Jan Ghyselinck

Jan Ghyselinck
Ghyselinck at the 2008 Belgian National Time Trial Championships
Personal information
Full nameJan Ghyselinck
Born (1988-02-24) 24 February 1988 (age 36)
Tielt, Belgium
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider type
Amateur team
2008–2009Beveren 2000
Professional teams
2010–2011Team HTC–Columbia
2012–2013Cofidis[2]
2014–2015Wanty–Groupe Gobert[3]
2016Verandas Willems

Jan Ghyselinck (born 24 February 1988 in Tielt) is a Belgian former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2016 for the HTC–Highroad, Cofidis, Wanty–Groupe Gobert and Verandas Willems teams.

He joined Team HTC–Columbia as a neo-pro for the 2010 season, and after some good results he signed a full-contract with the team. Ghyselinck left Cofidis at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Wanty–Groupe Gobert for the 2014 season.[3]

Major results

2005
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Giro della Toscana Juniors
1st Stage 1
1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors
1st Stage 4 Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
2006
National Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Bernaudeau Junior
1st Gent–Menen
7th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
2007
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour des Pays de Savoie
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2008
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
6th Grand Prix de Waregem
2009
1st De Vlaamse Pijl
1st Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2012
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2013
10th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2014
1st Polynormande
5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
8th Overall Tour of Belgium
10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 152
A red jersey Vuelta a España —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jan Ghyselinck profile" (PDF). HTC-Highroad. Highroad Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. ^ Brown, Gregor (10 November 2011). "Last of HTC's riders secures contract". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b Shu, Matt (13 November 2013). "Ghyselinck joins Wanty-G(r)oupe Gobert". CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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