach the finish alone. On stage 17 into Guadalajara, Gilbert was again victorious. In a stage marked by crosswinds, his team forced the pace and allowed him to win the sprint finish. The average speed of 50.63 km/h (31.46 mph) marked the fastest ever road stage over 200 km (120 mi) in a Grand Tour.

### Lotto–Soudal

In August 2019, Gilbert signed a three-year contract with the Lotto–Soudal team from the 2020 season onwards.

## Career achievements
### Major results

Source:

#### 2000

    10th Overall Giro della Lunigiana

#### 2002

    2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
       1st Stage 6
    4th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
    5th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
    6th Grand Prix de Waregem
    7th Tour du Finistère
    8th Circuit de Wallonie
    9th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    9th La Côte Picarde

#### 2003

    2nd Tro-Bro Léon
    4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 9
    6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
    10th Trophée des Grimpeurs

#### 2004 (2 pro wins)

    1st Overall Paris–Corrèze
    2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs
    2nd Paris–Brussels
    2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
    3rd Overall Ster Elektrotoer
    4th Overall Tour Down Under
       1st Stage 3
    9th Overall Regio-Tour

#### 2005 (5)

    1st French Road Cycling Cup
    1st Trophée des Grimpeurs
    1st Tour du Haut Var
    1st Polynormande
    1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen
    2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
    6th Milan–San Remo
    8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stage 4
    8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

#### 2006 (5)

    1st Omloop Het Volk
    1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
    1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
    1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
    2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs
    2nd Le Samyn
    2nd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    4th Overall Eneco Tour
       1st Stage 7
    9th Paris–Bourges

#### 2007 (1)

    1st Stage 1 Tour du Limousin
    National Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       3rd Road race
    2nd Le Samyn
    3rd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
    5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
    7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    7th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
    8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    10th Boucles de l'Aulne

#### 2008 (5)

    1st Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
       1st Trofeo Mallorca
       1st Trofeo Sóller
       3rd Trofeo Pollença
       4th Trofeo Cala
       4th Trofeo Calvià
    1st Paris–Tours
    1st Omloop Het Volk
    1st Le Samyn
    1st Mountains classification, Tour Down Under
    2nd Brabantse Pijl
    3rd Milan–San Remo
    4th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
    5th Tour du Haut Var
    6th Paris–Bourges
    8th Overall Tour de Picardie

#### 2009 (7)

    1st Overall Ster Elektrotoer
       1st Stage 4
    1st Giro di Lombardia
    1st Paris–Tours
    1st Gran Piemonte
    1st Coppa Sabatini
    1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    4th Amstel Gold Race
    4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    7th Chrono des Nations
    9th UCI World Ranking
    9th Brabantse Pijl

#### 2010 (6)

    1st Giro di Lombardia
    1st Amstel Gold Race
    1st Gran Piemonte
    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 3 & 19
       Held after Stages 3–7
    2nd UCI World Ranking
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Gent–Wevelgem
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    4th Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Stage 1
    5th Brabantse Pijl
    6th La Flèche Wallonne
    7th Overall Tour of Qatar
    9th Milan–San Remo
    9th Halle–Ingooigem

#### 2011 (18)

    1st UCI World Tour
    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Ster ZLM Toer
       1st Stage 4
    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1st Amstel Gold Race
    1st La Flèche Wallonne
    1st Clásica de San Sebastián
    1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    1st Montepaschi Strade Bianche
    1st Brabantse Pijl
    1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
    Tour de France
       1st Stage 1
       Held after Stage 1
       Held after Stages 1, 2, 5, 6 & 8–10
       Held after Stages 1–3
    1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve
    2nd Overall Eneco Tour
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Milan–San Remo
    3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    8th Giro di Lombardia
    9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 5
    9th Tour of Flanders

#### 2012 (3)

    UCI Road World Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Team time trial
    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 9 & 19
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd La Flèche Wallonne
    6th Amstel Gold Race
    7th Overall Tour of Belgium

#### 2013 (1)

    1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Brabantse Pijl
    3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
    5th Amstel Gold Race
    5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    10th Grand Prix de Wallonie

#### 2014 (7)

    1st Overall Ster ZLM Toer
       1st Prologue & Stage 3
    1st Overall Tour of Beijing
       1st Stage 2
    1st Brabantse Pijl
    1st Amstel Gold Race
    1st Mountains classification, Tour de Picardie
    3rd Classic Sud-Ardèche
    4th Time trial, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Points classification
    4th London–Surrey Classic
    6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    7th Overall Eneco Tour
    7th Giro di Lombardia
    8th Roma Maxima
    8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    9th La Drôme Classic
    10th La Flèche Wallonne

#### 2015 (4)

    1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 12 & 18
    2nd Overall Tour du Haut Var
       1st Points classification
    2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
    3rd Brabantse Pijl
    4th Overall Eneco Tour
    7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
       1st Stage 3
    7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    8th Overall Dubai Tour
    8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    10th Amstel Gold Race

