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.
Career
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]
Personal life
His son Amaury is also a professional cyclist.[12]
Major results
- 1986
- 1st Stage 3 Danmark Rundt
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2nd GP de Denain
- 3rd Circuit des Frontières
- 3rd Paris–Brussels
- 3rd Omloop van de Westhoek
- 3rd Schaal Sels
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 4th Scheldeprijs
- 8th Brussel–Ingooigem
- 1987
- 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de l’Oise
- 2nd Brussel–Ingooigem
- 5th Le Samyn
- 6th GP de Fourmies
- 10th Dwars door België
- 1988
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Stages 1 & 5 Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Belgium
- 3rd Circuit du Tournaisis
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Circuit des Frontières
- 5th GP de Fourmies
- 1989
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Grand Prix de la Libération (TTT)
- 4th Dwars door België
- 5th Paris–Brussels
- 5th Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis
- 5th Ronde van Limburg
- 1990
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 6th Scheldeprijs
- 10th Omloop van de Westhoek
- 1991
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Stage 8 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2nd Rund um Köln
- 2nd Grote Prijs Raymond Impanis
- 2nd Nokere Koerse
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 4th Omloop van het Houtland
- 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 9th Paris–Brussels
- 1992
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Le Samyn
- 1st Nokere Koerse
- 1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de l’Oise
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 5th Scheldeprijs
- 1993
- 1st Stage 3a Tour de l’Oise
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd GP de Denain
- 3rd Le Samyn
- 4th Paris–Brussels
- 5th Ronde van Limburg
- 5th Nokere Koerse
- 5th Omloop Het Volk
- 5th Dwars door België
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 8th Scheldeprijs
- 9th Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 10th Tour of Flanders
- 1994
- 1st Le Samyn
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th Omloop Het Volk
- 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1995
- 1st Le Samyn
- 3rd Coca-Cola Trophy
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Paris–Tours
- 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 8th Paris–Brussels
- 9th Nokere Koerse
- 1996
- 1st A Travers le Morbihan
- 1st Omloop van het Houtland
- 1st CoreStates Classic
- 1st Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt
- 3rd Rund um Köln
- 3rd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 4th Druivenkoers-Overijse
- 5th Paris–Brussels
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 8th Tour de Vendée
- 9th Omloop Het Volk
- 9th GP de Fourmies
- 9th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1997
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Omloop Het Volk
- 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 1998
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Murcia
- 2nd Dwars door België
- 8th Delta Profronde
- 1999
- 10th Nokere Koerse
References
- ^ a b c d “De meervoudige winst in Brabantse Pijl van de jarige Johan Capiot”. hetiskoers.nl. 12 April 2026. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ^ a b Ligett, Phil; Wilcockson, John; Guinness, Rupert (1991). The Cycling Year volume two. A record of the 1991 cycle racing season. Springfield Books Limited. p. 142-143. ISBN 1-85688-020-6.
- ^ Ligett, Phil; Wilcockson, John; Guinness, Rupert (1990). The Cycling Year. A record of the 1990 cycle racing season. Springfield Books Limited. p. 12-13. ISBN 0-947655-21-2.
- ^ Deblander, Bruno (2 March 1992). “THE “VOLK” HAS CAPIOT JOHAN CAPIOT, THE HANDSOME AND THE HARDWORK ERIC VANDERAERDEN: WHAT A STORY, MY WORDS, THE TWO JOHANS, THE OTHER”. Le Soir. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (29 March 2020). “Six of the best: Through the years at Gent-Wevelgem”. Cycling News.
- ^ Boyce, Barry. “Duclos-Lassalle’s Timely Early Attack”. CyclingRevealed. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ^ Henrys, Colin (31 March 2016). “Flanders Flashback: Gianni Bugno beats Johan Museeuw by millimetres at 1994 Ronde”. Roadcyclinguk. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ^ Hamilton, Alastair (15 April 2022). “ROUBAIX’94 Photo Gallery”. Pezcyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ^ “The Road to Roubaix 1994”. cyclingarchive. 19 July 1998. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ^ “Turbo Talk: Sean Yates ‘A Sunday in Lockdown’“. roadbookofcycling.com. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
- ^ “1995 Paris – Roubaix complete results”. bikeraceinfo.com. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ^ Hansen, Matt (27 March 2024). “Amaury Capiot breaks collarbone, forced to race only 12 days later: Union responds”. Cycling Magaizine. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
External links
- Johan Capiot at Cycling Archives
- Johan Capiot at ProCyclingStats
- Johan Capiot at CycleBase
