Thomas Degand
 Degand in 2014. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1986 Ronse, Belgium |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2007–2008 | Storez–Ledecq Matériaux |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009–2014 | Verandas Willems |
| 2015 | IAM Cycling |
| 2016–2020 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert[1][2] |
Thomas Degand (born 13 May 1986) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Circus–Wanty Gobert.[3]
He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, and was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España[4] but he withdrew from the race after a crash. After spending the 2015 season riding for IAM Cycling, in September 2015 it was announced that he would return to his previous team Wanty–Groupe Gobert on an initial two-year contract from 2016.[5] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[6]
Major results
[edit]- 2008
- 3rd Grand Prix Criquielion
- 4th Flèche Ardennaise
- 2009
- 2nd Grand Prix Criquielion
- 8th Flèche Ardennaise
- 10th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 2010
- 1st Circuit de Wallonie
- 1st Flèche Ardennaise
- 7th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
- 9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 2011
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 5th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 5th Overall Tour of South Africa
- 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 7th Overall Route du Sud
- 2014
- 2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
- 1st Stage 1
- 6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 10th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2015
- 8th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2017
- 1st
Overall Tour du Jura - 2018
- 4th Volta Limburg Classic
- 6th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 9th Boucles de l'Aulne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 34 | 54 |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ Almeida, Giampaolo (6 January 2019). "Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019" [Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Vallone, Nicolò (28 December 2020). "2021, ecco gli organici delle 19 formazioni WorldTour" [2021, here are the rosters of the 19 WorldTour teams]. Tuttobici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni s.r.l. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Thomas Degand de retour chez Wanty-Groupe Gobert en 2016" [Thomas Degand to return to Wanty-Groupe Gobert in 2016]. RTBF (in French). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Thomas Degand at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Thomas Degand at ProCyclingStats