In a nutshell

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Puncher / Classics rider
Born on 16 September 1990 in Ostend (Belgium)
Height: 1.84 m / Weight: 74 kg
Professional since 2015
Member of the DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE team since 2017
Number of professional victories: 5

Questions and answers

  • Your motto/favourite phrase: «Who am I?»
  • Your best memory on the bike: winning the Belgian championship title in 2017.
  • Your favourite race: Tour of Flanders
  • What is the best advice you have ever been given? : Don't be a bad person.
  • Your favourite dessert: the cheese selection at a three-star restaurant
  • The place you would dream of going: anywhere, but with my wife, daughter and son.

Victories

2019 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)

  • Winner of a stage in the BinckBank Tour

2018 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)

  • Winner of the Bretagne Classic

2017 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)

  • Belgian Road Race Champion

2016 (IAM Cycling)

  • Winner of the Bretagne Classic

2015 (Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise)

  • Winner of the Bretagne Classic

Complete list of winners

2025 (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM)

  • 5th and 9th stages of the Vuelta a Andalucía – Ruta ciclista del sol

2024 (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM)

  • 4th in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
  • 7th in the Tour of Flanders
  • 8th in the overall classification of the 4 Days of Dunkirk – G.P. des Hauts de France

2022 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)

  • 2nd in the overall classification of the 4 Days of Dunkirk – G.P. des Hauts de France / 2nd in a stage
  • 3rd in the Famenne Ardenne Classic
  • 4th in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
  • 7th in the Bretagne Classic Ouest-France

2021 (AG2R CITROËN TEAM)

  • 4th in the E3 Saxo Bank Classic
  • 7th in the Tro Bro Leon
  • 10th in a stage of the Tour of Benelux

2020 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)

  • 2nd place in a stage of the BinckBank Tour
  • 5th and 8th stages of the Tour de France
  • 7th in the Tour of Flanders
  • 7th in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2019 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)

  • Winner of a stage in the BinckBank Tour / 2nd in the overall classification
  • 2nd and 8th stages of Paris-Nice
  • 2nd in Milan–San Remo
  • 2nd in Binche-Chimay-Binche
  • 3rd in Gent-Wevelgem
  • 3rd in Paris-Tours
  • 4th, 7th, 8th and 9th stages of the Tour de France
  • 5th and 7th stages of the Tour of Oman
  • 7th in the Ronde van Vlaanderen – Tour of Flanders
  • 8th in the E3 BinckBank Classic
  • 8th in the Prudential Ride London Surrey Classic
  • 10th in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2018 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)

  • Winner of the Bretagne Classic
  • 3rd in the Eschborn-Frankfurt Grand Prix
  • 3rd in the Eurométropole Tour
  • 3rd in Binche-Chimay-Binche
  • 4th in the Montreal Cycling Grand Prix
  • 4th in Paris-Tours
  • 4th in the E3 Harelbeke Grand Prix
  • 6th in Gent-Wevelgem

2017 (AG2R LA MONDIALE)

  • Belgian Road Race Champion
  • 3rd Grand Prix E3 Harelbeke
  • 3rd in the overall classification of the 4 Days of Dunkirk / 3rd in a stage
  • 4th and 7th in stages of the Baloise Belgium Tour / 8th in the overall classification
  • 5th in the overall classification of the E3 BinckBank Tour / 4th, 6th and 7th in stages
  • 6th in Dwars door Vlaanderen – Across Flanders
  • 6th in Paris-Tours
  • 6th in the Eurometropole Tour
  • 7th in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
  • 8th in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
  • 10th in the Prudential RideLondon – Surrey Classic
  • 13th in the Amstel Gold Race

2016 (IAM Cycling)

  • Winner of the Bretagne Classic
  • 2nd in the Eurométropole Tour
  • 2nd in the overall classification of the Eneco Tour / 3rd in a stage
  • 13th in Paris-Roubaix
  • 13th in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2015 (Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise)

  • Winner of the Polynormande
  • Winner of Gooikse Pijl
  • Winner of the best young rider classification in the Skoda Tour of Luxembourg / 6th in the overall classification
  • 2nd place: Schaal Sels
  • 3rd in the G.P. Stad Zottegem
  • 3rd in the Omloop van het Waasland
  • 5th in Druivenkoers-Overijse
  • 7th in the Baloise-Belgium Tour

Latest news from Oliver

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31 March 2024

Oliver Naesen finishes seventh in the Tour of Flanders

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25 September 2023

Bouchard, Lapeira, O. Naesen, Vendrame and Warbasse extend their contracts with the AG2R CITROËN team

Geoffrey Bouchard, Paul Lapeira, Oliver Naesen and Andrea Vendrame have signed contract extensions with the AG2R CITROËN team until 2025. Larry Warbasse has also extended his contract...