Victor Campenaerts (born 28 October 1991) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny.[5]
.jpg) Campenaerts in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 October 1991 Wilrijk, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lotto–Dstny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist,[1] Rouleur | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–2012 | Bianchi–Lotto–Nieuwe Hoop Tielen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Lotto–Belisol U23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | LottoNL–Jumbo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Lotto–Soudal[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | NTT Pro Cycling[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Lotto–Soudal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Career
editHe rode in the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In September 2015 it was announced that he would join the UCI World Tour ranks in 2016 with LottoNL–Jumbo.[1] He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España[6] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[7]
On 16 April 2019, at the Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Campenaerts broke the hour record, riding 55.089 kilometres (34.231 miles), surpassing Bradley Wiggins' previous mark set on 7 June 2015 by 563 metres (1,847 feet).[8] In doing so, he became the fourth Belgian cyclist to hold the hour record, after Oscar Van den Eynde (1897–98), Ferdinand Bracke (1967–68) and Eddy Merckx (1972–2000).[9]
Campenaerts rejoined Lotto–Soudal, on a 3 year contract, in 2022 after 2 years away at Team Qhubeka NextHash.[10]
Riding for the now renamed Lotto–Dstny, Campenaerts rode the 2023 Tour de France. Upon the race's conclusion in Paris, he was selected as the winner of the race's super-combativity award, as the most combative rider overall during the race.[11] Campenaerts made the breakaway 5 times during the race, including on stages 18 and 19, which had both been forecast as sprint finishes. Campenaerts played a big role in each stage's successful breakaway, helping his teammates and holding off the charging peloton.[12][13]
He continued with Lotto–Dstny into the 2024 Tour de France, at which he won Stage 18.[14][15]
On 26 August 2024 Visma–Lease a Bike announced that Campenaerts would return to their team for the 2025 season, he signed a contract for three years. He rode for this team previously when it was called LottoNL–Jumbo.[16]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2013
- 1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Sub 23
- 8th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 8th Antwerpse Havenpijl
- 2015
- 1st Duo Normand (with Jelle Wallays)
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Young rider classification
- 4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 2016 (1 pro win)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 2017 (2)
- 1st Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 4th Overall Tour of Britain
- 5th Chrono des Nations
- 9th Brabantse Pijl
- 10th Rund um Köln
- 2018 (2)
- 1st Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 3rd Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2019 (2)
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Time trial, National Championships
- 2020
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 3rd Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 8th Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2021 (1)
- 1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 3rd Overall Benelux Tour
- 10th Road race, UEC European Championships
- 2022 (1)
- 1st Tour of Leuven
- 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 3rd Circuit Franco-Belge
- 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 6th Le Samyn
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Luxembourg
- 6th Tour of Leuven
- Tour de France
- Combativity award Stages 18, 19 & Overall
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Stage 18 Tour de France
- 6th Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 9th Time trial, UCI World Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Giro d'Italia | — | DNF | DNF | 111 | 95 | DNF | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 64 | 81 |
| Vuelta a España | 143 | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | 111 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
edit- 2015
- 3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 2016
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 2019
- Hour record: 55.089 km
References
edit- ^ a b "Transfer news: Guardini set for another year with Astana". cyclingnews.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Lotto–Soudal". UCI. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (16 April 2019). "Victor Campenaerts sets new UCI Hour Record". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Zidda, Giovanni (3 November 2021). "Campenaerts, Merckx, Bracke, Van den Eynde : ces Belges qui ont détenu le record de l'heure" [Campenaerts, Merckx, Bracke, Van den Eynde: these Belgians who held the hour record]. RTBF (in French). Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Victor Campenaerts is returning to Lotto Soudal". CyclingTips. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (24 July 2023). "Victor Campenaerts celebrates 'very special' Tour de France super-combativity prize". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Machado, Alana (21 July 2023). "Tour de France 2023 - Stage 19 Recap". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (21 July 2023). "'Ride as fast as possible' – Campenaerts' big plan almost comes off at Tour de France". Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Tour de France: Victor Campenaerts surges from three-rider breakaway for stage 18 victory". Cycling News. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Campenaerts wins stage 18 as Pogacar maintains lead". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Victor Campenaerts streeft met Visma Lease a Bike naar 'ultieme doel': "Kan een succesvol onderdeel zijn"". Wielerflits. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
External links
edit- Victor Campenaerts at UCI
- Victor Campenaerts at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Victor Campenaerts at ProCyclingStats
- Victor Campenaerts at CQ Ranking
- Victor Campenaerts at CycleBase