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Which team did the player Jurgen Van den Broeck belong to from 2017 to 2018?
Jurgen Van den Broeck Jurgen Van den Broeck ( born 1 February 1983 ) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer , who competed professionally between 2004 and 2017 for the , , and squads . Van den Broeck specialised in the time trial discipline , having been Junior World Champion against the clock in 2001 . The promise he first displayed in minor stage races like the Tour de Romandie and Eneco Tour was later validated and confirmed by top-10 finishes in all three Grand Tours : the Giro dItalia , the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España . Cycling career . Early career . Born in Herentals , Van den Broeck won the Junior World Time Trial Championship in 2001 and made his professional debut in 2003 as a stagiaire for the Quick-Step–Davitamon–Latexco team . U.S . Postal Service/Discovery Channel ( 2004–2006 ) . Rather than remaining in Belgium , however , Van den Broeck signed with the American team of Lance Armstrong for his first full season as a professional in 2004 . His only result of note that year was 6th-place overall in the Tour of Belgium . Van den Broeck remained with Johan Bruyneels team in 2005 when Discovery Channel took over the title sponsorship , and he continued with the Americans in 2006 after Armstrong retired . During that period he finished on the podium in stages of the Deutschland Tour and the Tour of Belgium ( where he also won the mountains classification ) , and he rode to a top-20 finish overall in the Tour de Romandie . In June , however , Van den Broeck announced his intention to return to Belgium when he agreed to a two-year contract with the then-Davitamon squad , which would be re-branded in 2007 as . The following month Van den Broeck scored his first win as a professional , taking the Schriek , Derny in Belgium ahead of Erwin Vervecken and future cyclo-cross world champion Niels Albert . Predictor–Lotto ( 2007–2015 ) . 2007–2008 . At the age of 24 , Van den Broeck managed to finish in the top-10 on the general classification at the 2007 Eneco Tour with his new team , though he also won the bronze medal in the Belgian National Time Trial Championships . After completing his first Grand Tour in an anonymous 74th place at the 2007 Giro dItalia , Van den Broeck finally showed that he had talent as a stage racer when he returned to Italy the following year and came seventh overall in the 2008 Giro dItalia . Merely months later , both Riccardo Riccò and Emanuele Sella – respectively finishing 2nd and 6th in the 2008 Giro dItalia – were sanctioned for doping . 2009 . Showing excellent form in the 2009 Tour de France , Van den Broeck climbed with the leaders through the Alps , although he had crashed heavily on the fourth stage team time trial , and lost more than seven minutes . His consistency resulted in 15th place in the final general classification ranking , which was later improved to 14th after the disqualification of 11th placed Mikel Astarloza for testing positive for EPO ; he also placed 9th place in the competition for the polka dot jersey . As the performances came at the end of Cadel Evans tenure at , the Belgian outfit decided that Van den Broeck was capable and reliable enough to become their general classification leader . 2010–2011 . The following season he rode to an important and somewhat surprising 3rd place ( 5th place before Alberto Contador and Denis Menchovs disqualification ) in the 2010 Tour de France , becoming the first Belgian to finish in the top 5 since Claude Criquielion in 1986 . After the Tour Van den Broeck won two criteriums : one in Peer and the other in his hometown of Herentals . In the 2011 Tour de France , after an encouraging first week and while aiming for a general classification podium spot , Van den Broeck had to abandon the race along with another overall contender , Alexander Vinokourov , after a massive and spectacularly grim downhill crash which left him with a pneumothorax , broken ribs and a fractured shoulder . Not to be deterred , however , Van den Broeck recovered from his injuries in time to compete in the 2011 Vuelta a España , where he finished 8th overall . 2012–2015 . In 2012 , Van den Broeck finished 3rd in the Volta a Catalunya and then finished 5th in the Criterium du Dauphiné , showing good form for the forthcoming Tour de France . On Stage 7 of the Tour de France , a mountain top finish at La Planche des Belles Filles , Van den Broeck lost 1 minute 54 seconds to stage winner Chris Froome after getting a flat tyre just before the final climb . However Van den Broeck then showed his good form in the mountains to move him up to finishing 4th overall . In 2013 , Van den Broeck abandoned in the Tour de France after he crashed in stage 5 . In 2015 , he finished twelfth at the Giro dItalia . In June , he won the National Time Trial Championships for the first time in his career . Team Katusha ( 2016 ) . In September 2015 , announced that Van Den Broeck would join them for 2016 , after nine seasons with Lotto . LottoNL–Jumbo ( 2017 ) . After one season with , signed Van den Broeck on a two-year contract . In May , it was announced that Van den Broeck would retire at the end of the 2017 season . Career achievements . Major results . - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 External links . - Profile at Lotto-Belisol official website