Jürgen Roelandts

Jürgen Roelandts
Personal information
Roelandts at the 2013 Tour Down Under
Full name	Jürgen Roelandts
Born	(1985-07-02) 2 July 1985 Asse, Belgium
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team	Lotto–Soudal
Discipline	Road
Role	Classics rider
Amateur team(s)
2004	Jong Vlaanderen 2016
2005–2007	Bodysol–Win for Life–Jong Vlaanderen

Professional team(s)
2008–	Silence–Lotto

Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2008)

Jürgen Roelandts (born 2 July 1985) is a Belgian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam team Lotto–Soudal.^[1]

Career

In 2013, he achieved a very prestigious placing, finishing third in the Tour of Flanders. In the 2015 Gent-Wevelgem, after being in a solo breakaway for 50 kilometers in difficult weather conditions, Roelandts got passed by the group of chasers with 20 kilometers to go but managed to resist to the return of the peloton, finishing seventh.^[2] In June 2015, Roelandts came in second place at the National Road Race Champion. He lost out after a two-men break with Preben Van Hecke.^[3] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.^[4]

Major results

2001

1st

Time trial, National Under–17 Road Championships

2002

1st

Road race, National Under–19 Road Championships

2004

3rd Omloop van het Houtland

2005

3rd Duo Normand (with Dominique Cornu)

5th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies

8th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

2006

1st Stage 2 Tour de Normandie

1st Stage 2 Tour du Loir-et-Cher

4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

6th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften

7th Overall Tour de Bretagne

8th Schaal Sels-Merksem

2007

1st Paris–Tours Espoirs

2nd Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant

1st Stage 3

4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

10th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

7th Overall Tour de Bretagne

2008

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne

2nd Nokere Koerse

3rd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

1st Stage 3

3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

5th Overall Tour of Qatar

6th Overall Volta ao Algarve

6th Tour de Rijke

7th Ronde van het Groene Hart

8th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

9th Overall Eneco Tour

1st

Points classification

10th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

2009

1st

Points classification Tour de Pologne

3rd Tour de Rijke

4th Dutch Food Valley Classic

4th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

8th Overall Tour of Belgium

1st

Intermediate sprints classification

2010

3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

6th Gent–Wevelgem

8th Overall Tour Down Under

1st

Young riders classification

9th Grand Prix de Wallonie

10th Overall Eneco Tour

2011

2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

6th Vattenfall Cyclassics

9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2012

1st

Overall Tour de l'Eurometropole

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg

3rd Overall Ster ZLM Toer

5th GP Ouest–France

7th Road race, Olympic Games

7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

2013

3rd Tour of Flanders

4th GP Ouest–France

7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 5

8th Overall Tour of Belgium

8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

9th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

2014

3rd Overall Tour of Qatar

10th Gent–Wevelgem

10th GP Ouest–France

2015

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole

1st

Points classification

5th GP Ouest–France

7th E3 Harelbeke

7th Gent–Wevelgem

8th Tour of Flanders

2016

3rd Milan–San Remo

3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche

7th Gent–Wevelgem

10th Tour de l'Eurométropole

2017

4th Scheldeprijs

4th Vuelta a Murcia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	118	83	104	160	111	—	126	136
Vuelta a España	119	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

; IN = In progress; DSQ = Disqualified

References

↑ "Lotto Belisol (LTB) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
↑ Nigel Wynn (29 March 2015). "Luca Paolini wins memorable edition of Ghent-Wevelgem". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
↑ Axelgaard, Emil (28 June 2015). "Van Hecke creates huge surprise at Belgian championships". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
↑ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

External links

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Jürgen Roelandts at ProCyclingStats
Jürgen Roelandts at Cycling Archives
Palmares at Cycling Base

Belgian National Road Race Champion (men)
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1894) Henri Luyten (1895–1896) Henri Bertrand (1897–1898) Jules Degeetere (1899)
1900–1919	Mathieu Quoidbach (1900) Paul Burger (1901) Jules Defrance (1902) Arthur Vanderstuyft (1903) Jules Sales (1904) Dieudonné Jamar (1905) Francois Verstraeten (1907–1908) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1909) Henri Hanlet (1910) Odile Defraye (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Joseph Van Daele (1913) Victor Dethier (1914) Jean Rossius (1919)
1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920–1921) René Vermandel (1922) Félix Sellier (1923) René Vermandel (1924) Gérard Debaets (1925) Félix Sellier (1926) August Mortelmans (1927) Joseph Dervaes (1928) Joseph Wauters (1929–1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Georges Lemaire (1932) Louis Duerloo (1933) Louis Roels (1934) Gustave Danneels (1935) Jean Aerts (1936) Karel Kaers (1937) Petrus Van Theemsche (1938) Marcel Kint (1939)
1940–1959	Odiel Van Den Meersschaut (1940) André Defoort (1941) André Maelbrancke (1942) Rik Van Steenbergen (1943, 1945) Émile Masson Jr. (1946–1947) Achiel Buysse (1948) Valère Ollivier (1949) Albert Ramon (1950) Lode Anthonis (1951) Jozef Schils (1952) Alois Vansteenkiste (1953) Rik Van Steenbergen (1954) Emiel Van Cauter (1955) André Vlayen (1956–1957) Rik Van Looy (1958) Petrus Oellibrandt (1959)
1960–1979	Frans De Mulder (1960) Michel Van Aerde (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Rik Van Looy (1963) Edward Sels (1964) Walter Godefroot (1965) Guido Reybrouck (1966) Jozef Boons (1967) Julien Stevens (1968) Roger De Vlaeminck (1969) Eddy Merckx (1970) Herman Van Springel (1971) Walter Godefroot (1972) Frans Verbeeck (1973) Roger Swerts (1974) Willy Teirlinck (1975) Freddy Maertens (1976) Michel Pollentier (1977–1978) Gery Verlinden (1979)
1980–1999	Jos Jacobs (1980) Roger De Vlaeminck (1981) Frank Hoste (1982) Lucien Van Impe (1983) Eric Vanderaerden (1984) Paul Haghedooren (1985) Marc Sergeant (1986) Ferdi Van Den Haute (1987) Etienne De Wilde (1988) Carlo Bomans (1989) Claude Criquielion (1990) Benjamin Van Itterbeeck (1991) Johan Museeuw (1992) Alain Van Den Bossche (1993) Wilfried Nelissen (1994–1995) Johan Museeuw (1996) Tom Steels (1997–1998) Ludo Dierckxsens (1999)
2000–2019	Axel Merckx (2000) Ludovic Capelle (2001) Tom Steels (2002) Geert Omloop (2003) Tom Steels (2004) Serge Baguet (2005) Niko Eeckhout (2006) Stijn Devolder (2007) Jürgen Roelandts (2008) Tom Boonen (2009) Stijn Devolder (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Stijn Devolder (2013) Jens Debusschere (2014) Preben Van Hecke (2015) Philippe Gilbert (2016) Oliver Naesen (2017)

Riders on Lotto–Soudal

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