Thomas De Gendt

Thomas De Gendt
De Gendt in 2023
Personal information
Full nameThomas De Gendt
Born (1986-11-06) 6 November 1986 (age 37)
Sint-Niklaas, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamLotto–Dstny
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeBreakaway specialist[2]
Amateur team
2006–2008Unibet–Davo
Professional teams
2009–2010Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2011–2013Vacansoleil–DCM
2014Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015–Lotto–Soudal[3][4]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (2016, 2019)
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2012, 2022)
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2018)
1 individual stage (2017)

Thomas De Gendt (born 6 November 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny.[5]

Having competed for Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator,[6] Vacansoleil–DCM,[7] Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Lotto–Dstny during his career, De Gendt has taken seventeen professional victories including five Grand Tour stage victories – with at least one at each of the three Grand Tours – and five stage wins at the Volta a Catalunya between 2013 and 2021. The winner of the mountains classification at the 2018 Vuelta a España, De Gendt has also finished on the podium at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, where he was third overall.

  1. ^ a b "Thomas De Gendt". Lotto–Dstny. Belgian Cycling Project. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Thomas De Gendt solos to victory at opening stage at Criterium du Dauphine as Tour de France favourites finish safely in the bunch". telegraph.co.uk. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ Thomas De Gendt at Cycling Archives
  7. ^ "Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 January 2013.