Laurens De Vreese
Belgian road racing cyclist (born 1988)
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Laurens De Vreese (born 29 September 1988) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix.[4] De Vreese was the 2010 Belgian national champion for the road race for riders under 23 years of age, winning the title in Hooglede.[5]
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De Vreese at the 2014 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Laurens De Vreese |
| Born | 29 September 1988 Aalst, Belgium |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009 | Profel Continental Team |
| 2010 | Beveren 2000 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011–2013 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator[1] |
| 2014 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
| 2015–2020 | Astana[2][3] |
| 2021 | Alpecin–Fenix |
Career
Born in Ghent, De Vreese has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, riding as a member of the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator squad. At the 2012 running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, De Vreese was one of a number of riders to be disqualified from the event as a result of taking a short-cut.[6]
De Vreese left Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise at the end of the 2013 season and joined Wanty–Groupe Gobert for the 2014 season.[7] Subsequently, in August 2014, Astana announced that De Vreese had signed a one-year deal with the squad for 2015.[8] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[9]
Major results
- 2009
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 2nd Flèche Ardennaise
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 1st Overall Topcompetitie
- 1st Overall Triptyque Ardennaise
- 1st Zillebeke–Westouter–Zillebeke
- 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 3rd Flèche Ardennaise
- 4th Overall Tour de Liège
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Circuit de Wallonie
- 5th Heusden Oost-Vlaanderen
- 7th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 10th Grote Prijs Stad Geel
- 2011
- 3rd GP Paul Borremans
- 3rd Heusden Oost-Vlaanderen
- 5th Halle–Ingooigem
- 7th GP José Dubois
- 10th Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde
- 2012
- 1st
Combativity classification Eneco Tour - 2nd Paris–Tours
- 4th GP Wanzele
- 2013
- 1st Combativity classification Tour of Belgium
- 1st Combativity classification Eneco Tour
- 6th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 9th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 10th Rund um Köln
- 10th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2014
- 3rd Gooikse Pijl
- 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2016
- 8th Overall Danmark Rundt
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
