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Belgian cyclist
Victor Campenaerts (born 28 October 1991) is a Belgian
racing cyclist , who currently rides for
UCI ProTeam
Lotto–Dstny .
[5]
Career
He rode at the
2014 UCI Road World Championships . In September 2015 it was announced that he would join the
UCI World Tour ranks in 2016 with
LottoNL–Jumbo .
[1] He was named in the startlist for the
2016 Vuelta a España
[6] and the start list for the
2017 Giro d'Italia .
[7]
On 16 April 2019, at the Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome in
Aguascalientes ,
Mexico , Campenaerts broke the
hour record , riding 55.089 kilometres (34.231 miles), surpassing
Bradley Wiggins ' previous mark set on 7 June 2015 by 563 metres (1,847 feet).
[8] In doing so, he became the fourth Belgian cyclist to hold the
hour record , after Oscar Van den Eynde (1897–98),
Ferdinand Bracke (1967–68) and
Eddy Merckx (1972–2000).
[9]
Campenaerts rejoined
Lotto–Soudal , on a 3 year contract, in 2022 after 2 years away at
Team Qhubeka NextHash .
[10]
Riding for the now renamed Lotto–Dstny, Campenaerts rode the
2023 Tour de France . Upon the race's conclusion in Paris, he was selected as the winner of the race's
super-combativity award , as the most combative rider overall during the race.
[11] Campenaerts made the breakaway 5 times during the race, including on
stages 18 and 19 , which had both been forecast as sprint finishes. Campenaerts played a big role in each stage's successful breakaway, helping his teammates and holding off the charging peloton.
[12]
[13]
Major results
Road
2013
1st
Time trial,
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st
Time trial , National Under-23 Championships
4th Overall
Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Sub 23
8th
Time trial ,
UCI World Under-23 Championships
8th
Antwerpse Havenpijl
2015
1st
Duo Normand (with
Jelle Wallays )
2nd Overall
Tour de Wallonie
1st
Young rider classification
4th Overall
Ster ZLM Toer
5th
Time trial , National Championships
10th Overall
Boucles de la Mayenne
2016 (1 pro win)
1st
Time trial , National Championships
2nd
Time trial,
UEC European Championships
2017 (2)
1st
Time trial,
UEC European Championships
1st Stage 3 (
ITT )
Vuelta a Andalucía
2nd
Time trial , National Championships
4th Overall
Tour of Britain
5th
Chrono des Nations
9th
Brabantse Pijl
10th
Rund um Köln
2018 (2)
1st
Time trial,
UEC European Championships
1st
Time trial , National Championships
3rd
Time trial ,
UCI World Championships
2019 (2)
1st Stage 7 (
ITT )
Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Overall
Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 4
4th
Time trial , National Championships
2020
2nd
Time trial , National Championships
3rd
Time trial,
UEC European Championships
8th
Time trial ,
UCI World Championships
2021 (1)
1st Stage 15
Giro d'Italia
3rd
Time trial , National Championships
3rd Overall
Benelux Tour
10th
Road race ,
UEC European Championships
2022 (1)
1st
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
1st
Mountains classification,
Tour de Wallonie
3rd
Time trial , National Championships
3rd
Circuit Franco-Belge
4th
Dwars door Vlaanderen
5th Overall
Tour of Belgium
5th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th
Le Samyn
2023 (2)
1st
Druivenkoers Overijse
1st Stage 4 (
ITT )
Tour de Luxembourg
6th
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Tour de France
Combativity award Stages 18, 19 & Overall
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Track
References
^
a
b
"Transfer news: Guardini set for another year with Astana" .
cyclingnews.com . 25 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015 .
^
"Lotto-Soudal" . Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019 .
^
"NTT Pro Cycling Team" . UCI.org .
Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived from
the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020 .
^
"Team Qhubeka Assos" . UCI.org .
Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived from
the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021 .
^
"Lotto–Soudal" .
UCI . Archived from
the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
^
"71st Vuelta a España" . ProCyclingStats . Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^
"2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List" . Pro Cycling Stats . Retrieved 2 May 2017 .
^ Windsor, Richard (16 April 2019).
"Victor Campenaerts sets new UCI Hour Record" . Cycling Weekly . Retrieved 17 April 2019 .
^ Zidda, Giovanni (3 November 2021).
"Campenaerts, Merckx, Bracke, Van den Eynde : ces Belges qui ont détenu le record de l'heure" [Campenaerts, Merckx, Bracke, Van den Eynde: these Belgians who held the hour record].
RTBF (in French). Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française. Retrieved 21 May 2022 .
^
"Victor Campenaerts is returning to Lotto Soudal" . CyclingTips . 19 October 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022 .
^ Ostanek, Daniel (24 July 2023).
"Victor Campenaerts celebrates 'very special' Tour de France super-combativity prize" . Retrieved 4 August 2022 .
^ Machado, Alana (21 July 2023).
"Tour de France 2023 - Stage 19 Recap" . Retrieved 4 August 2022 .
^ Ryan, Barry (21 July 2023).
" 'Ride as fast as possible' – Campenaerts' big plan almost comes off at Tour de France" . Retrieved 4 August 2022 .
External links
Preceded by
UCI hour record (55.089 km) 16 April 2019 – 19 August 2022
Succeeded by
1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–2039
Crystal Bicycle (men) Best Young Rider (men) Best Manager Crystal Drop of Sweat Crystal Bicycle (women) Best Young Rider (women)