Greg Van Avermaet

::1 individual stage ([2008](2008-vuelta-a-espana)) **Stage races** :Tirreno–Adriatico ([2016](2016-tirreno-adriatico)) :Tour of Belgium ([2015](2015-tour-of-belgium)) :Tour de Wallonie ([2011](2011-tour-de-wallonie), [2013](2013-tour-de-wallonie)) :Tour de Luxembourg ([2017](2017-tour-de-luxembourg)) :Tour de Yorkshire ([2018](2018-tour-de-yorkshire)) **One-day races and Classics** :Olympic Games Road Race (2016) :Paris–Roubaix ([2017](2017-paris-roubaix)) :Gent–Wevelgem ([2017](2017-gent-wevelgem)) :E3 Harelbeke ([2017](2017-e3-harelbeke)) :GP de Montréal ([2016](2016-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal), [2019](2019-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal)) :Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ([2016](2016-omloop-het-nieuwsblad), [2017](2017-omloop-het-nieuwsblad)) :Paris–Tours ([2011](2011-paris-tours)) **Other** :UCI World Tour ([2017](2017-uci-world-tour)) :UCI World Ranking (2017) | show-medals = **Greg Van Avermaet** (born 17 May 1985) is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet was a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also won stages and the general classification in stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain, such as the [2016 Tirreno–Adriatico](2016-tirreno-adriatico), and the [2018 Tour de Yorkshire](2018-tour-de-yorkshire). His strong sprint finish enabled him to win sprints of small lead groups, but he has also won races after solo breakaways. He won the men's individual road race event at the [2016 Summer Olympics](2016-summer-olympics), and has won other one-day races such as [Paris–Roubaix](2017-paris-roubaix), [Gent–Wevelgem](2017-gent-wevelgem) and [E3 Harelbeke](2017-e3-harelbeke) in 2017, the [2016 GP de Montréal](2016-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in [2016](2016-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) and [2017](2017-omloop-het-nieuwsblad). In the Grand Tours, Van Avermaet has taken two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, and worn the Yellow Jersey for eleven days during the 2016 and 2018 Tours and won the points classification in the [Vuelta a España](2008-vuelta-a-espana), with one stage win in the [Vuelta a España](2008-vuelta-a-espana). Van Avermaet was also the overall winner of the [2017 UCI World Tour](2017-uci-world-tour). For the 2021 season, Van Avermaet joined the on a three-year contract. He retired from racing in 2023, and his last race was the Paris-Tours. ## Career ### Early life and amateur career Greg Van Avermaet was born into a cycling family; both his father and grandfather were professional cyclists. He was named after American cyclist Greg LeMond since his father "was a fan". He started bike racing at the age of 19, having previously played football as a goalkeeper for SK Beveren. He is a former brother-in-law of Glenn D'Hollander, also a former professional cyclist. In 2006, at 21, he became Belgian amateur champion on the team. ### 2007–2010: Silence/Omega Pharma–Lotto ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Greg_Van_Avermaet_WetterenDerny2007-02.JPG" caption="2007}} team."] :: ;2007 In 2007 he signed his first professional contract for the UCI ProTeam and won four races in his maiden year. In the [Tour of Qatar](2007-tour-of-qatar), his first professional race for his new team, he won stage 5 in the sprint of a breakaway group, followed by a number of good finishes in smaller races. His results earned him a place in the line-up for the [Tour of Flanders](2007-tour-of-flanders) and [Paris–Roubaix](2007-paris-roubaix) – his best result being 29th in Roubaix. A few months later he won a stage in the Tour de Wallonie, as well as the prestigious one-day race Rund um die Hainleite in Germany and the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen in Belgium. He entered his first [world championships](2007-uci-road-world-championships), in Stuttgart, finishing 63rd in the [road race](2007-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race). ;2008 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Greg_Van_Avermaet_-_Vuelta_2008.jpg" caption="Van Avermaet at the [[2008 Vuelta a Espana"] :: Van Avermaet's breakthrough year was 2008. He finished third in E3 Harelbeke after being in a breakaway, and eighth in his second [Tour of Flanders](2008-tour-of-flanders). In May, he won the Ardennes stage in the Tour of Belgium, but lost the leader's jersey the next day to Stijn Devolder and finished second overall. Later, he was fourth in the Belgian National Road Race Championships. In summer he won stages in the Tour de Wallonie and the Tour de l'Ain, as well as seventh place in the [GP Ouest-France](2008-gp-ouest-france) in Plouay, before making his debut in a grand tour, the [Vuelta a España](2008-vuelta-a-espana). He made a remarkable debut, with a victory on [stage 9](2008-vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-9) of the race, when he outsprinted ten other breakaway companions in Sabiñánigo, ahead of Davide Rebellin. Following several other top-10 finishes, he also won the Vuelta's final points classification ahead of Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde. One week later, he finished 17th in the [World Road Race Championships](2008-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) in Varese. At the end of 2008, he was awarded the *Flandrien of the Year* award by Belgian journalists. ;2009 2009 proved to be a difficult year, with one win, the Heistse Pijl, and several near-wins. He made his first appearance in the [Tour de France](2009-tour-de-france), with fourth and seventh places in the latter stages as best results. He finished the Tour de France in 89th place overall. ;2010 In 2010 he could not claim a win and did not make the line-up for the [Tour de France](2010-tour-de-france). He placed 49th in his second [Vuelta a España](2010-vuelta-a-espana), before competing in the [World Championships](2010-uci-road-world-championships) in Australia. He finished fifth in the [road race](2010-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) in Geelong, in a sprint won by Thor Hushovd. At the end of the season he stated he would leave his team. ### 2011: Transfer to BMC and Paris–Tours victory ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/VAN_AVERMAET_Greg.jpg" caption="classic]] victory at the [[2011 Paris–Tours]], after a two-man sprint with Italian [[Marco Marcato]]."] :: In 2011 he joined . After starting his season in the [Tour of Qatar](2011-tour-of-qatar), he ran a remarkable campaign in the spring classics, in which he was one of the most attacking riders. Ninth place in [Milan–San Remo](2011-milan-san-remo) and seventh in [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](2011-liege-bastogne-liege) were his best results. After the spring classics, he finished second in the [Tour of Belgium](2011-tour-of-belgium). In summer, he claimed his first victories for his new team. He won a stage and the points classification in the [Tour of Austria](2011-tour-of-austria), and he won the overall classification and final stage in the Tour de Wallonie. He entered the [Eneco Tour](2011-eneco-tour) and [Vuelta a España](2011-vuelta-a-espana) in which he gained several top-20 stage results. In October he claimed his first classic victory, after beating Marco Marcato in a two-man sprint in [Paris–Tours](2011-paris-tours). He finished the season with a second place in the Giro del Piemonte and twelfth in the [Tour of Lombardy](2011-giro-di-lombardia). ### 2012–2014: ''Mister Almost'' ;2012 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Grand_Prix_Cycliste_de_Québec_2012,_Greg_VanAvermaet_(7954883376).jpg" caption="Van Avermaet at the [[2012 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec"] :: In the spring of 2012 Van Avermaet became a front-runner in the classics with several strong performances. Early in the season he was fifth in both [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2012-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) and [Strade Bianche](2012-strade-bianche), before focusing on the cobbled classics. He finished fourth in the [Tour of Flanders](2012-tour-of-flanders), where he won the sprint at the finish in Oudenaarde 40 seconds behind the leading breakaway. In summer, he skipped the Tour de France again and came close to winning his first World Tour race in the [Grand Prix de Québec](2012-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec). He attacked on the final Côte de la Montagne, but was joined by Simon Gerrans, who beat him in a two-man sprint. He was second again five days later in the Grand Prix de Wallonie, before competing in the [World Road Race Championships](2012-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) in Valkenburg, in the Netherlands. He placed 25th in the race, after playing a helping role for his teammate Philippe Gilbert, who won the world title. He ended his season with eighth place in the Giro del Piemonte and sixth in [Paris–Tours](2012-paris-tours). ;2013 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/ToU_2013_stage_1.jpg" caption="Van Avermaet celebrating victory on Stage 1 of the [[2013 Tour of Utah"] :: In 2013, Van Avermaet garnered several top-10 finishes in the spring classics. He finished fifth in [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2013-omloop-het-nieuwsblad), sixth in [Strade Bianche](2013-strade-bianche), third in [Gent–Wevelgem](2013-gent-wevelgem), seventh in the [Tour of Flanders](2013-tour-of-flanders), fourth in [Paris–Roubaix](2013-paris-roubaix) and sixth in Brabantse Pijl, but again failed to claim a single win. Later in the year, he had a strong summer campaign, starting with two stage wins and the overall classification in the Tour de Wallonie, as well the first stage of the [Tour of Utah](2013-tour-of-utah) and several top-5 stage finishes in the [USA Pro Cycling Challenge](2013-usa-pro-cycling-challenge). In the [GP Ouest-France](2013-gp-ouest-france) he was caught by the peloton at 300 m from the finish after a late attack. In the *Laurentian Classics* in Canada, he finished third in the [Grand Prix de Québec](2013-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) and fourth in the [Grand Prix de Montréal](2013-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal). Back in Europe, he finished 23rd in the [World Road Race Championships](2013-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) in Florence and 19th in the [Giro di Lombardia](2013-giro-di-lombardia). At the end of 2013, with four victories, he won his second *Flandrien of the Year* award. ;2014 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Tour_de_France_2014,_van_avermaet_(14683199047).jpg" caption="Van Avermaet at the [[2014 Tour de France"] :: In 2014, Van Avermaet ran another strong spring campaign but again failed to win a classic race. He finished second in [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2014-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) and the [Tour of Flanders](2014-tour-of-flanders), losing both races in the sprint, to Ian Stannard and Fabian Cancellara respectively. In the summer, he entered the [Tour de France](2014-tour-de-france), in which he helped his leader Tejay van Garderen to fifth place in the [general classification](2014-tour-de-france-general-classification) and finished 38th himself. Later in the campaign, Van Avermaet took eighth place in the [Clásica San Sebastián](2014-clasica-de-san-sebastian) and fifth overall in the [Eneco Tour](2014-eneco-tour), as well as one stage win. He finished fifth in the [GP de Quebec](2014-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) – his third consecutive top-5 finish in Quebec – and seventh in the [GP de Montréal](2014-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal). In September, Van Avermaet won the 1.HC-ranked Grand Prix de Wallonie; he was part of a four-strong breakaway and, with the peloton on their heels, Van Avermaet attacked in the final uphill bends to claim his second win of the season. Three days later, he won the GP Impanis-Van Petegem, earning him the leadership in the Belgian line-up for the [World championships in Ponferrada](2014-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race), Spain. He was in the winning breakaway of the road race together with his teammate and fellow Belgian Philippe Gilbert, but was unable to answer an ultimate attack from Michał Kwiatkowski and finished fifth. He ended the season with 39th place in Paris–Tours. At the end of 2014 he earned his third *Flandrien of the year* award as best Belgian rider of the year. ### 2015: Classics specialist and Tour de France stage win ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Roubaix_-_Paris-Roubaix,_12_avril_2015,_arrivée_(B41).JPG" caption="Paris–Roubaix]]. ''(pictured on the podium of Paris–Roubaix with [[John Degenkolb]] and [[Zdeněk Štybar]])''"] :: In 2015, Van Avermaet started his season traditionally in the Middle-Eastern [Tour of Qatar](2015-tour-of-qatar) and [Tour of Oman](2015-tour-of-oman) races, where he placed third on two stages. After another top-ten finish in [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2015-omloop-het-nieuwsblad), he finished second in [Strade Bianche](2015-strade-bianche) behind Zdeněk Štybar. He claimed his first victory of the season on Stage 3 of [Tirreno–Adriatico](2015-tirreno-adriatico) in an uphill-sprint finish, besting Peter Sagan and Štybar. Coming into the cobbled classics, he crashed hard in [E3 Harelbeke](2015-e3-harelbeke), nearly jeopardizing the April classics. In April, Van Avermaet finished third in the [Tour of Flanders](2015-tour-of-flanders) after a strong performance. He dropped Sagan in the final kilometers of the race while closing in on Alexander Kristoff, the eventual winner, and Niki Terpstra. A week later, he earned another prestigious podium finish in [Paris–Roubaix](2015-paris-roubaix), finishing third in a seven-man sprint behind John Degenkolb and Štybar. He ended his classics campaign with fifth place in the [Amstel Gold Race](2015-amstel-gold-race), despite being under investigation for doping, at that time. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/2015_Tour_de_France_team_presentation_(19361225025).jpg" caption="stage 13]] – an uphill sprint in [[Rodez]]."] :: In May, in his build-up to the [Tour de France](2015-tour-de-france), Van Avermaet won both the final stage and the overall classification in the [Tour of Belgium](2015-tour-of-belgium). He took part in the [Tour de Suisse](2015-tour-de-suisse), finishing sixth on the Prologue and third in stage 4. He entered the Tour de France, in which he helped the win the team time trial on Stage 9. On 17 July 2015, he won [stage 13](2015-tour-de-france-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-13), his first individual Tour de France stage win. He outsprinted the green jersey wearer Peter Sagan, and fellow Belgian Jan Bakelants on an uphill finish in Rodez. He withdrew from the race three days later to witness the birth of his first daughter. Less than two weeks later, on 1 August 2015, Van Avermaet looked on his way to victory in the [Clásica de San Sebastián](2015-clasica-de-san-sebastian), when he was hit from behind by one of the motorbikes providing television coverage just before the top of the final climb. Suffering a broken bike frame, he was unable to finish and saw Adam Yates win the race. In the aftermath of the incident, his claimed the crash had cost him victory and threatened legal action over "millions of dollars in lost publicity". A few days later he entered the [Eneco Tour](2015-eneco-tour) and finished second overall, trailing winner Tim Wellens by a minute. In his preparation for the [world championships](2015-uci-road-world-championships) he placed fifth in the [Vattenfall Cyclassics](2015-vattenfall-cyclassics) in Hamburg and entered the *Laurentian Classics* in Canada. Considered a favourite in the [world road race](2015-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) title in Richmond, he attacked on Libby Hill, the final climb of the race, but was overtaken by Peter Sagan and narrowly failed to stay in his wheel. His attempts to catch Sagan failed as his chase companion Edvald Boasson Hagen was not allowed to work in the pursuit and both were caught by the returning peloton in the final kilometer. Van Avermaet finished 23rd. His last race of the season was [Paris–Tours](2015-paris-tours), where he was in the winning three-man breakaway and the favourite to win the sprint, when he punctured just one kilometer from the line and finished third. At the end of the year, Van Avermaet was awarded both the *Crystal Bicycle* and *Flandrien of the Year* awards as best Belgian cyclist of the year, and was second in the Belgian Sportsman of the year poll behind footballer Kevin De Bruyne. ### 2016: Olympic champion ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Gent_-_Omloop_Het_Nieuwsblad,_27_februari_2016_(E12).JPG" caption="Van Avermaet on the podium of [[2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad]] with his daughter Fleur, [[Peter Sagan]] (left) and [[Tiesj Benoot]] (right)."] :: In 2016 he opened the season with numerous top-5 placings in the [Tour of Qatar](2016-tour-of-qatar) and [Tour of Oman](2016-tour-of-qatar). In late February, he won [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2016-omloop-het-nieuwsblad), after beating Peter Sagan in a five-man sprint in Ghent. He finished sixth in [Strade Bianche](2016-strade-bianche), before entering [Tirreno–Adriatico](2016-tirreno-adriatico), where he was on the winning team of the opening team time trial. After the cancellation of Tirreno's *queen stage*, he won the sixth stage in a sprint with Sagan, and successfully defended his lead in the final time trial, by one second over Sagan – his first overall win in a World Tour stage race. The victory pushed Van Avermaet to the top of the UCI World Ranking for one week. Following Tirreno–Adriatico, he finished fifth in [Milan–San Remo](2016-milan-san-remo) but crashed and broke his collarbone in the [Tour of Flanders](2016-tour-of-flanders). After his return from injury in May, he competed in the [Tour of California](2016-tour-of-california) and the [Critérium du Dauphiné](2016-criterium-du-dauphine), before placing third in the Belgian National Road Race Championships behind Philippe Gilbert and Tim Wellens. In July he entered the [Tour de France](2016-tour-de-france): he won stage 5 to Le Lioran, his second Tour de France stage win, after a long breakaway and having completed the final 17 km solo. He also moved into the yellow jersey, which he held for three days, and finished 44th overall. Six days after the Tour de France, he finished fifth in the [Clásica de San Sebastián](2016-clasica-de-san-sebastian) in Spain. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Forte_de_Copacabana_panorama.jpg" caption="Rio Olympics]]."] :: On 6 August 2016, Van Avermaet won the men's individual road race at the [Summer Olympics](2016-summer-olympics) in Rio de Janeiro. He initially joined a six-man breakaway on the first of three passes of the 25.7 km Vista Chinesa Circuit loop, and managed to stay in contact with several climbing specialists on the next ascents. Van Avermaet was distanced by Vincenzo Nibali, Sergio Henao and Rafał Majka on the final climb, but after Nibali and Henao crashed out of the race on the final descent, Van Avermaet tandemed with Jakob Fuglsang to catch Majka on the run-in to the finish. Van Avermaet won the three-man sprint on Copacabana Beach before Fuglsang and Majka to claim the Olympic gold medal. Later in the season he finished second in the [Grand Prix de Québec](2016-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) behind Peter Sagan; he won the [Grand Prix de Montréal](2016-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) ahead of Sagan; ended fourth overall in the [Eneco Tour](2016-eneco-tour); as well as fourth in Binche–Chimay–Binche. He ended the season with a 10th place at the [World Road Race Championships](2016-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) in Qatar. ### 2017: King of the spring classics and world number one After suffering an ankle fracture during the winter, Van Avermaet started his 2017 campaign in February at the [Tour of the Valencian Community](2017-volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana), in which his won the opening team time trial. Later in February he rode the [Tour of Oman](2017-tour-of-oman), before competing in the opening weekend of Belgian races. He won his second consecutive [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2017-omloop-het-nieuwsblad), again after beating Peter Sagan in a three-man sprint in Ghent; and finished seventh in [Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne](2017-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) the next day. As usual, he proceeded his spring campaign in the Italian races [Strade Bianche](2017-strade-bianche), in which he finished second behind Michał Kwiatkowski; [Tirreno–Adriatico](2017-tirreno-adriatico), in which his won the team time trial and he moved into the race lead for one day; and was 21st in [Milan–San Remo](2017-milan-san-remo). On 24 March, Van Avermaet won [E3 Harelbeke](2017-e3-harelbeke) in a three-man sprint with Philippe Gilbert and Oliver Naesen. Two days later, he continued his winning streak with victory in [Gent–Wevelgem](2017-gent-wevelgem) in a two-man sprint against Jens Keukeleire. The pairing had broken away from a select group of riders on the run-in towards Wevelgem. Van Avermaet became the second rider to win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, E3 Harelbeke and Gent–Wevelgem in the same season, after Jan Raas in 1981, and moved into the lead of the [UCI World Tour](2017-uci-world-tour). ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Paris-Roubaix_2017_S7_26km.jpg" caption="abbr=off}} from the finish)''"] :: Still seeking his first win in a monument classic, he was favourite for the [Tour of Flanders](2017-tour-of-flanders), but crashed on the final ascent of Oude Kwaremont together with Peter Sagan as they were chasing Philippe Gilbert. Halted in his pursuit, he finished second behind his former teammate Gilbert. On 9 April 2017, Van Avermaet won [Paris–Roubaix](2017-paris-roubaix), claiming his first career monument victory. After suffering a mechanical failure at 100 km from the finish and a 22 km chase to return to the peloton, he made the decisive move with 30 km to go. He broke away with five others on the cobbled sector of Templeuve-en-Pévèle in pursuit of his teammate Daniel Oss. After the sector of Carrefour de l'Arbre, only Zdeněk Štybar and Sebastian Langeveld were with him, and Van Avermaet outsprinted his companions for the win on the Roubaix Velodrome. Van Avermaet's average speed of 45.204 km/h was the fastest in Paris–Roubaix history, breaking the previous record set by Peter Post in 1964. The race was also the first monument win for the . He ended his spring campaign with a 12th place in the [Amstel Gold Race](2017-amstel-gold-race) and 11th in [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](2017-liege-bastogne-liege). Building up towards the Tour de France, he won two stages and the general classification at the [Tour of Luxembourg](2017-tour-de-luxembourg), followed by 48th place overall at the [Tour de Suisse](2017-tour-de-suisse). He failed to win a stage at the [Tour de France](2017-tour-de-france), with a second-place finish on [stage 14 to Rodez](2017-tour-de-france-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-14) as best stage result. After the Tour de France, he was eighth in the [Clásica San Sebastián](2017-clasica-de-san-sebastian), fourth overall in the [Binckbank Tour](2017-binckbank-tour) and tenth in the [Bretagne Classic](2017-bretagne-classic-ouest-france). In September, he finished second at the [Grand Prix de Québec](2017-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec), seventh at the [Grand Prix de Montréal](2017-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) and was sixth in the [World Road Race Championships](2017-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) in Bergen, Norway. He ended the year as world number one on both the UCI World Ranking and [UCI World Tour](2017-uci-world-tour), a place he held since April 2017. ### 2018: One week in the yellow jersey ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Tour_de_France_2018_(29571589858)_(cropped).jpg" caption="stage 9 to Roubaix]])''"] :: As world number one, Van Avermaet kicked off the 2018 season with 20th place overall in the [Tour of Valencia](2018-volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana) and 16th overall in the [Tour of Oman](2018-tour-of-oman), in which he won the third stage in a group sprint on the Wadi Dayqah Dam. He proceeded with 50th place in [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2018-omloop-het-nieuwsblad), 34th in [Strade Bianche](2018-strade-bianche), 20th overall in [Tirreno–Adriatico](2018-tirreno-adriatico), and 17th in [Milan–San Remo](2018-milan-san-remo). In the cobbled classics of Belgium and France, Van Avermaet was at the front in every race but failed to secure a win, finishing third in [E3 Harelbeke](2018-e3-harelbeke), 14th in Gent–Wevelgem, and eighth in Dwars door Vlaanderen. In the [Tour of Flanders](2018-tour-of-flanders) he accelerated on the Taaienberg, at 38 km from the finish, but was unable to break clear and finished fifth. One week later he was fourth at [Paris–Roubaix](2018-paris-roubaix), after his move on the cobbled sector of Auchy-lez-Orchies was counter-attacked by the eventual winner Peter Sagan at 54 km from Roubaix. In May, he won the [Tour of Yorkshire](2018-tour-de-yorkshire) after an attack in the final stage to Leeds. He won the opening team time trial with his BMC team of the [Tour de Suisse](2018-tour-de-suisse) in June, before entering the [Tour de France](2018-tour-de-france). Van Avermaet moved into the yellow jersey on the third day of the Tour after BMC won the team time trial in Cholet. He finished second, in the yellow jersey, in [stage 9 to Roubaix](2018-tour-de-france-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-9), which included 21.7 km of cobbled sectors. Van Avermaet was beaten by John Degenkolb in a three-man sprint after they broke clear at 17 km from the finish. He managed to keep the maillot jaune for another day, after he went in the breakaway and finished fourth in the first mountain stage to Le Grand Bornand. He wore the yellow jersey for eight days and finished 28th in the general classification. In August, Van Avermaet finished fourth in the [Clásica de San Sebastián](2018-clasica-de-san-sebastian), 25th in the [European road race championship](2018-european-road-cycling-championships) in Glasgow and was sixth overall in the [BinckBank Tour](2018-binckbank-tour). Later in the season, he secured a second-place finish at the [Grand Prix de Québec](2018-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) and third in the [Grand Prix de Montréal](2018-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal), both times behind winner Michael Matthews. He ended the season at the [World Road Race Championships](2018-uci-road-world-championships) in Innsbruck, Austria. He claimed the bronze medal with his BMC team at the [team time trial event](2018-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-team-time-trial) and finished 50th in the [men's road race](2018-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race). ### 2019: CCC Pro Team ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Tour_de_France_2019,_Greg_Van_Avermaet_(48417059452).jpg" caption="Van Avermaet at the [[2019 Tour de France"] :: In 2019, BMC changed sponsorship following the death of team owner Andy Rihs. Poland-based shoe retailer CCC became the new title sponsor, leaving Van Avermaet as the prime anchor of the team. He started the season with a stage win and 21st place overall in the [Tour of Valencia](2019-volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana) and 17th overall in the [Tour of Oman](2019-tour-of-oman), but failed to secure another win in his classics campaign. He finished second at [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2019-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) behind Zdeněk Štybar, sixth in [Strade Bianche](2019-strade-bianche), third in [E3 Harelbeke](2019-e3-harelbeke) and a disappointing tenth in the [Tour of Flanders](2019-tour-of-flanders). On 15 September 2019 Van Avermaet won the [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](2019-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) for the second time in his career. ## Doping allegations In April 2015 the Royal Belgian Cycling League requested a two-year ban for Van Avermaet, the disqualification of all his results during the 2012 season and a €262,500 fine following an investigation into suspected anti-doping offences. It was reported in the Belgian media that their accusations focused on allegations of Van Avermaet's use of the corticoid Diprophos, and Vaminolact, a fortified baby food which is banned from being injected. On 7 May 2015, it was announced that Van Avermaet was cleared of all allegations. ## Major results Source: ;2005 : 8th Road race, [UEC European Under-23 Road Championships](2005-european-road-championships) : 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 : 9th Flèche Ardennaise ;2006 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig : 1st Kattekoers : 1st GP Berlare : 2nd Paris–Tours Espoirs : 4th Grand Prix de Waregem : 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 8th Overall Giro delle Regioni : 9th Circuit de Wallonie : 9th Druivenkoers Overijse ;2007 (4 pro wins) : 1st Rund um die Hainleite : 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen : 1st Stage 5 [Tour of Qatar](2007-tour-of-qatar) : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie : 3rd Ronde van het Groene Hart : 3rd GP Briek Schotte : 4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 4th Nokere Koerse : 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 5th Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann : 6th Overall Tour de Picardie : 6th Halle–Ingooigem : 8th [Vattenfall Cyclassics](2007-vattenfall-cyclassics) : 9th Overall Tour of Belgium ;2008 (4) : [Vuelta a España](2008-vuelta-a-espana) ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 9 : Tour de l'Ain ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall [Tour of Qatar](2008-tour-of-qatar) ::1st Young rider classification : 3rd [E3 Prijs Vlaanderen](2008-e3-prijs-vlaanderen) : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall Tour de Picardie : 7th [GP Ouest–France](2008-gp-ouest-france) : 7th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 8th [Tour of Flanders](2008-tour-of-flanders) ;2009 : 1st Heistse Pijl : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 4th [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2009-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : 4th Halle–Ingooigem : 5th Overall Tour of Belgium : 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton ;2010 : 3rd Halle–Ingooigem : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th [Road race](2010-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race), [UCI Road World Championships](2010-uci-road-world-championships) : 7th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 8th [Brabantse Pijl](2010-brabantse-pijl) : 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain ;2011 (4) : 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie ::1st Stage 5 : 1st [Paris–Tours](2011-paris-tours) : [Tour of Austria](2011-tour-of-austria) ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : 2nd Overall [Tour of Belgium](2011-tour-of-belgium) : 2nd Gran Piemonte : 2nd [Clásica de San Sebastián](2011-clasica-de-san-sebastian) : 4th Halle–Ingooigem : 7th [Liège–Bastogne–Liège](2011-liege-bastogne-liege) : 7th Binche–Chimay–Binche : 9th [Milan–San Remo](2011-milan-san-remo) : 9th [Strade Bianche](2011-montepaschi-strade-bianche) ;2012 : 2nd [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2012-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) : 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 4th [Tour of Flanders](2012-tour-of-flanders) : 5th [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2012-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : 5th [Strade Bianche](2012-strade-bianche) : 5th [Brabantse Pijl](2012-brabantse-pijl) : 6th [Paris–Tours](2012-paris-tours) : 8th [Gran Piemonte](2012-gran-piemonte) : 9th Trofeo Deià ;2013 (4) : 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 1st Stage 1 [Tour of Utah](2013-tour-of-utah) : 3rd [Gent–Wevelgem](2013-gent-wevelgem) : 3rd [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2013-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) : 3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche : 4th [Paris–Roubaix](2013-paris-roubaix) : 4th [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](2013-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) : 5th [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2013-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : 6th Overall [Tour of Qatar](2013-tour-of-qatar) ::1st Stage 2 (TTT) : 6th [Strade Bianche](2013-strade-bianche) : 6th [Brabantse Pijl](2013-brabantse-pijl) : 6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 7th [Tour of Flanders](2013-tour-of-flanders) ;2014 (3) : 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie : 1st Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem : 2nd [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2014-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : 2nd [Tour of Flanders](2014-tour-of-flanders) : 4th Binche–Chimay–Binche : 5th [Road race](2014-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race), [UCI Road World Championships](2014-uci-road-world-championships) : 5th Overall [Eneco Tour](2014-eneco-tour) ::1st Stage 5 : 5th [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2014-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) : 7th [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](2014-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) : 8th [Clásica de San Sebastián](2014-clasica-de-san-sebastian) : 10th Overall [Tour of Belgium](2014-tour-of-belgium) : 10th [E3 Harelbeke](2014-e3-harelbeke) ;2015 (4) : 1st Overall [Tour of Belgium](2015-tour-of-belgium) ::1st Stage 4 : [Tour de France](2015-tour-de-france) ::1st Stages 9 (TTT) & 13 : 1st Stage 3 [Tirreno–Adriatico](2015-tirreno-adriatico) : 2nd Overall [Eneco Tour](2015-eneco-tour) : 2nd [Strade Bianche](2015-strade-bianche) : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd [Tour of Flanders](2015-tour-of-flanders) : 3rd [Paris–Roubaix](2015-paris-roubaix) : 3rd [Paris–Tours](2015-paris-tours) : 5th Overall [Tour of Qatar](2015-tour-of-qatar) : 5th [Amstel Gold Race](2015-amstel-gold-race) : 5th [Vattenfall Cyclassics](2015-vattenfall-cyclassics) : 6th [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2015-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : 7th Overall [Tour de Yorkshire](2015-tour-de-yorkshire) : 8th [UCI World