Gerben Thijssen

Gerben Thijssen

Thijssen in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1998-06-21) 21 June 1998
Team information
Current team	Lotto–Soudal U23
Discipline	Track, Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2017–	Lotto–Soudal U23
Medal record Representing Belgium Men's track cycling European Championships 2017 Berlin Elimination race

Gerben Thijssen (born (1998-06-21)21 June 1998) is a Belgian road and track cyclist, representing Belgium at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 2015 UCI Juniors Track World Championships in the points race. He won the silver medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Apeldoorn in the team pursuit.

In 2016, as a junior he won 2 stages in the Nations Cup Trofeo Karlsberg, the Omloop van de Vlaamse Gewesten and a Belgian Cup stage in Nederhasselt. He represented Belgium at the UCI Juniors Road World Championships in Qatar.

In 2017, as a U23-rider he won the Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas and a stage in Olympia's Tour. He won the gold medal at the 2017 UEC EuropeanTrack Championships in the Elite Elimination Race.

Major results

2016

National Junior Track Championships

1st Omnium

1st Points race

1st Six Days of Ghent U23 (with Jules Hesters)

1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

Trofeo Karlsberg

1st Stages 1 & 2a

1st Stage 1 Internationale Cottbuser Junioren-Etappenfahrt

2017

1st Elimination race, UEC European Track Championships

1st Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas

1st Stage 4 Olympia's Tour

2nd Gooikse Pijl

3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs

7th Ronde van Overijssel

7th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23

2018

1st Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships

5th Paris–Troyes