In a nutshell

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Classic rider
Born on 4 July 1991 in Bornem (Belgium)
Height: 1.84 m / Weight: 73 kg
Professional since 2017
Member of the DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE team since 2024
Number of professional victories: 7

Questions and answers

  • Your motto/favourite phrase: «Never let them know your next move».»
  • Your best memory on the bike: my stage victory in the 2022 Giro d'Italia.
  • Your favourite race: the Giro d'Italia
  • What is the best advice you have ever been given? Tactically, on your best days, ride as if you have bad legs instead of showing off how strong you are.
  • Your favourite dessert: Tiramisu
  • The place you would dream of going: Australia

Honours list

2025 (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM)

  • 3rd in a stage of the Renewi Tour / 7th in the overall classification
  • 3rd in the Denain Grand Prix – Porte du Hainaut
  • 6th in a stage of the Giro d'Italia / Winner of the intermediate sprint classification
  • 7th in Dwars door Vlaanderen
  • 8th in the Belgian Road Race Championships

2024 (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM)

  • 3rd in a stage of the Etoile de Bessèges
  • 5th in Dwars door Vlaanderen

2023 (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

  • Winner of Antwerp Port Epic
  • Winner of the points classification in the Gree-Tour of Guangxi

2022 (Alpecin-Fenix)

  • Winner of a stage in the Giro d'Italia
  • 2nd in the Denain Grand Prix – Porte du Hainaut
  • 2nd in the Jean-Pierre Monseré Grand Prix
  • 3rd in Samyn
  • 6th in the overall classification of the Baloise Belgium Tour / 5th in one stage

2021 (Alpecin-Fenix)

  • 4th and 6th in stages of the Giro d'Italia / Winner of the super combative classification and intermediate sprints
  • 9th in the Antwerp Port Epic – Sels Trophy

2020 (Alpecin-Fenix)

  • Belgian Road Race Champion
  • Winner of a stage in the Etoile de Bessèges
  • Winner of the best climber classification in the Volta ao Algarve
  • 2nd in Druivenkoers – Overijse

2019 (Corendon – Circus)

  • Winner of the Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial
  • Winner of Halle Ingooigem
  • 2nd in the Omloop van het Houtland
  • 3rd in the overall classification of the Tour of Wallonia / 3rd and 5th in stages

2018 (Willems Conservatories – Crelan)

  • 2nd in the Tour of Zeeland
  • 2nd in the Ronde van Drenthe
  • 3rd in the Marcel Kint Grand Prix

2017 (Vérandas Willems – Crelan)

  • 7th in the Jean-Pierre Monseré Grand Prix

2016 (Verandas Willems Cycling Team)

  • Winner of Halle Ingooigem

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