Toon Aerts
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.jpg) Aerts in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Toon Aerts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 1993 Malle, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lotto–Intermarché | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2022 | Telenet–Fidea[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Team Deschacht–Group Hens–Containers Maes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Lotto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toon Aerts (born 19 October 1993 in Malle) is a Belgian professional cyclo-cross and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Intermarché.[3] Aerts is a two-time winner of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup standings (2018–19, 2019–20), and also won the men's elite race at the 2016 European Championships[4] and the 2019 Belgian National Championships.[5] His brother Thijs is also a professional cyclist.
On 18 August 2023, the UCI announced that Aerts had been found guilty of a doping violation, and was banned for two years from February 2022 to February 2024.[6] His results between January and February 2023 were also expunged.[7]
