Thomas Degand

Thomas Degand
Degand in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 (age 38)
Ronse, Belgium
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2007–2008Storez–Ledecq Matériaux
Professional teams
2009–2014Verandas Willems
2015IAM Cycling
2016–2020Wanty–Groupe Gobert[1][2]

Thomas Degand (born 13 May 1986) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Circus–Wanty Gobert.[3]

He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, and was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España[4] but he withdrew from the race after a crash. After spending the 2015 season riding for IAM Cycling, in September 2015 it was announced that he would return to his previous team Wanty–Groupe Gobert on an initial two-year contract from 2016.[5] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[6]

Major results

2008
3rd Grand Prix Criquielion
4th Flèche Ardennaise
2009
2nd Grand Prix Criquielion
8th Flèche Ardennaise
10th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
2010
1st Circuit de Wallonie
1st Flèche Ardennaise
7th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise
2011
3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
5th Overall Tour du Limousin
5th Overall Tour of South Africa
6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
7th Overall Route du Sud
2014
2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
1st Stage 1
6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
10th Overall Tour of Austria
2015
8th Overall Tour of Austria
2017
1st Overall Tour du Jura
2018
4th Volta Limburg Classic
6th Overall Tour du Limousin
9th Boucles de l'Aulne

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 34 54
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ Almeida, Giampaolo (6 January 2019). "Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019" [Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ Vallone, Nicolò (28 December 2020). "2021, ecco gli organici delle 19 formazioni WorldTour" [2021, here are the rosters of the 19 WorldTour teams]. Tuttobici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni s.r.l. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Thomas Degand de retour chez Wanty-Groupe Gobert en 2016" [Thomas Degand to return to Wanty-Groupe Gobert in 2016]. RTBF (in French). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  6. ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.