Thomas De Gendt
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Thomas De Gendt (born 6 November 1986) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny.[5]
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Full name | Thomas De Gendt |
Born | (1986-11-06) 6 November 1986 (age 37) Sint-Niklaas, Flanders, Belgium |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[1] |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)[1] |
Team information | |
Current team | Lotto–Dstny |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Breakaway specialist[2] |
Amateur team | |
2006–2008 | Unibet–Davo |
Professional teams | |
2009–2010 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
2011–2013 | Vacansoleil–DCM |
2014 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
2015– | Lotto–Soudal[3][4] |
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Having competed for Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator,[6] Vacansoleil–DCM,[7] Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and Lotto–Dstny during his career, De Gendt has taken seventeen professional victories including five Grand Tour stage victories – with at least one at each of the three Grand Tours – and five stage wins at the Volta a Catalunya between 2013 and 2021. The winner of the mountains classification at the 2018 Vuelta a España, De Gendt has also finished on the podium at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, where he was third overall.