Jef Van Meirhaeghe

Jef Van Meirhaeghe (born 21 January 1992) is a Belgian road cyclist, who most recently rode for Belgian amateur team CT Stroobant–Bataia. Van Meirhaeghe has also competed professionally for in 2015 and 2016.

Career Amateur career Van Meirhaeghe at the 2014 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23, where he finished in third place.

As a junior, Van Meirhaeghe won the 2010 Junior Tour of Flanders. After a year riding for the Soenens–Construkt Glas team, he rode for the team from 2012 to 2014. In May 2014, he finished in the top ten of the Paris–Arras Tour, his best stage-race result to that point. In July 2014, he finished on the podium of the under-23 edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, having been in a breakaway with the eventual race winner, Dimitri Claeys. During this time he rode principally as a domestique for other riders, rarely having a chance to race for himself. Shortly after this victory, it was announced that Van Meirhaeghe was among six neo-professionals to sign for the Professional Continental cycling team for the 2015 season.

Professional career His first race for the team came at the 2015 Tour of Qatar. He subsequently raced in the 2015 Tour of Oman. He joined the breakaway on the first stage in an attempt to gain the young rider's jersey but failed. He then entered the breakaway on every subsequent stage of the race and was awarded the combativity jersey at the end of the race.

Major results

2011 7th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem 2012 6th Memorial Van Coningsloo 2013 4th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race 2014

3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 8th Overall Paris–Arras Tour 8th Antwerpse Havenpijl 2015

2nd Grand Prix Criquielion