Kristof Vandewalle

Kristof Vandewalle

Vandewalle at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl.
Personal information
Full name	Kristof Vandewalle
Born	(1985-04-05) 5 April 1985 (age 39) Kortrijk, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team
2006–2007	Beveren 2000
Professional teams
2008–2010	Topsport Vlaanderen
2011–2013	Quick-Step
2014–2015	Trek Factory Racing[1]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics World Team Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013) National Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013, 2014) Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (2010)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing Omega Pharma–Quick-Step World Championships 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial 2013 Tuscany Team time trial

Kristof Vandewalle (born 5 April 1985) is a Belgian former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2015 for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Trek Factory Racing teams. While a member of the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step squad,[2] he won two successive World Team Time Trial Championships and two consecutive Belgian National Time Trial Championships.

In the 2014 season, Vandewalle was riding for Trek Factory Racing,[1] after three seasons with Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and its precursor Quick-Step. His first victory in the team's colours was a third national time trial championships in May 2014, in Hooglede.[3]

Major results

Vandewalle at the 2015 Paris–Nice.

Source: [4]

2003

1st Overall Route de l'Avenir

1st Stages 1 & 2

2007

5th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou

8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1st Stage 3

8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

2008

6th Duo Normand (with Bart Vanheule)

8th De Vlaamse Pijl

2010

1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

4th Tre Valli Varesine

7th Overall Tour de Wallonie

7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

8th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt

10th Druivenkoers Overijse

2012

1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain

2013

1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

1st Prologue

3rd Duo Normand (with Julien Vermote)

7th Overall Tour of Belgium

2014

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria

9th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

2015

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Alberta

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

1. "Vandewalle chez Trek" [Vandewalle with Trek]. L'Équipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
2. "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
3. "Vandewalle repeats as Belgian time trial champion". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
4. "Kristof Vandewalle". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

External links

Media related to Kristof Vandewalle at Wikimedia Commons

• Kristof Vandewalle at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Kristof Vandewalle at ProCyclingStats
• Kristof Vandewalle Quick-Step profile^[permanent dead link‍]