Gerben Thijssen

Gerben Thijssen
Thijssen in 2017
Personal information
Born (1998-06-21) 21 June 1998
Team information
Current team Lotto–Soudal U23
Discipline Track, Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2017– Lotto–Soudal U23
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's track cycling
European Championships
2017 BerlinElimination race

Gerben Thijssen (born 21 June 1998)[1] is a Belgian road and track cyclist, representing Belgium at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 2015 UCI Juniors Track World Championships in the points race. He won the silver medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Apeldoorn in the team pursuit.[2][3]

In 2016, as a junior he won 2 stages in the Nations Cup Trofeo Karlsberg, the Omloop van de Vlaamse Gewesten and a Belgian Cup stage in Nederhasselt. He represented Belgium at the UCI Juniors Road World Championships in Qatar.

In 2017, as a U23-rider he won the Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas and a stage in Olympia's Tour. He won the gold medal at the 2017 UEC EuropeanTrack Championships in the Elite Elimination Race.

Major results

2016
National Junior Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
1st Six Days of Ghent U23 (with Jules Hesters)
1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
Trofeo Karlsberg
1st Stages 1 & 2a
1st Stage 1 Internationale Cottbuser Junioren-Etappenfahrt
2017
1st Elimination race, UEC European Track Championships
1st Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas
1st Stage 4 Olympia's Tour
2nd Gooikse Pijl
3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs
7th Ronde van Overijssel
7th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
2018
1st Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
5th Paris–Troyes

References

  1. ↑ "Gerben Thijssen". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Results 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup". Tissot Timing. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Entry List Men". Tissot Timing. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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