Greg Van Avermaet

Greg Van Avermaet (born 17 May 1985) is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet was a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also won stages and the general classification in stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain, such as the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico, and has won other one-day races such as Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem and E3 Harelbeke in 2017, the 2016 GP de Montréal and in 2016 and 2017. In the Grand Tours, Van Avermaet has taken two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, and worn the Yellow Jersey for eleven days during the 2016 and 2018 Tours and won the points classification in the Vuelta a España, with one stage win in the Vuelta a España. Van Avermaet was also the overall winner of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

For the 2021 season, Van Avermaet joined the on a three-year contract. He retired from racing in 2023, and his last race was the Paris-Tours.

Career

Early life and amateur career Greg Van Avermaet was born into a cycling family; both his father and grandfather were professional cyclists. He was named after American cyclist Greg LeMond since his father "was a fan". He started bike racing at the age of 19, having previously played football as a goalkeeper for SK Beveren. He is a former brother-in-law of Glenn D'Hollander, also a former professional cyclist. In 2006, at 21, he became Belgian amateur champion on the team.

2007–2010: Silence/Omega Pharma–Lotto Van Avermaet (pictured in 2007) raced four years for the team. 2007 In 2007 he signed his first professional contract for the UCI ProTeam and won four races in his maiden year. In the Tour of Qatar, his first professional race for his new team, he won stage 5 in the sprint of a breakaway group, followed by a number of good finishes in smaller races. His results earned him a place in the line-up for the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix – his best result being 29th in Roubaix. A few months later he won a stage in the Tour de Wallonie, as well as the prestigious one-day race Rund um die Hainleite in Germany and the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen in Belgium. He entered his first world championships, in Stuttgart, finishing 63rd in the road race.

2008

Van Avermaet's breakthrough year was 2008. He finished third in E3 Harelbeke after being in a breakaway, and eighth in his second Tour of Flanders. In May, he won the Ardennes stage in the Tour of Belgium, but lost the leader's jersey the next day to Stijn Devolder and finished second overall. Later, he was fourth in the Belgian National Road Race Championships.

In summer he won stages in the Tour de Wallonie and the Tour de l'Ain, as well as seventh place in the GP Ouest-France in Plouay, before making his debut in a grand tour, the Vuelta a España. He made a remarkable debut, with a victory on stage 9 of the race, when he outsprinted ten other breakaway companions in Sabiñánigo, ahead of Davide Rebellin. Following several other top-10 finishes, he also won the Vuelta's final points classification ahead of Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde. One week later, he finished 17th in the World Road Race Championships in Varese. At the end of 2008, he was awarded the Flandrien of the Year award by Belgian journalists.

2009 2009 proved to be a difficult year, with one win, the Heistse Pijl, and several near-wins. He made his first appearance in the Tour de France, with fourth and seventh places in the latter stages as best results. He finished the Tour de France in 89th place overall.

2010 In 2010 he could not claim a win and did not make the line-up for the Tour de France. He placed 49th in his second Vuelta a España, before competing in the World Championships in Australia. He finished fifth in the road race in Geelong, in a sprint won by Thor Hushovd. At the end of the season he stated he would leave his team.

2011: Transfer to BMC and Paris–Tours victory Van Avermaet took his first classic victory at the 2011 Paris–Tours, after a two-man sprint with Italian Marco Marcato. In 2011 he joined . After starting his season in the Tour of Qatar, he ran a remarkable campaign in the spring classics, in which he was one of the most attacking riders. Ninth place in Milan–San Remo and seventh in Liège–Bastogne–Liège were his best results. After the spring classics, he finished second in the Tour of Belgium.

In summer, he claimed his first victories for his new team. He won a stage and the points classification in the Tour of Austria, and he won the overall classification and final stage in the Tour de Wallonie. He entered the Eneco Tour and Vuelta a España in which he gained several top-20 stage results. In October he claimed his first classic victory, after beating Marco Marcato in a two-man sprint in Paris–Tours. He finished the season with a second place in the Giro del Piemonte and twelfth in the Tour of Lombardy.

