In brief

NL
Sprinter
Born on October 17, 2001, in Numansdorp (Netherlands)
Height: 1.84 m / Weight: 72 kg
Turned pro in 2020
Member of the DECATHLON CMA CGM team since 2026
Number of pro wins: 54

Questions and answers

  • Your best memory on a bike: riding with my friends
  • Your favorite race: Milan-SanRemo
  • What is the best advice you have ever received? : Trust your instincts.
  • Your favorite dessert: Tiramisu
  • The place you dream of going: heliskiing

Major results

2026 (DECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM)

  • Tour France stage winner / 2nd, 3rd, and 5th in stages
  • Winner of a stage in the Baloise Belgium Tour
  • Winner of the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro
  • Winner of two stages of the Boucles de la Mayenne-Crédit Mutuel / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of a stage of the Lloyds Tour s of Britain
  • Winner of the Isbergues Grand Prix in Pas-de-Calais
  • 3rd in the overall standings of the Renewi Tour / 2nd in a stage

2025 (Team Visma I Lease a Bike)

  • Winner of two stages of Giro
  • Winner of two stages of Tour Oman
  • Winner of three stages of the Lloyds Tour Britain / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of a stage in Tour Poland
  • Winner of a stage of Tirreno-Adriatico
  • Winner of a stage in the Renewi Tour
  • Winner of the G.P. of Isbergues - Pas-de-Calais
  • 2nd in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

2024 (Team Visma I Lease a Bike)

  • Winner of a stage in Giro
  • Winner of the Cyclassics Hamburg
  • Winner of a stage in the UAE Tour
  • Winner of two stages of Tour Pologne
  • Winner of two stages of Paris-Nice
  • Winner of the Clasica de Almeria

2023 (Jumbo-Visma)

  • Winner of two stages ofTour Guangxi
  • Winner of four stages of Tour Britain / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of a stage in Tour Poland
  • Winner of a stage and the overall classification of the ZLM Tour
  • Winner of the Heylen Vastgoed Heistse Pijl
  • Winner of two stages of the 4 Days of Dunkirk/Grand Prix des Hauts de France / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of two stages of Paris-Nice

2022 (Jumbo-Visma)

  • Winner of the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro
  • Winner of two stages of Tour Denmark
  • Winner of a stage in Tour Poland
  • Winner of three stages and the overall classification of the ZLM Tour
  • Winner of a stage in Tour Hungary
  • Winner of two stages and the overall classification of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe – Pays de la Loire

2021 (Jumbo-Visma Development Team / Team Jumbo-Visma)

  • Winner of two stages of the CRO Race / Winner of the points classification

2020 (Jumbo-Visma Development Team / Team Jumbo-Visma)

  • Winner of one stage and the overall classification of the Orlen Nations G.P.
  • Winner of a stage in the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

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