Belgian – Classics rider
Date and place of birth: May 17th, 1985 in Lokeren (Belgium)
Height: 1m81 / Weight: 74 kg
Turned pro in 2007
In the AG2R CITROËN TEAM since 2021
Professional wins : 41
Q&A
Your nickname: GVA
A sentence you like: “Never give up”
Your favorite race: Tour of Flanders
Your best memory on bike: Olympic Games 2016 in Rio
Your worst memory on bike: my crash in the Tour of Flanders 2016
Where you start cycling: at 18 in Belgium
Your hobbies: soccer and other sports, ride in a Vespa, coffee, go to restaurant
Music you prefer: classic rock (60-00), Kleinkunst (flamish)
If you were a movie: Gladiator
If you were a dish: pasta, italian food in general
If you were a celebrity: a football player (a goalkeeper as Thibaut Courtois)
If you were not a cyclist, what could be your job?: sportmen in general. Help people to perform better.
What is precious for you above all: honesty
Your qualities: disciplined
Your faults: headstrong
HIGHLIGHTS
2022 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 9th on a stage, Etoile de Bessèges-Tour du Gard
2021 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)
- 2nd on a stage, Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var
- 3rd Ronde Van Vlaanderen
- 4th on stages, Etoile de Bessèges / 7th overall
- 5th and 8th on stages, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 6th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
2020 (CCC Team)
- 2nd overall, VOO-Tour de Wallonie / 3rd on a stage
- 3rd Gran Trittico Lombardo
- 3rd and 4th on stages, Tour de France
- 8th Milano-Sanremo
2019 (CCC Team)
- Stage winner, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- Stage winner, Tour de Yorkshire / 2nd overall
- Winner G.P. Cycliste de Montréal
- 2nd Clásica Ciclista San Sebastián
2018 (BMC Racing Team)
- Stage winner, Tour de France
- Stage winner, Tour of Oman
- Overall winner, Tour de Yorkshire
2017 (BMC Racing Team)
- Winner Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- Winner Record Bank E3 Harelbeke
- Winner Gent-Wevelgem
- Winner Paris-Roubaix
- Overall and two stages winner, Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd Strade Bianche
- 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen
2016 (BMC Racing Team)
- Olympic road race champion
- Winner Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- Overall winner, Tirreno-Adriatico
- Stage winner, Tour de France
- Winner G.P. Cycliste de Montréal
2015 (BMC Racing Team)
- Stage winner, Tirreno-Adriatico
- Overall and stage winner, Baloise Belgium Tour
- Two stages winner, Tour de France
2014 (BMC Racing Team)
- Winner G.P. de Wallonie
- Winner Primus Classic Impanis – Van Petegem
- Stage winner, Eneco Tour
- 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen
2013 (BMC Racing Team)
- Overall and two stages winner, Tour de Wallonie
- Stage winner, The Larry H.Miller Tour of Utah
2011 (BMC Racing Team)
- Stage winner, Int. Osterreich-Rundfahrt – Tour of Austria
- Overall and stage winner, Tour de Wallonie
- Winner Paris-Tours
2008 (Silence-Lotto)
- Stage winner, Vuelta a España
- Stage winner, Tour de Belgique
- Overall winner, Tour de Wallonie / 2nd on stages
- Stage winner, Tour de l’Ain
2007 (Predictor-Lotto)
- Stage winner, Tour of Qatar
- Stage winner, Tour de Wallonie
- Winner Rund um die Hainleite
- Winner Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen