Gerben Thijssen
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.jpg) Thijssen in 2017 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gerben Thijssen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1998 Genk, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Intermarché–Wanty | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Lotto–Soudal U23[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Lotto–Soudal (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Lotto–Soudal[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | ||||||||||||||
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| One-day races and Classics | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gerben Thijssen (born 21 June 1998)[5] is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.[6]
Thijssen 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.[7][8] 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 European Track Championships in the Elite Elimination Race. In 2018, he was the Belgian champion in the U23-category. In November 2019, Thijssen crashed out of the Six Days of Ghent, suffering three small brain haemorrhages before being admitted to intensive care.[9]
In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[10]
In October 2023, Thijssen and Estonian rider Madis Mihkels were pulled by their team from the Tour of Guangxi, after Mihkels made a racist gesture.[11] Mihkels pulled his eyes into slants, in a picture Thijssen posted on his Instagram.[12]
