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Thomas De Gendt
 De Gendt in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas De Gendt |
| Born | 6 November 1986 Sint-Niklaas, Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Breakaway specialist[2] |
| Amateur team | |
| 2006–2008 | Unibet–Davo |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009–2010 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
| 2011–2013 | Vacansoleil–DCM |
| 2014 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2015–2024 | Lotto–Soudal[3][4][5] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Thomas De Gendt (born 6 November 1986) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024.
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.
- ^ a b "Thomas De Gendt". Lotto–Dstny. Belgian Cycling Project. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Thomas De Gendt at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ "Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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