# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pieter-mertens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:08:01.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pieter-mertens"
name: "Pieter Mertens"
slug: "pieter-mertens"
description: "Pieter Mertens is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He competed as a professional for four years, riding for Vlaanderen–T Interim between 2004 and 2005 and for UCI ProTeam Davitamon–Lotto between 2006 and 2007. He announced his retirement in October 2007 in order to focus on his medical studies. His most notable victories include a stage of the 2005 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt and the overall title of the 2002 Tour de Namur. He competed in one Grand Tour: the 2006 Vuelta a España, finishing 75th overall."
tagline: "Road bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PieterMertens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1980-08-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.54
  momentum:             17.85714285714286
  historical:           7.869582666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بيتر ميرتينز"
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    title: "Pieter Mertens"
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    title: "Pieter Mertens"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Mertens"
    title: "Pieter Mertens"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Mertens"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پیتر مرتنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Mertens"
    title: "Pieter Mertens"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Mertens"
    title: "Pieter Mertens"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump