Louis Vervaeke

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Louis Vervaeke
Vervaeke at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl.
Personal information
Full nameLouis Vervaeke
Born (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993 (age 30)
Ronse, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Team information
Current teamSoudal–Quick-Step
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist[1]
Amateur teams
2011Onder Ons Parike
2013–2014Lotto–Belisol U23
Professional teams
2012Jong Vlaanderen
2014–2017Lotto–Belisol[2]
2018–2019Team Sunweb[3][4]
2020–2021Alpecin–Fenix[5][6]
2022–Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team

Louis Vervaeke (born 6 October 1993 in Ronse) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step. In November 2021 Vervaeke announced that he would be joining Deceuninck–Quick-Step on a two-year deal from 2022, with a role as a climbing domestique for Remco Evenepoel in Grand Tours.[1]

Major results[edit]

2011
3rd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
2013
4th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
4th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
2014
1st Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 5
1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard
5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 7
5th Circuit de Wallonie
5th GP Maurice Raes[7]
2015
1st Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country
2017
2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
4th Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
2020
8th Gran Trittico Lombardo
2021
1st Mountains classification, Deutschland Tour
2022
10th Overall Tour de la Provence
2023
1st Stage 2 (TTT) UAE Tour
2nd Trofeo Calvia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF DNF DNF 20 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France Has not contested during his career
A red jersey Vuelta a España 89 33
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "VN news ticker: Movistar finalizes 2022 roster, Deceuninck-Quick-Step signs Louis Vervaeke". VeloNews. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Louis Vervaeke  » Lotto Belisol". Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Team Sunweb sign Theuns and Vervaeke". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ "De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden"" [The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more"]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Alpecin-Fenix". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  7. ^ "GP Maurice Raes - Heusden". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2019.

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