2012–2014: Mister Almost 2012

In the spring of 2012 Van Avermaet became a front-runner in the classics with several strong performances. Early in the season he was fifth in both Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Strade Bianche, before focusing on the cobbled classics. He finished fourth in the Tour of Flanders, where he won the sprint at the finish in Oudenaarde 40 seconds behind the leading breakaway.

In summer, he skipped the Tour de France again and came close to winning his first World Tour race in the Grand Prix de Québec. He attacked on the final Côte de la Montagne, but was joined by Simon Gerrans, who beat him in a two-man sprint. He was second again five days later in the Grand Prix de Wallonie, before competing in the World Road Race Championships in Valkenburg, in the Netherlands. He placed 25th in the race, after playing a helping role for his teammate Philippe Gilbert, who won the world title. He ended his season with eighth place in the Giro del Piemonte and sixth in Paris–Tours.

2013

In 2013, Van Avermaet garnered several top-10 finishes in the spring classics. He finished fifth in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, sixth in Strade Bianche, third in Gent–Wevelgem, seventh in the Tour of Flanders, fourth in Paris–Roubaix and sixth in Brabantse Pijl, but again failed to claim a single win.

Later in the year, he had a strong summer campaign, starting with two stage wins and the overall classification in the Tour de Wallonie, as well the first stage of the Tour of Utah and several top-5 stage finishes in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. In the GP Ouest-France he was caught by the peloton at from the finish after a late attack. In the Laurentian Classics in Canada, he finished third in the Grand Prix de Québec and fourth in the Grand Prix de Montréal. Back in Europe, he finished 23rd in the World Road Race Championships in Florence and 19th in the Giro di Lombardia. At the end of 2013, with four victories, he won his second Flandrien of the Year award.

2014

In 2014, Van Avermaet ran another strong spring campaign but again failed to win a classic race. He finished second in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Tour of Flanders, losing both races in the sprint, to Ian Stannard and Fabian Cancellara respectively. In the summer, he entered the Tour de France, in which he helped his leader Tejay van Garderen to fifth place in the general classification and finished 38th himself.

Later in the campaign, Van Avermaet took eighth place in the Clásica San Sebastián and fifth overall in the Eneco Tour, as well as one stage win. He finished fifth in the GP de Quebec – his third consecutive top-5 finish in Quebec – and seventh in the GP de Montréal. In September, Van Avermaet won the 1.HC-ranked Grand Prix de Wallonie; he was part of a four-strong breakaway and, with the peloton on their heels, Van Avermaet attacked in the final uphill bends to claim his second win of the season. Three days later, he won the GP Impanis-Van Petegem, earning him the leadership in the Belgian line-up for the World championships in Ponferrada, Spain. He was in the winning breakaway of the road race together with his teammate and fellow Belgian Philippe Gilbert, but was unable to answer an ultimate attack from Michał Kwiatkowski and finished fifth. He ended the season with 39th place in Paris–Tours.

At the end of 2014 he earned his third Flandrien of the year award as best Belgian rider of the year.

2015: Classics specialist and Tour de France stage win In the spring of 2015 Van Avermaet was third in both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix. (pictured on the podium of Paris–Roubaix with John Degenkolb and Zdeněk Štybar) In 2015, Van Avermaet started his season traditionally in the Middle-Eastern Tour of Qatar and Tour of Oman races, where he placed third on two stages. After another top-ten finish in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, he finished second in Strade Bianche behind Zdeněk Štybar. He claimed his first victory of the season on Stage 3 of Tirreno–Adriatico in an uphill-sprint finish, besting Peter Sagan and Štybar. Coming into the cobbled classics, he crashed hard in E3 Harelbeke, nearly jeopardizing the April classics. In April, Van Avermaet finished third in the Tour of Flanders after a strong performance. He dropped Sagan in the final kilometers of the race while closing in on Alexander Kristoff, the eventual winner, and Niki Terpstra. A week later, he earned another prestigious podium finish in Paris–Roubaix, finishing third in a seven-man sprint behind John Degenkolb and Štybar. He ended his classics campaign with fifth place in the Amstel Gold Race, despite being under investigation for doping, at that time.

Van Avermaet at the team presentation in Utrecht for the 2015 Tour de France, in which he won stage 13 – an uphill sprint in Rodez. In May, in his build-up to the Tour de France, Van Avermaet won both the final stage and the overall classification in the Tour of Belgium. He took part in the Tour de Suisse, finishing sixth on the Prologue and third in stage 4. He entered the Tour de France, in which he helped the win the team time trial on Stage 9. On 17 July 2015, he won stage 13, his first individual Tour de France stage win. He outsprinted the green jersey wearer Peter Sagan, and fellow Belgian Jan Bakelants on an uphill finish in Rodez. He withdrew from the race three days later to witness the birth of his first daughter.

Less than two weeks later, on 1 August 2015, Van Avermaet looked on his way to victory in the Clásica de San Sebastián, when he was hit from behind by one of the motorbikes providing television coverage just before the top of the final climb. Suffering a broken bike frame, he was unable to finish and saw Adam Yates win the race. In the aftermath of the incident, his claimed the crash had cost him victory and threatened legal action over "millions of dollars in lost publicity". A few days later he entered the Eneco Tour and finished second overall, trailing winner Tim Wellens by a minute.

In his preparation for the world championships he placed fifth in the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg and entered the Laurentian Classics in Canada. Considered a favourite in the world road race title in Richmond, he attacked on Libby Hill, the final climb of the race, but was overtaken by Peter Sagan and narrowly failed to stay in his wheel. His attempts to catch Sagan failed as his chase companion Edvald Boasson Hagen was not allowed to work in the pursuit and both were caught by the returning peloton in the final kilometer. Van Avermaet finished 23rd. His last race of the season was Paris–Tours, where he was in the winning three-man breakaway and the favourite to win the sprint, when he punctured just one kilometer from the line and finished third. At the end of the year, Van Avermaet was awarded both the Crystal Bicycle and Flandrien of the Year awards as best Belgian cyclist of the year, and was second in the Belgian Sportsman of the year poll behind footballer Kevin De Bruyne.

2016: Olympic champion Van Avermaet on the podium of 2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with his daughter Fleur, Peter Sagan (left) and Tiesj Benoot (right). In 2016 he opened the season with numerous top-5 placings in the Tour of Qatar and Tour of Oman. In late February, he won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, after beating Peter Sagan in a five-man sprint in Ghent. He finished sixth in Strade Bianche, before entering Tirreno–Adriatico, where he was on the winning team of the opening team time trial. After the cancellation of Tirreno's queen stage, he won the sixth stage in a sprint with Sagan, and successfully defended his lead in the final time trial, by one second over Sagan – his first overall win in a World Tour stage race. The victory pushed Van Avermaet to the top of the UCI World Ranking for one week. Following Tirreno–Adriatico, he finished fifth in Milan–San Remo but crashed and broke his collarbone in the Tour of Flanders.

After his return from injury in May, he competed in the Tour of California and the Critérium du Dauphiné, before placing third in the Belgian National Road Race Championships behind Philippe Gilbert and Tim Wellens. In July he entered the Tour de France: he won stage 5 to Le Lioran, his second Tour de France stage win, after a long breakaway and having completed the final solo. He also moved into the yellow jersey, which he held for three days, and finished 44th overall. Six days after the Tour de France, he finished fifth in the Clásica de San Sebastián in Spain.

Van Avermaet won the Olympic road race, finishing near Fort Copacabana, at the Rio Olympics. On 6 August 2016, Van Avermaet won the men's individual road race at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Van Avermaet won the three-man sprint on Copacabana Beach before Fuglsang and Majka to claim the Olympic gold medal.

Later in the season he finished second in the Grand Prix de Québec behind Peter Sagan; he won the Grand Prix de Montréal ahead of Sagan; ended fourth overall in the Eneco Tour; as well as fourth in Binche–Chimay–Binche. He ended the season with a 10th place at the World Road Race Championships in Qatar.

2017: King of the spring classics and world number one After suffering an ankle fracture during the winter, Van Avermaet started his 2017 campaign in February at the Tour of the Valencian Community, in which his won the opening team time trial. Later in February he rode the Tour of Oman, before competing in the opening weekend of Belgian races. He won his second consecutive Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, again after beating Peter Sagan in a three-man sprint in Ghent; and finished seventh in Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne the next day.

As usual, he proceeded his spring campaign in the Italian races Strade Bianche, in which he finished second behind Michał Kwiatkowski; Tirreno–Adriatico, in which his won the team time trial and he moved into the race lead for one day; and was 21st in Milan–San Remo. On 24 March, Van Avermaet won E3 Harelbeke in a three-man sprint with Philippe Gilbert and Oliver Naesen. Two days later, he continued his winning streak with victory in Gent–Wevelgem in a two-man sprint against Jens Keukeleire. The pairing had broken away from a select group of riders on the run-in towards Wevelgem. Van Avermaet became the second rider to win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, E3 Harelbeke and Gent–Wevelgem in the same season, after Jan Raas in 1981, and moved into the lead of the UCI World Tour.

Van Avermaet claimed his first career monument win at the 2017 Paris–Roubaix. (Pictured in third position in the lead group at from the finish) Still seeking his first win in a monument classic, he was favourite for the Tour of Flanders, but crashed on the final ascent of Oude Kwaremont together with Peter Sagan as they were chasing Philippe Gilbert. Halted in his pursuit, he finished second behind his former teammate Gilbert. On 9 April 2017, Van Avermaet won Paris–Roubaix, claiming his first career monument victory. After suffering a mechanical failure at from the finish and a chase to return to the peloton, he made the decisive move with to go. He broke away with five others on the cobbled sector of Templeuve-en-Pévèle in pursuit of his teammate Daniel Oss. After the sector of Carrefour de l'Arbre, only Zdeněk Štybar and Sebastian Langeveld were with him, and Van Avermaet outsprinted his companions for the win on the Roubaix Velodrome. Van Avermaet's average speed of was the fastest in Paris–Roubaix history, breaking the previous record set by Peter Post in 1964. The race was also the first monument win for the . He ended his spring campaign with a 12th place in the Amstel Gold Race and 11th in Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

Building up towards the Tour de France, he won two stages and the general classification at the Tour of Luxembourg, followed by 48th place overall at the Tour de Suisse. He failed to win a stage at the Tour de France, with a second-place finish on stage 14 to Rodez as best stage result. After the Tour de France, he was eighth in the Clásica San Sebastián, fourth overall in the Binckbank Tour and tenth in the Bretagne Classic. In September, he finished second at the Grand Prix de Québec, seventh at the Grand Prix de Montréal and was sixth in the World Road Race Championships in Bergen, Norway. He ended the year as world number one on both the UCI World Ranking and UCI World Tour, a place he held since April 2017.

2018: One week in the yellow jersey Van Avermaet wore the yellow jersey for eight days at the 2018 Tour de France. (pictured in the breakaway during stage 9 to Roubaix) As world number one, Van Avermaet kicked off the 2018 season with 20th place overall in the Tour of Valencia and 16th overall in the Tour of Oman, in which he won the third stage in a group sprint on the Wadi Dayqah Dam. He proceeded with 50th place in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, 34th in Strade Bianche, 20th overall in Tirreno–Adriatico, and 17th in Milan–San Remo. In the cobbled classics of Belgium and France, Van Avermaet was at the front in every race but failed to secure a win, finishing third in E3 Harelbeke, 14th in Gent–Wevelgem, and eighth in Dwars door Vlaanderen. In the Tour of Flanders he accelerated on the Taaienberg, at 38 km from the finish, but was unable to break clear and finished fifth. One week later he was fourth at Paris–Roubaix, after his move on the cobbled sector of Auchy-lez-Orchies was counter-attacked by the eventual winner Peter Sagan at 54 km from Roubaix.

