Edward Theuns
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Ghent, Belgium
.jpg) Theuns in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 30 April 1991 Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lidl–Trek | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2013 | VL Technics–Abutriek | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Trek–Segafredo | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Team Sunweb[2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Trek–Segafredo[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Edward Theuns (born 30 April 1991) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[5]
Theuns made his debut for Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise in 2014. He took his first victory in August 2014 in the Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem. He also rode for his national team at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In 2015, he began his season with four top-ten finishes at the Étoile de Bessèges, finishing fifth overall and winning the points classification. He took his second career win in March 2015 with victory in the Ronde van Drenthe.[6] In August 2015 it was announced that Theuns would join Trek–Segafredo for the 2016 season.[7] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France[8] and the 2017 Vuelta a España.[9]
In 2018, Theuns signed with Team Sunweb, before returning to ride for Trek–Segafredo the following year.[3][2] In 2019, he won the Primus Classic.
