Kristof Vandewalle
Kristof Vandewalle (born 5 April 1985) is a Belgian former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2015 for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Trek Factory Racing teams. While a member of the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step squad,[2] he won two successive World Team Time Trial Championships and two consecutive Belgian National Time Trial Championships.
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| Full name | Kristof Vandewalle | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1985 Kortrijk, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2007 | Beveren 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Topsport Vlaanderen | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Quick-Step | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Trek Factory Racing[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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In the 2014 season, Vandewalle was riding for Trek Factory Racing,[1] after three seasons with Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and its precursor Quick-Step. His first victory in the team's colours was a third national time trial championships in May 2014, in Hooglede.[3]
Major results
Vandewalle at the 2015 Paris–Nice.
- 2003
- 1st Overall Route de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 2007
- 5th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 3
- 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2008
- 6th Duo Normand (with Bart Vanheule)
- 8th De Vlaamse Pijl
- 2010
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 8th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 10th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2012
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain
- 2013
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 1st Prologue
- 3rd Duo Normand (with Julien Vermote)
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2014
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria
- 9th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Alberta
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
- "Vandewalle chez Trek" [Vandewalle with Trek]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- "Vandewalle repeats as Belgian time trial champion". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
External links
Media related to Kristof Vandewalle at Wikimedia Commons
- Kristof Vandewalle at Cycling Archives
- Kristof Vandewalle at ProCyclingStats
- Kristof Vandewalle Quick-Step profile
 UCI Road World Champions – Men's team time trial | |
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