van AVERMAET Greg

Date of Birth: 17 May 1985

Age: 36

Gender: Male

Place of birth: LOKEREN

Birth Country:

Belgium

Place of residence : DENDERMONDE

Residence Country:

Belgium

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Road	Men's Road Race	DNF

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Fuji International Speedway	Men's Road Race	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Road Race
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1
2012	London, GBR	92

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Team Time Trial
2020	Imola, ITA	21	-
2019	Harrogate, GBR	8	-
2018	Innsbruck, AUT	50	3
2017	Bergen, NOR	6	-
2016	Doha, QAT	10	-
2015	Richmond, VA, USA	23	-
2014	Ponferrada, ESP	5	-
2013	Florence, ITA	23	-
2012	Valkenburg, NED	25	-
2011	Copenhagen, DEN	175	-
2010	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	5	-
2009	Mendrisio, SUI	44	-
2008	Varese, ITA	17	-
2007	Stuttgart, GER	62	-

Tour de France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
28	Men's Individual	2018	Paris, FRA
36	Men's Individual	2019	Paris, FRA
38	Men's Individual	2014	Paris, FRA
44	Men's Individual	2016	Paris, FRA
50	Men's Individual	2020	Paris, FRA
58	Men's Individual	2017	Paris, FRA
89	Men's Individual	2009	Paris, FRA
97	Men's Individual	2021	Paris, FRA

Vuelta a Espanya

Rank	Event	Year	Location
49	Men's Individual	2010	Madrid, ESP
66	Men's Individual	2008	Madrid, ESP
83	Men's Individual	2011	Madrid, ESP

Ten best WorldTour performances in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	Road Race	GP de Montreal	Montreal, QC, CAN
1	2017	Road Race	Paris - Roubaix	Roubaix, FRA
1	2017	Road Race	Gent - Wevelgem	Wevelgem, BEL
1	2017	Road Race	E3 Saxo Bank Classic	Harelbeke, BEL
1	2017	Road Race	Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	Ghent, BEL
1	2016	Road Race	GP de Montreal	Montreal, QC, CAN
1	2016	Men's Individual	Tirreno - Adriatico	San Benedetto del Tronto, ITA
2	2019	Road Race	Clasica San Sebastian	San Sebastian, ESP
2	2019	Road Race	Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	Ninove, BEL
2	2018	Road Race	GP de Quebec	Quebec, QC, CAN
2	2017	Road Race	GP de Quebec	Quebec, QC, CAN
2	2017	Road Race	Ronde van Vlaanderen	Oudenaarde, BEL
2	2017	Road Race	Strade Bianche	Siena, ITA
2	2016	Road Race	GP de Quebec	Quebec, QC, CAN
2	2015	Men's Individual	BinckBank Tour	Geraardsbergen, BEL
2	2014	Road Race	Ronde van Vlaanderen	Oudenaarde, BEL
2	2012	Road Race	GP de Quebec	Quebec, QC, CAN
2	2011	Road Race	Clasica San Sebastian	San Sebastian, ESP

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

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Dutch, English, French

AG2R - Citroen Team [France] since 2021

Sporting relatives:

His grandfather [Aime Van Avermaet] and his father [Ronald Van Avermaet] were professional cyclists. His father competed in the men's road race at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. (SportsDeskOnline, 29 Apr 2021; sportmagazine.knack.be, 19 Jul 2015; gregvanavermaet.be, 09 Jul 2012)

Turned professional in 2006

He sustained three fractured ribs, a back fracture, and a shoulder injury after crashing at the 2020 Liege-Bastogne-Liege race in Belgium. He returned to competition at the 2021 Etoile de Besseges-Tour du Gard in France. (cyclingnews.com, 28 Dec 2020; procyclingstats.com, 03 Feb 2021; mundodeportivo.com, 05 Oct 2020)

He broke his collarbone during the 2016 Tour of Flanders, causing him to miss the remainder of the spring Classics that year. (cyclingnews.com, 04 Apr 2016)

He played handball and football before he took up cycling. Playing as an outfield player he did not score many goals so he became a goalkeeper instead. He was then signed by Belgian football team SK Beveren to play in goal after they noticed him playing handball. In the early 2000s he switched to cycling. (sportmagazine.knack.be, 19 Jul 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and the 2021 World Championships in Flanders, Belgium. (cyclingnews.com, 28 Dec 2020)

Philosophy:

"Work hard in silence, let success make the noise." (Twitter profile, 10 Jun 2016)

General Interest

Type of rider
Puncheur, Sprinter, Cobbles specialist (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Jul 2016)

General
OLYMPIC GOLD
He claimed gold in the men's road race at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. "People in cycling need to realise that the Olympics are the biggest event in sport. There's nothing bigger than that. A lot of people in cycling think that the world championships are more important, but it's very different. If you say to people, 'I'm Olympic champion' then everybody knows what you're talking about. But if you say 'I'm world champion' then some people don't even know that there is a cycling world championships." (cyclingweekly.com, 15 Dec 2016)

CYCLING NAME
He was named after US professional cyclist Greg Le Mond. (sportmagazine.knack.be, 19 Jul 2015)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/greg.vanavermaet.9
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/gregvanavermaet
https://instagram.com/gregvanavermaet/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-van-avermaet-a76789138/
https://twitter.com/GregVanAvermaet
Athlete Website: http://gregvanavermaet.be

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DNF:: Did not finish

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