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UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Individual Time Trial
2020	Imola, ITA	2	2

Tour de France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
19	Men's Individual	2021	Paris, FRA
20	Men's Individual	2020	Paris, FRA

Ten best WorldTour performances in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2021	Road Race	Amstel Gold Race	Berg en Terblijt, NED
1	2021	Road Race	Gent - Wevelgem	Wevelgem, BEL
1	2020	Road Race	Milano - Sanremo	Sanremo, ITA
1	2020	Road Race	Strade Bianche	Siena, ITA
2	2021	Men's Individual	Tirreno - Adriatico	San Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
2	2020	Road Race	Ronde van Vlaanderen	Oudenaarde, BEL
2	2019	Road Race	E3 Saxo Bank Classic	Harelbeke, BEL
3	2021	Road Race	Milano - Sanremo	Sanremo, ITA
3	2019	Road Race	Strade Bianche	Siena, ITA
3	2018	Road Race	Strade Bianche	Siena, ITA

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Athlete

Wife Sarah, son Georges [2021]

Dutch, English

Jumbo - Visma [Netherlands] since 2019

He has represented Belgium in cyclo cross, and won gold at the world championships in 2016, 2017, and 2018. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Apr 2021; cyclingnews.com, 15 Feb 2021)

Turned professional in 2013

He sustained a large wound to his leg and his hip after crashing during the 13th stage of the 2019 Tour de France. He was taken to a nearby hospital in Pau where he underwent an hour-long surgery to repair the torn skin, capsule, and muscle of his upper thigh and hip. He had a second operation after transferring to a hospital near his home in Herentals, Belgium, and then began an intensive rehabilitation programme. He returned to action in December 2019 at a cyclo cross event in Loenhout, Belgium. (teamjumbovisma.com, 27 Dec 2019; cyclingnews.com, 03 Dec 2019; stickybottle.com, 19 Jul 2019)

To win a medal in the time trial at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to win the road race at the 2021 World Championships in Leuven, Belgium. (cyclingnews.com, 15 Feb 2021; velonews.com, 15 Feb 2021)