Gerben Thijssen
.jpg) Thijssen in 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerben Thijssen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1998 Genk, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Intermarché–Wanty | ||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | |||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Lotto–Soudal U23[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Lotto–Soudal (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Lotto–Soudal[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
One-day races and Classics
| |||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Gerben Thijssen (born 21 June 1998)[5] is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.[6]
Career
Thijssen won the bronze medal at the
intensive care.[9]
In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[10]
In October 2023, Thijssen and Estonian rider Madis Mihkels were pulled by their team from the Tour of Guangxi, after Mihkels made a racist gesture.[11] Mihkels pulled his eyes into slants, in a picture Thijssen posted on his Instagram.[12]
Major results
Road
- 2016
- 1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
- Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stages 1 & 2a
- 1st Stage 1 Internationale Cottbuser Junioren-Etappenfahrt
- 2017
- 1st Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas
- 1st Stage 4 Olympia's Tour
- 2nd Gooikse Pijl
- 3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 7th Ronde van Overijssel
- 7th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Championships - 5th Paris–Troyes
- 2019
- 1st Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 1st Stage 1 Paris–Arras Tour
- 4th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2020
- 2nd Gooikse Pijl
- 2021
- 3rd Omloop van het Houtland
- 5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2022 (3 pro wins)
- 1st Gooikse Pijl
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
- 3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
- 4th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 5th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 7th Antwerp Port Epic
- 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 9th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2023 (4)
- 1st Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 1st Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 1st Omloop van het Houtland
- 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2nd La Roue Tourangelle
- 3rd Van Merksteijn Fences Classic
- 4th Gooikse Pijl
- 5th Scheldeprijs
- 5th Elfstedenronde
- 8th Albert Achterhes Profronde van Drenthe
- 2024 (2)
- 1st Trofeo Palma
- Volta ao Algarve
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 2nd La Roue Tourangelle
- 3rd Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 5th Clásica de Almería
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2015
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
- 3rd Keirin
- 1st
- 2nd
Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Robbe Ghys) - 3rd
Points race, UCI World Junior Championships - 2016
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Elimination race
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Kilo
- 2nd Madison (with Sasha Weemaes)
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Ghent U23 (with Jules Hesters)
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Jules Hesters)
- 3rd
Points race
- 2nd
- 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Apeldoorn
- 2017
- 1st
Elimination race, UEC European Championships - 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2019
- 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Omnium, National Championships
References
- ^ "Thijssen and Van Moer to become pro on 1 July 2019". Lotto–Soudal. Captains of Cycling cvba. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ Odvart, James; Spruyt, Francis (3 July 2019). "Gerben Thijssen veut faire sa place". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
Gerben Thijssen wants to make his place
- ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Gerben Thijssen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (12 January 2022). "2022 Team Preview: Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Results 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup". Tissot Timing. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Entry List Men". Tissot Timing. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Ghent Six Day: Gerben Thijssen in intensive care after crash on first day". bbc.co.uk. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel; Moultrie, James (11 October 2023). "Mihkels, Thijssen withdrawn from Tour of Guangxi after racist gesture". Cycling News. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Wielerploeg laat duo niet starten in Ronde van Guangxi na gebaar met spleetogen". NOS. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
External links
- Gerben Thijssen at UCI
- Gerben Thijssen at Cycling Archives
- Gerben Thijssen at ProCyclingStats
- Gerben Thijssen at Cycling Quotient
- Gerben Thijssen at CycleBase
