Victor Campenaerts Explained
Victor Campenaerts (born 28 October 1991) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .[4]
Career
He rode in the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In September 2015 it was announced that he would join the UCI World Tour ranks in 2016 with .[5] He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España[6] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[7]
On 16 April 2019, at the Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Campenaerts broke the hour record, riding 55.089km (34.231miles), surpassing Bradley Wiggins' previous mark set on 7 June 2015 by 563m (1,847feet).[8] In doing so, he became the fourth Belgian cyclist to hold the hour record, after Oscar Van den Eynde (1897–98), Ferdinand Bracke (1967–68) and Eddy Merckx (1972–2000).[9]
Campenaerts rejoined, on a 3 year contract, in 2022 after 2 years away at .[10]
Riding for the now renamed Lotto–Dstny, Campenaerts rode the 2023 Tour de France. Upon the race's conclusion in Paris, he was selected as the winner of the race's super-combativity award, as the most combative rider overall during the race.[11] Campenaerts made the breakaway 5 times during the race, including on stages 18 and 19, which had both been forecast as sprint finishes. Campenaerts played a big role in each stage's successful breakaway, helping his teammates and holding off the charging peloton.[12] [13]
He continued with Lotto–Dstny into the 2024 Tour de France, at which he won Stage 18.[14] [15]
On 26 August 2024 Visma–Lease a Bike announced that Campenaerts would return to their team for the 2025 season, he signed a contract for three years. He rode for this team previously when it was called LottoNL–Jumbo.[16]
Major results
Road
- 2013
1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Sub 23
8th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
8th Antwerpse Havenpijl
- 2015
1st Duo Normand (with Jelle Wallays)
2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
5th Time trial, National Championships
10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 2016 (1 pro win)
1st Time trial, National Championships
2nd Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 2017 (2)
1st Time trial, UEC European Championships
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
2nd Time trial, National Championships
4th Overall Tour of Britain
5th Chrono des Nations
9th Brabantse Pijl
10th Rund um Köln
- 2018 (2)
1st Time trial, UEC European Championships
1st Time trial, National Championships
3rd Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2019 (2)
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 4
4th Time trial, National Championships
- 2020
2nd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Time trial, UEC European Championships
8th Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 2021 (1)
1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
3rd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Overall Benelux Tour
10th Road race, UEC European Championships
- 2022 (1)
1st Tour of Leuven
1st Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie
3rd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Circuit Franco-Belge
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
5th Overall Tour of Belgium
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th Le Samyn
- 2023 (2)
1st Druivenkoers Overijse
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Luxembourg
6th Tour of Leuven
Tour de France
Combativity award Stages 18, 19 & Overall
- 2024 (1)
1st Stage 18 Tour de France
6th Time trial, UEC European Championships
9th Time trial, UCI World ChampionshipsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Track
- 2015
3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 2016
1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 2019
Hour record: 55.089 kmNotes and References
- Web site: Lotto-Soudal. fr. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 3 January 2019.
- Web site: NTT Pro Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103010817/https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Team Qhubeka Assos. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102171533/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279. 2 January 2021.
- Web site: Lotto–Soudal. UCI. 5 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127171236/https://www.uci.org/team-details/17182. 27 January 2022.
- Web site: Transfer news: Guardini set for another year with Astana. 25 September 2015 . . 29 September 2015.
- Web site: 71st Vuelta a España . 20 August 2016 . ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: 2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List . 2 May 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- Web site: Victor Campenaerts sets new UCI Hour Record. Richard. Windsor. 16 April 2019. Cycling Weekly. 17 April 2019.
- News: Giovanni. Zidda. Campenaerts, Merckx, Bracke, Van den Eynde : ces Belges qui ont détenu le record de l'heure. French. Campenaerts, Merckx, Bracke, Van den Eynde: these Belgians who held the hour record. RTBF. Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française. 3 November 2021. 21 May 2022.
- Web site: Victor Campenaerts is returning to Lotto Soudal . CyclingTips . 5 February 2022 . en . 19 October 2021.
- News: Daniel. Ostanek. Victor Campenaerts celebrates 'very special' Tour de France super-combativity prize. 24 July 2023. 4 August 2022.
- News: Alana. Machado. Tour de France 2023 - Stage 19 Recap. 21 July 2023. 4 August 2022.
- News: Barry. Ryan. 'Ride as fast as possible' – Campenaerts' big plan almost comes off at Tour de France. 21 July 2023. 4 August 2022.
- Web site: Tour de France: Victor Campenaerts surges from three-rider breakaway for stage 18 victory . 18 July 2024. Cycling News. 18 July 2024.
- Web site: Campenaerts wins stage 18 as Pogacar maintains lead. BBC Sport. 18 July 2024.
- Web site: Victor Campenaerts streeft met Visma Lease a Bike naar ‘ultieme doel’: "Kan een succesvol onderdeel zijn". Wielerflits. August 26, 2024. August 26, 2024.
