Stijn Devolder
 Devolder at the 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stijn Devolder |
| Nickname | "Volderke" |
| Born |
29 August 1979 Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Trek Factory Racing |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time-Trialist/Classics Specialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2001 | Mapei-Quick Step |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2002–2003 2004–2007 2008–2010 2011–2012 2013– |
Vlaanderen-T Interim US Postal Quick Step Vacansoleil-DCM RadioShack-Leopard |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 5 January 2014 | |
Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979 in Kortrijk, West Flanders) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, riding for UCI ProTeam Trek Factory Racing.[1] He rode for US Postal, from 2004 to 2007, before signing for Quick Step in 2008.[2]
Devolder won his first professional race at the 2004 Four Days of Dunkirk, winning stage 4. His most prestigious victories are the 2007, 2010 and 2013 Belgian National Road Race Championships, the 2008 and 2009 Tour of Flanders, and the 2008 and 2010 Tour of Belgium. Devolder is a competent climber but his main strength lies in the individual time trial. Devolder led the Quick Step squad in the 2008 Tour de France but fell off the back and almost immediately stepped off his bike on the Ascent of the Col Agnel.
Devolder left Vacansoleil-DCM at the end of the 2012 season, and joined RadioShack-Leopard on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1]
Palmarès
- 1999
- Vuelta a Navarra
- 1st Stages 5 & 6
- 2000
- 4th Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke
- 2001
- 1st Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke
- 7th GP Wielerrevue
- 2002
- 2nd GP de Fayt-le-Franc
- 2nd Zellik–Galmaarden
- 2003
- 3rd E3 Harelbeke
- 6th GP Stad Vilvoorde
- 8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2004
- 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Tour du Haut Var
- 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2005
- 1st
Overall Three Days of De Panne - 24th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2006
- 1st Stage 3a Tour of Belgium
- 2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial
- 4th Japan Cup
- 6th Halle–Ingooigem
- 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 8th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 11th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2007
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 1st Overall Österreich-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Three Days of De Panne
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 9th Trofeo Pollença
- 2008
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 4th Overall Eneco Tour
- 6th World Time Trial Championships
- 7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 10th Trofeo Pollença
- 2009
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2010
- 1st Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 2011
- 7th Chrono des Nations
- 2012
- 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2013
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 8th Brabantse Pijl
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Devolder signs two-year deal with RadioShack-Nissan". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ 'Stijn Devolder komende twee jaar bij Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team', vacansoleilprocyclingteam.nl
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stijn Devolder. |
- Stijn Devolder at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)
- Eurosport Profile
- Official website (in Dutch)
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