Jasper De Buyst

Jasper De Buyst

Personal information
Born (1993-11-24) November 24, 1993[1]
Asse, Belgium
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team Lotto–Soudal
Discipline Track and road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2012 Bontrager–Livestrong
Professional team(s)
2013–2014 Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2015– Lotto–Soudal

Jasper De Buyst (born 24 November 1993) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist with UCI World Tour team Lotto–Soudal.[2] De Buyst focuses mainly on track cycling, notably the omnium, points race, madison and six-day racing disciplines.

He is the son of professional cyclist Franky De Buyst and became professional himself in 2013, at the age of 19.[3] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[4]

Palmarès

2013
1st, UCI Track World Cup 2013–14 – Manchester Leg, Omnium
National Track Championships
1st Points race
1st Madison (with Iljo Keisse)
1st, Six days of Ghent (with Leif Lampater)
International Belgian Open
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Kenny De Ketele)
3 Jours d'Aigle
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Kenny De Ketele)
2014
UCI Track World Cup 2013–14 – Overall Classification
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Kenny De Ketele)
1st, Six days of Ghent (with Kenny De Ketele)[5]
3rd, Six Days of Zurich (with Kenny De Ketele)[6]
2015
3rd, UCI Track Cycling World Championships Madison (with Otto Vergaerde)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jasper De Buyst". Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise. Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. "Jasper De Buyst prof bij Topsport" [Jasper De Buyst professional at Topsport]. Sportwereld – Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch) (Corelio). 4 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. "De Buyst and De Ketele win overall in Gent". cyclingnews.com. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. "Schlussrangliste Profis 2014" [Final ranking professionals 2014] (PDF). sixdays-zuerich.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 December 2014.

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