Tour](2015-uci-world-tour) : 10th [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2015-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) ;2016 (6) : 1st [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px]] Road race, [Olympic Games](2016-summer-olympics) : 1st Overall [Tirreno–Adriatico](2016-tirreno-adriatico) ::1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 6 : 1st [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](2016-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) : 1st [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2016-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : [Tour de France](2016-tour-de-france) ::1st Stage 5 ::Held after Stages 5–7 : 1st Gullegem Koerse : 2nd [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2016-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall [Tour of Qatar](2016-tour-of-qatar) : 4th Overall [Eneco Tour](2016-eneco-tour) ::1st Stage 5 (TTT) : 4th Binche–Chimay–Binche : 5th [Milan–San Remo](2016-milan-san-remo) : 5th [Clásica de San Sebastián](2016-clasica-de-san-sebastian) : 6th [UCI World Tour](2016-uci-world-tour) : 6th [Strade Bianche](2016-strade-bianche) : 9th [Gent–Wevelgem](2016-gent-wevelgem) : 10th [Road race](2016-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race), [UCI Road World Championships](2016-uci-road-world-championships) ;2017 (7) : 1st [UCI World Tour](2017-uci-world-tour) : 1st Overall [Tour de Luxembourg](2017-tour-de-luxembourg) ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st [Paris–Roubaix](2017-paris-roubaix) : 1st [Gent–Wevelgem](2017-gent-wevelgem) : 1st [E3 Harelbeke](2017-e3-harelbeke) : 1st [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2017-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) [Tirreno–Adriatico](2017-tirreno-adriatico) : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) [Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana](2017-volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana) : 2nd [Tour of Flanders](2017-tour-of-flanders) : 2nd [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2017-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) : 2nd [Strade Bianche](2017-strade-bianche) : 4th Overall [BinckBank Tour](2017-binckbank-tour) : 6th [Road race](2017-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race), [UCI Road World Championships](2017-uci-road-world-championships) : 7th [Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne](2017-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) : 7th [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](2017-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) : 8th [Clásica de San Sebastián](2017-clasica-de-san-sebastian) : 10th [Bretagne Classic](2017-bretagne-classic-ouest-france) ;2018 (2) : 1st Overall [Tour de Yorkshire](2018-tour-de-yorkshire) ::1st Points classification : [Tour de France](2018-tour-de-france) ::1st Stage 3 (TTT) ::Held after Stages 3–10 :: Combativity award Stage 10 : 1st Stage 3 [Tour of Oman](2018-tour-of-oman) : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) [Tirreno–Adriatico](2018-tirreno-adriatico) : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) [Tour de Suisse](2018-tour-de-suisse) : 1st Stage 3 (TTT) [Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana](2018-volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana) : 2nd [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2018-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) : 3rd [[File:Bronze medal uci.svg|15px]] [Team time trial](2018-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-team-time-trial), [UCI Road World Championships](2018-uci-road-world-championships) : 3rd [E3 Harelbeke](2018-e3-harelbeke) : 3rd [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](2018-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) : 4th [Paris–Roubaix](2018-paris-roubaix) : 4th [Clásica de San Sebastián](2018-clasica-de-san-sebastian) : 5th [UCI World Tour](2018-uci-world-tour) : 5th [Tour of Flanders](2018-tour-of-flanders) : 6th Overall [BinckBank Tour](2018-binckbank-tour) : 8th [Dwars door Vlaanderen](2018-dwars-door-vlaanderen) ;2019 (3) : 1st [Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal](2019-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) : 1st Stage 3 [Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana](2019-volta-a-la-comunitat-valenciana) : 2nd Overall [Tour de Yorkshire](2019-tour-de-yorkshire) ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd [Clásica de San Sebastián](2019-clasica-de-san-sebastian) : 2nd [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2019-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : 3rd [E3 Binckbank Classic](2019-e3-binckbank-classic) : 3rd [Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec](2019-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) : 4th Overall [BinckBank Tour](2019-binckbank-tour) : 6th [Strade Bianche](2019-strade-bianche) : 6th [Bretagne Classic](2019-bretagne-classic-ouest-france) : 7th Primus Classic : 8th [Road race](2019-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race), [UCI Road World Championships](2019-uci-road-world-championships) : 10th [Tour of Flanders](2019-tour-of-flanders) : [Tour de France](2019-tour-de-france) ::Held after Stages 1–2 :: Combativity award Stage 18 ;2020 : 2nd Overall [Tour de Wallonie](2020-tour-de-wallonie) : 3rd [Gran Trittico Lombardo](2020-gran-trittico-lombardo) : 8th [Milan–San Remo](2020-milan-san-remo) : 8th [Strade Bianche](2020-strade-bianche) ;2021 : 3rd [Tour of Flanders](2021-tour-of-flanders-men-s-race) : 6th [E3 Saxo Bank Classic](2021-e3-saxo-bank-classic) : 7th Overall [Étoile de Bessèges](2021-etoile-de-besseges) : 7th [Dwars door Vlaanderen](2021-dwars-door-vlaanderen) : 8th [Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne](2021-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) : 8th Paris–Camembert : Combativity award Stage 6 [Tour de France](2021-tour-de-france) ;2022 : 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin : 3rd [Omloop Het Nieuwsblad](2022-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) : 4th [UCI Gravel World Championships](2022-uci-gravel-world-championships) : 4th Binche–Chimay–Binche : 5th Overall [Tour de Wallonie](2022-tour-de-wallonie) : 5th Tour du Finistère : 9th [Circuit Franco-Belge](2022-circuit-franco-belge) ;2023 (1) : 1st Boucles de l'Aulne : 4th Tour du Finistère ### General classification results timeline ::data[format=table] | Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Giro d'Italia | Tour de France | / Vuelta a España | Major stage race | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Paris–Nice | Tirreno–Adriatico | Volta a Catalunya | Tour of the Basque Country | Tour de Romandie | Critérium du Dauphiné | Tour de Suisse | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Did not contest during his career | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | [85](2009-tour-de-france) | — | — | — | — | [38](2014-tour-de-france) | [DNF](2015-tour-de-france) | [44](2016-tour-de-france) | [58](2017-tour-de-france) | [28](2018-tour-de-france) | [36](2019-tour-de-france) | [50](2020-tour-de-france) | [97](2021-tour-de-france) | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | [66](2008-vuelta-a-espana) | — | [49](2010-vuelta-a-espana) | [82](2011-vuelta-a-espana) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | **Major stage race general classification results** | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | [41](2014-paris-nice) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | [59](2009-tirreno-adriatico) | [12](2010-tirreno-adriatico) | [29](2011-tirreno-adriatico) | [DNF](2012-tirreno-adriatico) | [49](2013-tirreno-adriatico) | — | [48](2015-tirreno-adriatico) | | [36](2017-tirreno-adriatico) | [20](2018-tirreno-adriatico) | [16](2019-tirreno-adriatico) | — | [34](2021-tirreno-adriatico) | [57](2022-tirreno-adriatico) | [61](2023-tirreno-adriatico) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did not contest during his career | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | [45](2014-criterium-du-dauphine) | — | [76](2016-criterium-du-dauphine) | — | — | — | — | [81](2021-criterium-du-dauphine) | [93](2022-criterium-du-dauphine) | [76](2023-criterium-du-dauphine) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | [54](2008-tour-de-suisse) | [82](2009-tour-de-suisse) | [43](2010-tour-de-suisse) | [60](2011-tour-de-suisse) | [DNF](2012-tour-de-suisse) | [121](2013-tour-de-suisse) | — | [33](2015-tour-de-suisse) | — | [48](2017-tour-de-suisse) | [29](2018-tour-de-suisse) | [48](2019-tour-de-suisse) | NH | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | :: ### Classics results timeline ::data[format=table] | Monument | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Milan–San Remo | Tour of Flanders | Paris–Roubaix | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Giro di Lombardia | Classic | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | Strade Bianche | E3 Saxo Bank Classic | Gent–Wevelgem | Dwars door Vlaanderen | Scheldeprijs | Brabantse Pijl | Amstel Gold Race | La Flèche Wallonne | Clásica de San Sebastián | Hamburg Cyclassics | Bretagne Classic | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | Paris–Tours | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | — | [53](2008-milan-san-remo) | [13](2009-milan-san-remo) | [47](2010-milan-san-remo) | [9](2011-milan-san-remo) | [69](2012-milan-san-remo) | [36](2013-milan-san-remo) | [25](2014-milan-san-remo) | [19](2015-milan-san-remo) | [5](2016-milan-san-remo) | [21](2017-milan-san-remo) | [17](2018-milan-san-remo) | [42](2019-milan-san-remo) | [8](2020-milan-san-remo) | [13](2021-milan-san-remo) | [35](2022-milan-san-remo) | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [DNF](2007-tour-of-flanders) | [8](2008-tour-of-flanders) | [35](2009-tour-of-flanders) | [39](2010-tour-of-flanders) | [22](2011-tour-of-flanders) | [4](2012-tour-of-flanders) | [7](2013-tour-of-flanders) | [**2**](2014-tour-of-flanders) | [**3**](2015-tour-of-flanders) | [DNF](2016-tour-of-flanders) | [**2**](2017-tour-of-flanders) | [5](2018-tour-of-flanders) | [10](2019-tour-of-flanders) | — | [**3**](2021-tour-of-flanders-men-s-race) | [15](2022-tour-of-flanders-men-s-race) | [62](2023-tour-of-flanders-men-s-race) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [29](2007-paris-roubaix) | [27](2008-paris-roubaix) | [38](2009-paris-roubaix) | [27](2010-paris-roubaix) | — | — | [4](2013-paris-roubaix) | [17](2014-paris-roubaix) | [**3**](2015-paris-roubaix) | — | [**1**](2017-paris-roubaix) | [4](2018-paris-roubaix) | [12](2019-paris-roubaix) | NH | [32](2021-paris-roubaix) | [17](2022-paris-roubaix) | [37](2023-paris-roubaix) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | [7](2011-liege-bastogne-liege) | [73](2012-liege-bastogne-liege) | [63](2013-liege-bastogne-liege) | — | — | — | [11](2017-liege-bastogne-liege) | — | [52](2019-liege-bastogne-liege) | [DNF](2020-liege-bastogne-liege) | [40](2021-liege-bastogne-liege) | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | [15](2010-giro-di-lombardia) | [12](2011-giro-di-lombardia) | [17](2012-giro-di-lombardia) | [19](2013-giro-di-lombardia) | — | — | [DNF](2016-il-lombardia) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [84](2007-omloop-het-volk) | — | [4](2009-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [108](2010-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [30](2011-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [5](2012-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [5](2013-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [**2**](2014-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [6](2015-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [**1**](2016-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [**1**](2017-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [50](2018-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [**2**](2019-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [13](2020-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [33](2021-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [**3**](2022-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | [34](2023-omloop-het-nieuwsblad) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | [DNF](2010-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [81](2011-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [101](2012-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | NH | [24](2014-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [69](2015-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [74](2016-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [7](2017-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [56](2018-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | — | [26](2020-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [8](2021-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [51](2022-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | [81](2023-kuurne-brussels-kuurne) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | [13](2010-montepaschi-strade-bianche) | [9](2011-montepaschi-strade-bianche) | [5](2012-strade-bianche) | [6](2013-strade-bianche) | — | [**2**](2015-strade-bianche) | [6](2016-strade-bianche) | [**2**](2017-strade-bianche) | [34](2018-strade-bianche) | [6](2019-strade-bianche) | [8](2020-strade-bianche) | [19](2021-strade-bianche) | [41](2022-strade-bianche) | [45](2023-strade-bianche) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [89](2007-e3-prijs-vlaanderen) | [**3**](2008-e3-prijs-vlaanderen) | [28](2009-e3-prijs-vlaanderen) | [26](2010-e3-prijs-vlaanderen) | — | [26](2012-e3-harelbeke) | [24](2013-e3-harelbeke) | [10](2014-e3-harelbeke) | [88](2015-e3-harelbeke) | — | [**1**](2017-e3-harelbeke) | [**3**](2018-e3-harelbeke) | [**3**](2019-e3-binckbank-classic) | NH | [6](2021-e3-saxo-bank-classic) | [42](2022-e3-saxo-bank-classic) | [DNF](2023-e3-saxo-classic) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | [170](2008-gent-wevelgem) | — | — | [13](2011-gent-wevelgem) | [27](2012-gent-wevelgem) | [**3**](2013-gent-wevelgem) | [28](2014-gent-wevelgem) | [36](2015-gent-wevelgem) | [9](2016-gent-wevelgem) | [**1**](2017-gent-wevelgem) | [14](2018-gent-wevelgem) | [20](2019-gent-wevelgem) | — | [12](2021-gent-wevelgem) | [17](2022-gent-wevelgem) | [85](2023-gent-wevelgem) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | [74](2008-dwars-door-vlaanderen) | — | [11](2010-dwars-door-vlaanderen) | [22](2011-dwars-door-vlaanderen) | — | — | — | — | [32](2016-dwars-door-vlaanderen) | — | [8](2018-dwars-door-vlaanderen) | — | NH | [7](2021-dwars-door-vlaanderen) | [16](2022-dwars-door-vlaanderen) | [89](2023-dwars-door-vlaanderen) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [102](2007-scheldeprijs) | — | — | — | — | — | — | [89](2014-scheldeprijs) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | [8](2010-brabantse-pijl) | [15](2011-brabantse-pijl) | [5](2012-brabantse-pijl) | [6](2013-brabantse-pijl) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | [12](2021-brabantse-pijl) | — | [DNF](2023-brabantse-pijl) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | [84](2008-amstel-gold-race) | — | — | [24](2011-amstel-gold-race) | [36](2012-amstel-gold-race) | [16](2013-amstel-gold-race) | [40](2014-amstel-gold-race) | [5](2015-amstel-gold-race) | — | [12](2017-amstel-gold-race) | [14](2018-amstel-gold-race) | [14](2019-amstel-gold-race) | NH | [26](2021-amstel-gold-race) | [24](2022-amstel-gold-race) | [26](2023-amstel-gold-race) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | — | [15](2011-la-fleche-wallonne) | [40](2012-la-fleche-wallonne) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | — | [11](2010-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [**3**](2011-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [13](2012-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [18](2013-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [8](2014-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [DNF](2015-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [5](2016-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [8](2017-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [4](2018-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | [**2**](2019-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | NH | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [8](2007-vattenfall-cyclassics) | [79](2008-vattenfall-cyclassics) | [65](2009-vattenfall-cyclassics) | — | — | [38](2012-vattenfall-cyclassics) | — | [61](2014-vattenfall-cyclassics) | [5](2015-vattenfall-cyclassics) | — | [30](2017-euroeyes-cyclassics) | — | — | Not held | [27](2022-hamburg-cyclassics) | [45](2023-hamburg-cyclassics) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | [7](2008-gp-ouest-france) | — | [24](2010-gp-ouest-france) | — | [37](2012-gp-ouest-france) | [71](2013-gp-ouest-france) | [76](2014-gp-ouest-france) | [73](2015-gp-ouest-france) | [46](2016-bretagne-classic-ouest-france) | [10](2017-bretagne-classic-ouest-france) | — | [6](2019-bretagne-classic-ouest-france) | — | — | — | [43](2023-bretagne-classic-ouest-france) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Race did not exist | — | — | [**2**](2012-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | [**3**](2013-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | [5](2014-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | [10](2015-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | [**2**](2016-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | [**2**](2017-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | [**2**](2018-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | [**3**](2019-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | Not held | [13](2022-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | [36](2023-grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | — | — | [14](2012-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [4](2013-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [7](2014-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [37](2015-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [**1**](2016-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [7](2017-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [**3**](2018-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [**1**](2019-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [16](2022-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | [60](2023-grand-prix-cycliste-de-montreal) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [48](2007-paris-tours) | [132](2008-paris-tours) | [14](2009-paris-tours) | [16](2010-paris-tours) | [**1**](2011-paris-tours) | [6](2012-paris-tours) | [48](2013-paris-tours) | [39](2014-paris-tours) | [**3**](2015-paris-tours) | [77](2016-paris-tours) | — | — | — | — | [41](2021-paris-tours) | — | [58](2023-paris-tours) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | :: ### Major championships results timeline ::data[format=table] | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px|link=Classification in the Olympic Games Road Race|alt=Gold medal]] Olympic Games | World Championships | European Championships | National Championships | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | NH | — | Not held | 92 | Not held | **1** | Not held | DNF | Not held | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [62](2007-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [17](2008-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [44](2009-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [5](2010-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [175](2011-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [25](2012-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [23](2013-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [5](2014-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [23](2015-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [10](2016-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [6](2017-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [50](2018-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [8](2019-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | [21](2020-uci-road-world-championships-men-s-road-race) | — | — | — | | | | | | Race did not exist | — | — | 25 | — | 27 | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 9 | **3** | **3** | 62 | 14 | 18 | 31 | 29 | 40 | 45 | | | | | :: ::data[format=table title="Legend"] | — | DNF | NH | IP | |---|---|---|---| | Did not compete | | | | | Did not finish | | | | | Not held | | | | | In progress | | | | :: ## Honours and awards - Crystal Bicycle Best Professional Cyclist: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 - Flandrien of the Year: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 - Vlaamse Reus: 2016 - Belgian Sportsman of the Year: 2016 - Honorary Citizen of Dendermonde: 2016 - VeloNews: Classics Rider of the Year: 2017 - Swiss Mendrisio d'Or: 2017 - CyclingRanking – Overall ranking (26th place) ## Notes ## References ## References 1. 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