Gerben Thijssen Explained
Gerben Thijssen |
Fullname: | Gerben Thijssen |
Birth Date: | 21 June 1998 |
Birth Place: | Genk, Belgium |
Height: | 1.75 m |
Weight: | 67 kg |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Sprinter |
Amateuryears1: | 2017–2019 |
Amateurteam1: | [1] |
Amateuryears2: | 2018 |
Amateurteam2: | (stagiaire) |
Proyears1: | 2019–2021 |
Proteam1: | [2] [3] [4] |
Proyears2: | 2022– |
Majorwins: | One-day races and Classics Bredene Koksijde Classic (2023)
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Show-Medals: | no |
Gerben Thijssen (born 21 June 1998)[5] is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[6]
Career
Thijssen won the bronze medal at the 2015 UCI Juniors Track World Championships in the points race. He won the silver medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Apeldoorn in the team pursuit.[7] [8] In 2016, as a junior he won 2 stages in the Nations Cup Trofeo Karlsberg, the Omloop van de Vlaamse Gewesten and a Belgian Cup stage in Nederhasselt. He represented Belgium at the UCI Juniors Road World Championships in Qatar. In 2017, as a U23-rider he won the Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas and a stage in Olympia's Tour. He won the gold medal at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in the Elite Elimination Race. In 2018, he was the Belgian champion in the U23-category. In November 2019, Thijssen crashed out of the Six Days of Ghent, suffering three small brain haemorrhages before being admitted to intensive care.[9]
In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[10]
In October 2023, Thijssen and Estonian rider Madis Mihkels were pulled by their team from the Tour of Guangxi, after Mihkels made a racist gesture.[11] Mihkels pulled his eyes into slants, in a picture Thijssen posted on his Instagram.[12]
Major results
Road
- 2016
1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
Trofeo Karlsberg
1st Stages 1 & 2a
1st Stage 1 Internationale Cottbuser Junioren-Etappenfahrt
- 2017
1st Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas
1st Stage 4 Olympia's Tour
2nd Gooikse Pijl
3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs
7th Ronde van Overijssel
7th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
- 2018
1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships
5th Paris–Troyes
- 2019
1st Memorial Van Coningsloo
1st Stage 1 Paris–Arras Tour
4th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir 1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2020
2nd Gooikse Pijl
- 2021
3rd Omloop van het Houtland 5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2022 (3 pro wins)
1st Gooikse Pijl
1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne
1st Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk
2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
4th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
5th Bredene Koksijde Classic
7th Antwerp Port Epic
7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
9th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2023 (4)
1st Bredene Koksijde Classic
1st Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
1st Ronde van Limburg
1st Omloop van het Houtland
2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
2nd La Roue Tourangelle
3rd Van Merksteijn Fences Classic
4th Gooikse Pijl
5th Scheldeprijs
5th Elfstedenronde
8th Albert Achterhes Profronde van Drenthe
- 2024 (2)
1st Trofeo Palma
Volta ao Algarve
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
2nd La Roue Tourangelle
3rd Bredene Koksijde Classic
5th Clásica de Almería
5th Ronde van Limburg
9th Heistse PijlGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish | |
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Track
- 2015
National Junior Championships
1st Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
3rd Keirin
2nd Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Robbe Ghys)
3rd Points race, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2016
National Junior Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
2nd Elimination race
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Kilo
2nd Madison (with Sasha Weemaes)
1st Six Days of Ghent U23 (with Jules Hesters)
UEC European Junior Championships
2nd Madison (with Jules Hesters)
3rd Points race
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Apeldoorn
- 2017
1st Elimination race, UEC European Championships
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2019
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Omnium, National ChampionshipsNotes and References
- News: Thijssen and Van Moer to become pro on 1 July 2019. . Captains of Cycling cvba. 10 December 2018. 4 January 2019.
- News: Gerben Thijssen veut faire sa place. James. Odvart. Francis. Spruyt. French. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 3 July 2019. 8 July 2019. Gerben Thijssen wants to make his place.
- News: Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. 2 January 2020.
- Web site: Lotto Soudal. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101195132/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15244/1000929/279. 1 January 2021.
- News: Gerben Thijssen . Cycling Archives . 9 February 2017.
- Web site: 2022 Team Preview: Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux. Jackie. Tyson. CyclingNews. Future plc. 12 January 2022. 16 January 2022.
- News: Results 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup . Tissot Timing . 1 November 2016. 19 November 2016.
- News: 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Entry List Men . Tissot Timing . 1 November 2016. 19 November 2016.
- Web site: Ghent Six Day: Gerben Thijssen in intensive care after crash on first day. 13 November 2019. bbc.co.uk. 16 November 2019.
- Web site: 75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 19 October 2020.
- Web site: Mihkels, Thijssen withdrawn from Tour of Guangxi after racist gesture . Cycling News . 11 October 2023 . 11 October 2023 . Daniel . Ostanek . James . Moultrie.
- News: . 11 October 2023 . 11 October 2023 . Wielerploeg laat duo niet starten in Ronde van Guangxi na gebaar met spleetogen.