Personal information | |
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Full name | Tim Declercq |
Nickname | El Tractor |
Born | Leuven, Belgium | 21 March 1989
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Lidl–Trek |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Domestique |
Amateur teams | |
2001–2003 | De Kluisbergspurters |
2004–2005 | Den Tip Vorselaar |
2006–2007 | Avia Waasland |
2008–2011 | WC Soenens–Germond |
2010 | Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2012–2016 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
2017–2023 | Quick-Step Floors [1] [2] |
2024– | Lidl–Trek |
Tim Declercq (born 21 March 1989 in Leuven) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. [3] His brother Benjamin was also a professional cyclist before retiring at the end of 2022.
Declerq is known to be a powerful rider who generally acts as a domestique. He earned the nickname "El Tractor" due to his frequent work riding at the front of the peloton. A 2020 poll of riders in the professional peloton by cyclingnews.com named Declercq as the best domestique in the world. [4]
Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour de France | — | DNF | — | 127 | 141 | — | 118 |
Vuelta a España | 129 | — | 78 | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |