Preben Van Hecke

Preben Van Hecke (born 9 July 1982 in Dendermonde) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the, and. He won the Belgian National Road Race Championships in 2015, out of a two-man breakaway with Jürgen Roelandts.

He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam.

Major results
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 * 2002
 * 6th Boucle de l'Artois
 * 7th Flèche Ardennaise


 * 2003
 * 1st Omloop Het Volk U23
 * 1st Circuit du Hainaut
 * 1st Stage 6 Tour de Normandie
 * 6th Zellik–Galmaarden
 * 9th Flèche Ardennaise


 * 2004
 * 1st Noord Nederland Tour
 * Ster Elektrotoer
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 7th Overall Tour de la Région Wallonne


 * 2005
 * 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain


 * 2006
 * 1st Schaal Sels
 * 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 6th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
 * 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami


 * 2007
 * 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 4th Hel van het Mergelland


 * 2008
 * 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
 * 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
 * 10th Schaal Sels


 * 2010
 * 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 9th Hel van het Mergelland


 * 2012
 * 1st Omloop van het Waasland
 * 1st Mountains classification, Tour of Slovenia


 * 2013
 * 1st Antwerpse Havenpijl
 * 1st Grand Prix de la Somme


 * 2015
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen


 * 2016
 * 7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway


 * 2017
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Mountains classification, Tour of Norway
 * 7th Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 8th Dorpenomloop Rucphen


 * 2018
 * 1st Jersey white dots on red.svg Mountains classification, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
 * 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
 * 3rd Great War Remembrance Race