In a nutshell

IE
Sprinter
Born on 16 October 1990 in Wervicq (Belgium)
Height: 1.78 m / Weight: 73 kg
Professional since 2014
Member of the DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM since 2024
Number of professional victories: 71

Questions and answers

  • Your motto/favourite phrase: «Everything you want is outside your comfort zone.»
  • Your best memory on the bike: winning on the Champs Elysées with the green jersey.
  • Your favourite race: the Tour of Qatar
  • What is the best advice you have ever been given? In the final week before reaching your goal, you won't be able to do much better, but you can lose everything. Take it easy, the work is done!
  • Your favourite dessert: chocolate
  • The place you dream of going: to the top step of the podium

Honours list

2025 (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM)

  • Winner of two stages of the Pays de la Loire Tour
  • Winner of two stages of the Tour de La Provence
  • 2nd and 6th stages of Tirreno-Adriatico
  • 6th in a stage of the Giro d'Italia

2024 (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM)

  • Winner of the overall classification of the 4 Days of Dunkirk – G.P. des Hauts de France / Winner of 4 stages / Winner of the points classification

2023 (BORA – Hansgrohe)

  • Winner of a stage in the Vuelta a San Juan Internacional
  • Winner of two stages of the Sibiu Cycling Team / Winner of the points classification

2022 (BORA – Hansgrohe)

  • Winner of two stages of the Vuelta a España
  • Winner of Eschborn – Frankfurt

2021 (Deceuninck – Quick Step)

  • Winner of two stages of Paris-Nice
  • Winner of two stages of the UAE Tour
  • Winner of two stages of the Volta ao Algarve / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of the Classic Brugge – De Panne

2020 (Deceuninck – Quick Step)

  • Winner of two stages of the Tour de France / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of a stage in the Vuelta a España
  • Winner of a stage in the Santos Tour Down Under
  • Race Torquay Winner
  • Winner of a stage in the Vuelta a Burgos
  • Winner of a stage in the Tour of Wallonia

2019 (BORA – Hansgrohe)

  • Irish Road Race Champion
  • Winner of two stages of the Vuelta a España
  • Winner of three stages of the BinckBank Tour / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of a stage in the Critérium du Dauphiné
  • Winner of two stages of the Prudential Cycling Tour of Turkey / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of two stages of Paris-Nice
  • Winner of a stage in the UAE Tour
  • Winner of a stage in the Vuelta a San Juan Internacional

2018 (BORA – Hansgrohe)

  • Winner of three stages of the Giro d'Italia
  • Winner of three stages of the Prudential Cycling Tour of Turkey / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of Rund um Köln

2017 (BORA – Hansgrohe)

  • Winner of a stage in Paris-Nice
  • Winner of four stages of the Prudential Cycling Tour of Turkey
  • Winner of the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro
  • Winner of two stages of the Czech Cycling Tour / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of two stages of the Tour of Slovenia / Winner of the points classification

2016 (Bora – Argon 18)

  • Winner of Paris-Bourges
  • Winner of a stage of the Giro della Toscana / Winner of the points classification
  • Winner of a stage of the Critérium International

2015 (Bora – Argon 18)

  • Winner of Paris-Bourges
  • Winner of a stage of the Arctic Race of Norway
  • Winner of two stages of the Bayern Rundfahrt

2014 (Team NetApp-Endura)

  • Winner of Rund um Köln
  • Winner of a stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt
  • Winner of the Clásica de Almería