In May, he won the Tour of Yorkshire after an attack in the final stage to Leeds. He won the opening team time trial with his BMC team of the Tour de Suisse in June, before entering the Tour de France. Van Avermaet moved into the yellow jersey on the third day of the Tour after BMC won the team time trial in Cholet. He finished second, in the yellow jersey, in stage 9 to Roubaix, which included of cobbled sectors. Van Avermaet was beaten by John Degenkolb in a three-man sprint after they broke clear at from the finish. He managed to keep the maillot jaune for another day, after he went in the breakaway and finished fourth in the first mountain stage to Le Grand Bornand. He wore the yellow jersey for eight days and finished 28th in the general classification.

In August, Van Avermaet finished fourth in the Clásica de San Sebastián, 25th in the European road race championship in Glasgow and was sixth overall in the BinckBank Tour. Later in the season, he secured a second-place finish at the Grand Prix de Québec and third in the Grand Prix de Montréal, both times behind winner Michael Matthews. He ended the season at the World Road Race Championships in Innsbruck, Austria. He claimed the bronze medal with his BMC team at the team time trial event and finished 50th in the men's road race.

2019: CCC Pro Team

In 2019, BMC changed sponsorship following the death of team owner Andy Rihs. Poland-based shoe retailer CCC became the new title sponsor, leaving Van Avermaet as the prime anchor of the team. He started the season with a stage win and 21st place overall in the Tour of Valencia and 17th overall in the Tour of Oman, but failed to secure another win in his classics campaign. He finished second at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad behind Zdeněk Štybar, sixth in Strade Bianche, third in E3 Harelbeke and a disappointing tenth in the Tour of Flanders. On 15 September 2019 Van Avermaet won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal for the second time in his career.

Doping allegations In April 2015 the Royal Belgian Cycling League requested a two-year ban for Van Avermaet, the disqualification of all his results during the 2012 season and a €262,500 fine following an investigation into suspected anti-doping offences. It was reported in the Belgian media that their accusations focused on allegations of Van Avermaet's use of the corticoid Diprophos, and Vaminolact, a fortified baby food which is banned from being injected. On 7 May 2015, it was announced that Van Avermaet was cleared of all allegations.

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2005 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 9th Flèche Ardennaise 2006 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig 1st Kattekoers 1st GP Berlare 2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs 4th Grand Prix de Waregem 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 8th Overall Giro delle Regioni 9th Circuit de Wallonie 9th Druivenkoers Overijse 2007 (4 pro wins) 1st Rund um die Hainleite 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie 3rd Ronde van het Groene Hart 3rd GP Briek Schotte 4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 4th Nokere Koerse 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 5th Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann 6th Overall Tour de Picardie 6th Halle–Ingooigem 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics 9th Overall Tour of Belgium 2008 (4) Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Ain 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Stage 3 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar 1st Young rider classification 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 4th Road race, National Road Championships 7th Overall Tour de Picardie 7th GP Ouest–France 7th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 8th Tour of Flanders 2009 1st Heistse Pijl 4th Road race, National Road Championships 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 4th Halle–Ingooigem 5th Overall Tour of Belgium 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 2010 3rd Halle–Ingooigem 4th Road race, National Road Championships 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 7th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 8th Brabantse Pijl 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain 2011 (4) 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Stage 5 1st Paris–Tours Tour of Austria 1st Points classification 1st Stage 6 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium 2nd Gran Piemonte 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián 4th Halle–Ingooigem 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 7th Binche–Chimay–Binche 9th Milan–San Remo 9th Strade Bianche 2012 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie 4th Tour of Flanders 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 5th Strade Bianche 5th Brabantse Pijl 6th Paris–Tours 8th Gran Piemonte 9th Trofeo Deià 2013 (4) 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3 & 5 1st Stage 1 Tour of Utah 3rd Gent–Wevelgem 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche 4th Paris–Roubaix 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 6th Overall Tour of Qatar 1st Stage 2 (TTT) 6th Strade Bianche 6th Brabantse Pijl 6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 7th Tour of Flanders 2014 (3) 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie 1st Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2nd Tour of Flanders 4th Binche–Chimay–Binche 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 5th Overall Eneco Tour 1st Stage 5 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 8th Clásica de San Sebastián 10th Overall Tour of Belgium 10th E3 Harelbeke 2015 (4) 1st Overall Tour of Belgium 1st Stage 4 Tour de France 1st Stages 9 (TTT) & 13 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Overall Eneco Tour 2nd Strade Bianche 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Tour of Flanders 3rd Paris–Roubaix 3rd Paris–Tours 5th Overall Tour of Qatar 5th Amstel Gold Race 5th Vattenfall Cyclassics 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 7th Overall Tour de Yorkshire 8th UCI World Tour 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2016 (6)

