Stijn Steels
 Steels in 2019. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stijn Steels |
| Born | 21 August 1989 Ghent, Belgium |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2007 | Balen BC |
| 2008–2009 | Rock Werchter–Chocolade Jacques |
| 2012 | EFC–Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010 | Qin Cycling Team |
| 2011 | Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht |
| 2013 | Crelan–Euphony |
| 2014–2017 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise |
| 2018 | Vérandas Willems–Crelan |
| 2019 | Roompot–Charles[1] |
| 2020–2022 | Deceuninck–Quick-Step[2][3] |
Stijn Steels (born 21 August 1989 in Ghent) is a Belgian former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022. He is the nephew of former professional cyclist Tom Steels.[4]
In August 2019, it was announced that Steels would move up to UCI World Tour level from 2020, signing a two-year contract with Deceuninck–Quick-Step,[5] his seventh professional team.
Major results
[edit]- 2010
- 2nd Dwars door het Hageland
- 4th Grote Prijs Stad Geel
- 2011
- 9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 2012
- 4th Flèche Ardennaise
- 2013
- 3rd Antwerpse Havenpijl
- 6th Rund um Köln
- 2014
- 1st
Sprints classification Three Days of De Panne - 7th Polynormande
- 2015
- 1st Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen
- 2016
- 1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 3rd Schaal Sels
- 2017
- 8th Schaal Sels
- 2019
- 6th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
References
[edit]- ^ Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Stijn Steels » Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "Deceuninck-QuickStep sign Van Lerberghe and Stijn Steels". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stijn Steels.
- Stijn Steels at UCI
- Stijn Steels at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Stijn Steels at ProCyclingStats
- Stijn Steels at Cycling Quotient
- Stijn Steels at CycleBase
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