Paul Van Hyfte  Paul van Hyfte (born 19 January 1972 in Eeklo) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He is a former rider at the Danish professional cycling team, from 2002 to 2003. He left the team after 2003 and joined a Belgian team, Vlaanderen-T Interim for his final season in 2004. In the 2015 Tour of Flanders, van Hyfte was named as driving a Shimano neutral service vehicle which rear-ended the team car as it slowed to attend to Sylvain Chavanel.