(1986-11-06) 6 November 1986 (age 37) Sint-Niklaas, Flanders, Belgium
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight
73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team
Lotto–Dstny
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Breakaway specialist[2]
Amateur team
2006–2008
Unibet–Davo
Professional teams
2009–2010
Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2011–2013
Vacansoleil–DCM
2014
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015–
Lotto–Soudal[3][4]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (2016, 2019)
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2012, 2022)
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2018)
1 individual stage (2017)
Thomas De Gendt (born 6 November 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny.[5]
Having competed for Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator,[6] Vacansoleil–DCM,[7] Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Lotto–Dstny during his career, De Gendt has taken seventeen professional victories including five Grand Tour stage victories – with at least one at each of the three Grand Tours – and five stage wins at the Volta a Catalunya between 2013 and 2021. The winner of the mountains classification at the 2018 Vuelta a España, De Gendt has also finished on the podium at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, where he was third overall.
^ ab"Thomas De Gendt". Lotto–Dstny. Belgian Cycling Project. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^"Thomas De Gendt solos to victory at opening stage at Criterium du Dauphine as Tour de France favourites finish safely in the bunch". telegraph.co.uk. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
^"Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
^"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.
^Thomas De Gendt at Cycling Archives
^"Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
ThomasDeGendt (born 6 November 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny. Having competed for Topsport...
reduced, with only ThomasDeGendt (Lotto–Soudal) and Alessandro De Marchi (CCC Team) surviving until the final climb, on which DeGendt successfully distanced...
beating Direct Énergie's Bryan Coquard. Sagan claimed back the green and ThomasDeGendt (Lotto–Soudal) the polka dot. Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing Team...
The 2023 Tour de Romandie was a road cycling stage race held between 25 and 30 April 2023 in Romandy, the French-speaking part of western Switzerland....
Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, 7 m (23 ft) below France's Col de l'Iseran (2,764 m (9,068 ft)). The pass is located in the Ortler Alps in Italy...
Hesjedal. Rodríguez passed Scarponi for fourth in the stage; with ThomasDeGendt gaining nearly four minutes winning the stage, Scarponi held an advantage...
and Alessandro De Marchi (CCC Team), Guillaume Martin and Nicolas Edet (Cofidis); Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation); ThomasDeGendt and Tim Wellens...
inclusion in the Tour de France cycling race; in 2009 it was the scene of the first penultimate-day mountain top finish in the Tour de France, with Alberto...
Catalunya, ThomasDeGendt Brabantse Pijl, Tim Wellens Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, ThomasDeGendt Stage 4 Giro d'Italia, Tim Wellens Stages 2 & 5 4 Jours de Dunkerque...
July 2017). "Tour de France: Geraint Thomas wins stage 1". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017. "Valverde crashes out of Tour de France". Cyclingnews...
the same season, usually the Giro d'Italia general classification, the Tour de France general classification and the UCI Road World Championships Road Race...
Poel: Thomas De Gendt wint Giro-rit in Napels" [No second day success for Mathieu van der Poel: ThomasDeGendt wins Giro stage in Naples]. De Gelderlander...
Aravis le Tour de France depuis 1947". www.ledicodutour.com (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-08. Col des Aravis on Google Maps (Tour de France classic climbs)...
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