#### 2016 (4)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Vuelta a Murcia
    2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    3rd Volta Limburg Classic
    6th Overall Dubai Tour
    6th Tre Valli Varesine
    6th Gran Piemonte
    8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
    8th Overall Arctic Race of Norway

#### 2017 (5)

    1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Stage 1
    1st Tour of Flanders
    1st Amstel Gold Race
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
    1st Combination classification, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
    2nd E3 Harelbeke
    4th Overall Tour of Belgium
    9th Overall BinckBank Tour
    Combativity award Stage 5 Tour de France

#### 2018 (1)

    1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Le Samyn
    2nd E3 Harelbeke
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    3rd Vuelta a Murcia
    5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    8th Paris–Tours
    Combativity award Stage 16 Tour de France

#### 2019 (4)

    1st Paris–Roubaix
    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 12 & 17
       Combativity award Stage 12
    3rd Halle–Ingooigem
    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    10th Overall Tour de la Provence
       1st Stage 3

#### 2020

    8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    9th Milan–San Remo

#### 2021

    4th Brussels Cycling Classic
    5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    9th Druivenkoers Overijse

#### 2022 (2)

    1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
       1st Stage 3
    6th Binche–Chimay–Binche
    8th Tour du Doubs
    10th Volta Limburg Classic

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | 32 | — | DNF | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 70 | 110 | DNF | 112 | — | — | 38 | 46 | 62 | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | 99 | 76 |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 69 | DNF | 54 | 50 | — | 59 | DNF | 45 | — | DNF | — | — | 32 | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |

#### Classics results

This table shows Gilbert's results in the great classics.
| Monument | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | 14 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 87 | 32 | 13 | 55 | — | 29 | 75 | 68 | 9 | 72 | 144 |
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | — | — | DNF | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 75 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | DNF | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | NH | 29 | 30 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | 40 | DNF | 38 | 16 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 36 | — | — | 31 | 58 | — | 102 | 46 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | 74 | DNF | — | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | DNF | 20 | 7 | 33 | 34 | 27 | — | 54 | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | NH | 21 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 26 | 43 | 31 | — | — | 8 | DNF | 13 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | 49 | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Strade Bianche | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | — | — | — | 1 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | 25 | — | — |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | DNF | 7 | — | — | — | — | DNF | 48 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 11 | NH | DNF | — |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | 29 | 45 | 62 | — | 3 | 36 | 39 | 42 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 22 | — | DNF | — |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | DNF | NH | — | — |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | DNF | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 34 | — | 69 | — | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 81 | 1 | 13 | 30 | NH | — | 58 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 69 | — | 21 | 19 | DNF | 35 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | DNF | 91 | — | 24 | — | — | 70 | — |
| London–Surrey Classic | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | — | — | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | 59 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | — | 13 | — | 31 | 80 | — | 49 | 33 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | Not held | Not held | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | 43 | — | 84 | DNF | — | 43 | 1 | — | 27 | DNF | 2 | 58 | DNF | — | — | NH | — | — |
| Grand Prix de Fourmies | — | 36 | 18 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — |
| Bretagne Classic | — | 22 | 13 | 22 | — | — | 19 | 43 | 57 | — | — | — | 51 | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | Not held | Not held | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | 3 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | Not held | Not held | — |
| Brussels Cycling Classic | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — |
| Giro dell'Emilia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milano–Torino | — | — | — | — | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | 34 | 72 | — | — |
| Gran Piemonte | — | — | — | — | NH | — | 1 | 1 | DNF | — | Not held | Not held | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Tours | 33 | 12 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 27 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |

#### Major championships timeline

| Event | Event | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Olympic Games | Time trial | NH | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | 17 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | NH |
| Olympic Games | Road race | NH | 49 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | 19 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 42 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | NH |
| World Championships | Road race | DNF | DNF | 77 | 92 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | — | 17 | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| World Championships | Team time trial | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| European Championships | Road race | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | 8 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| National Championships | Time trial | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Road race | 10 | 6 | — | 2 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 6 | 44 | — | 1 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 25 | 36 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |

## Awards and honours

* Crystal Bicycle: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
* Sprint d'Or: 2008
* Belgian Sportsman of the year: 2009, 2010, 2011
* Belgian National Sports Merit Award: 2009
* Crystal Bicycle: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
* Flandrien Award: 2009, 2010, 2011
* AIJC trophy: 2009
* Walloon-Brussels Sports Merit Award: 2010, 2011, 2012
* Vélo d'Or Mondial: 2011
* Mendrisio d'Or: 2012
* Square Philippe Gilbert in Aywaille: 2013
* La Philippe Gilbert Juniors [fr]: an annual cycle race from 2013
* Honorary Citizen of Valkenburg: 2016
* Ruban Jaune: 2019
* CyclingRanking – Overall ranking (12th place)

## Controversies

Gilbert was accused of abusing cortisone by an anonymous former Lotto teammate during his dominant period with Omega Pharma–Lotto, an allegation which the Belgian vehemently denies.