Fabio Van den Bossche

Van den Bossche enjoyed his start in track cycling at the Flemish Cycling Center Eddy Merckx in Ghent, Belgium and attended the Topsportschool in Ghent.^[4]

Known at the time as the Remco Evenepoel of track cycling, he is the only rider to have beaten Belgian great Remco Evenepoel in his jersey of junior world champion.^[5][6]

He is a multiple European track cycling junior champion, having won the men's madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Sangalhos, Portugal^[7] and the men's omnium and madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Aigle, Switzerland.^[8]

Having come close at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (bronze) and 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (silver), he finally won the gold medal in the men's madison together with teammate Lindsay De Vylder at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Chile.^[9]

In August 2025, Van den Bossche signed with UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step ahead of the 2026 season.^[10]

Van den Bossche was born in to a cycling family on the very day that Belgian cyclists Etienne De Wilde and Matthew Gilmore won a silver medal in the men's madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^[11] He is the grandson of former professional cyclist Willy De Geest, a teammate of five years of the cycling great Roger De Vlaeminck.^[12] His father, Gunther, was a professional cyclist himself and later "soigneur" with UCI ProSeries team Team Flanders–Baloise.^[11]

He is married to Kate Wiggins, daughter of former track cycling coach Jonathan Wiggins.^[11]