Oliver Naesen

Oliver Naesen
Naesen in 2020
Personal information
Full nameOliver Naesen
Born (1990-09-16) 16 September 1990 (age 34)
Ostend, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamDecathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist
Amateur team
2014Lotto–Belisol (stagiaire)[2]
Professional teams
2014Cibel[2]
2015Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2016IAM Cycling
2017–AG2R La Mondiale[3]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2017)
Bretagne Classic (2016, 2018)

Oliver Naesen (Dutch: [ˈɔlivər ˈnaːsə(n)]; born 16 September 1990) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.[4] Considered a specialist of the one-day classics, he won the 2017 Belgian National Road Race Championships,[5] as well as the Bretagne Classic in 2016 and 2018.[6] He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Lawrence Naesen.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Oliver Naesen - Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b Oliver Naesen at Cycling Archives
  3. ^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Belchamp17 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Bretagne Classic 2018 : le doublé historique d'Oliver Naesen (AG2R)". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Lawrence Naesen to join brother Oliver at AG2R in 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.