Michael Van Staeyen

Michael Van Staeyen
Van Staeyen at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full nameMichael Van Staeyen
Born (1988-08-13) 13 August 1988 (age 36)
Ekeren, Belgium
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
2007Davo
Professional teams
2008–2009Rabobank Continental Team
2010–2014Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator[1]
2015–2018Cofidis[2][3]
2019Roompot–Charles[4]
2020Tarteletto–Isorex[5]
2021–2022EvoPro Racing[6]

Michael Van Staeyen (born 13 August 1988 in Ekeren) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2008 until 2022.

In March 2022, Van Staeyen announced that he would retire from professional cycling after the following month's Scheldeprijs.[7]

Major results

2008
2nd Antwerpse Havenpijl
3rd Omloop der Kempen
4th Ronde van Overijssel
5th Münsterland Giro
2009
1st Stage 4 Istrian Spring Trophy
1st Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a León
3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland
4th Arno Wallaard Memorial
4th Omloop der Kempen
4th Antwerpse Havenpijl
8th Schaal Sels
2010
1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt
5th Overall Tour de Picardie
5th Schaal Sels
7th Omloop van het Houtland
2011
3rd Schaal Sels
3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
5th Dutch Food Valley Classic
5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
8th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
9th Omloop van het Waasland
9th Paris–Brussels
9th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
9th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
10th Grand Prix de Denain
2012
2nd Grote Prijs Stad Geel
2nd Münsterland Giro
2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
4th Paris–Brussels
5th Ronde van Limburg
5th Dutch Food Valley Classic
5th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
5th Omloop van het Houtland
5th De Kustpijl
8th Halle–Ingooigem
9th Overall World Ports Classic
2013
1st Stage 1 Étoile de Bessèges
2nd Schaal Sels
3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
4th Grand Prix Criquielion
4th Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
4th ProRace Berlin
4th Münsterland Giro
5th Tour de Vendée
5th Paris–Tours
5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
6th Binche–Chimay–Binche
8th Dutch Food Valley Classic
8th Omloop van het Houtland
9th Omloop van het Waasland
10th Handzame Classic
10th Scheldeprijs
2014
1st De Kustpijl
3rd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
3rd Halle–Ingooigem
4th Brussels Cycling Classic
4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
5th Omloop van het Waasland
5th Velothon Berlin
5th Ronde van Limburg
9th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2015
5th Brussels Cycling Classic
6th Classica Corsica
8th Scheldeprijs
9th Overall World Ports Classic
2017
8th Ronde van Limburg
8th Tacx Pro Classic
2019
3rd Schaal Sels
4th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
6th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2020
7th Gooikse Pijl
2021
5th Dorpenomloop Rucphen

References

  1. ^ "Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (TSV) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2014.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Chainel arrive, Taaramäe s'en va" [Chainel arrives, Taaramäe goes]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Tarteletto - Isorex". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  6. ^ "EvoPro Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ Auman, Jan (18 March 2022). "Michael Van Staeyen kondigt afscheid aan als profrenner: "Mijn 14de Scheldeprijs wordt mijn allerlaatste koers"" [Michael Van Staeyen announces farewell as a professional cyclist: "My 14th Scheldeprijs will be my very last race"]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Retrieved 27 March 2022.