1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Tour de France 1st Stage 5 Held after Stages 5–7 1st Gullegem Koerse 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar 4th Overall Eneco Tour 1st Stage 5 (TTT) 4th Binche–Chimay–Binche 5th Milan–San Remo 5th Clásica de San Sebastián 6th UCI World Tour 6th Strade Bianche 9th Gent–Wevelgem 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 2017 (7) 1st UCI World Tour 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Paris–Roubaix 1st Gent–Wevelgem 1st E3 Harelbeke 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2nd Tour of Flanders 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2nd Strade Bianche 4th Overall BinckBank Tour 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 8th Clásica de San Sebastián 10th Bretagne Classic 2018 (2) 1st Overall Tour de Yorkshire 1st Points classification Tour de France 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Held after Stages 3–10 Combativity award Stage 10 1st Stage 3 Tour of Oman 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

3rd E3 Harelbeke 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 4th Paris–Roubaix 4th Clásica de San Sebastián 5th UCI World Tour 5th Tour of Flanders 6th Overall BinckBank Tour 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen 2019 (3) 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 1st Stage 3 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2nd Overall Tour de Yorkshire 1st Stage 4 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 3rd E3 Binckbank Classic 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 4th Overall BinckBank Tour 6th Strade Bianche 6th Bretagne Classic 7th Primus Classic 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 10th Tour of Flanders Tour de France Held after Stages 1–2 Combativity award Stage 18 2020 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie 3rd Gran Trittico Lombardo 8th Milan–San Remo 8th Strade Bianche 2021 3rd Tour of Flanders 6th E3 Saxo Bank Classic 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 8th Paris–Camembert Combativity award Stage 6 Tour de France 2022 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 4th UCI Gravel World Championships 4th Binche–Chimay–Binche 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie 5th Tour du Finistère 9th Circuit Franco-Belge 2023 (1) 1st Boucles de l'Aulne 4th Tour du Finistère

General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Giro d'ItaliaDid not contest during his career Tour de France — — 85 — — — — 38 DNF 44 58 28 36 50 97 — — / Vuelta a España — 66 — 49 82 — — — — — — — — — — — —Major stage race general classification results Major stage race 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Paris–Nice — — — — — — — 41 — — — — — — — — — Tirreno–Adriatico — — 59 12 29 DNF 49 — 48 36 20 16 — 34 57 61 Volta a CatalunyaDid not contest during his career Tour of the Basque Country Tour de Romandie Critérium du Dauphiné — — — — — — — 45 — 76 — — — — 81 93 76 Tour de Suisse — 54 82 43 60 DNF 121 — 33 — 48 29 48NH — — —

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+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish NH Not held IP In progress

Honours and awards

Crystal Bicycle Best Professional Cyclist: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Flandrien of the Year: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Vlaamse Reus: 2016 Belgian Sportsman of the Year: 2016 Honorary Citizen of Dendermonde: 2016 VeloNews: Classics Rider of the Year: 2017 Swiss Mendrisio d'Or: 2017 CyclingRanking – Overall ranking (26th place)