Thomas Degand

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Thomas Degand
Degand in 2014.
Personal information
Born (1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 (age 37)
Ronse, Belgium
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 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[edit]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

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[edit]

  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.

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