Julie De Wilde

Julie De Wilde
Personal information
Full nameJulie De Wilde
Born (2002-12-08) December 8, 2002 (age 21)
Ghent, Belgium
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current teamFenix–Deceuninck (road)
IKO–Crelan (cyclo-cross)
DisciplineRoad
Cyclo-cross
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2019–2020Doltcini–NM Transport
2021–Fenix–Deceuninck
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Glasgow Under-23 time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zurich Under-23 time trial

Julie De Wilde (born 8 December 2002) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Team Fenix–Deceuninck in road cycling,[1] and in cyclo-cross for UCI Cyclo-cross team IKO–Crelan.[2]

Turning professional in 2019, she joined the Doltcini - NM Transport team.[3] Later that year, she won the Belgian junior time trial title,[4] before finishing 2nd at the 2019 UCI World Championships - Junior women's road race in Yorkshire,[5] and placing 5th at the 2019 European Road Championships.[6] Despite a disrupted 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she won the Belgian National junior Cyclo-cross Championship.[7] She joined the Plantur–Pura team at the start of 2021,[1] taking part in her first UCI Women's World Tour event later that year.[3] In 2022, she finished second at Dwars door Vlaanderen in Belgium,[8] before wearing the white jersey at the Tour de France Femmes for three stages as the best placed rider under the age of 23.[9]

  1. ^ a b "De Wilde Julie | Team | Plantur-Pura Cycling Team 2022". www.plantur-pura.be. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  2. ^ "IKO - CRELAN". UCI. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  3. ^ a b "Julie de Wilde". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  4. ^ "National Championships Belgium WJ - ITT 2019 Time trial results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  5. ^ "World Championships WJ - Road Race 2019 One day race results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  6. ^ "European Continental Championships WJ - Road Race 2019 One day race results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  7. ^ "National Championships Belgium WJ 2020 results". cx.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  8. ^ "Dwars door Vlaanderen Women 2022". cyclingnews.com. 2022-04-09. Retrieved 2022-07-28. Julie de Wilde (Plantur Pura) claimed second
  9. ^ "Julie De Wilde behoudt witte trui: "Ondanks de pech heb ik me vandaag wel geamuseerd"". sporza.be (in Dutch). 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2022-07-28.