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Full name | Jasper Stuyven | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Chocolatier from Flanders[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
Born | Leuven, Flanders, Belgium | 17 April 1992||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lidl–Trek | ||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Classics specialist All-rounder | ||||||||||||||
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2009–2010 | Avia Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Ovyta–Eijssen–Acrog | ||||||||||||||
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2012–2013 | Bontrager–Livestrong | ||||||||||||||
2014– | Trek Factory Racing[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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Jasper Stuyven (born 17 April 1992) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[3] He is considered to be a classics specialist, and has won several major races including the 2021 Milan–San Remo, one of cycling's monuments, the 2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the 2016 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne. He has also had success in stage races, winning the overall classification of the 2019 Deutschland Tour as well as a stage of the 2015 Vuelta a España. Stuyven has also competed in six editions of the Tour de France, finishing on the podium several times on different stages.[4]