Emiel Planckaert

Emiel Planckaert (born 22 October 1996) is a Belgian road cyclist, who rides for Belgian amateur team Decock–Van Eyck–Van Mossel Devos–Capoen.^[3] He previously rode professionally between 2017 and 2020 for the Lotto–Soudal and Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise teams,^[4] before retiring from professional racing at the end of the 2020 season, planning to continue to compete as an amateur.^[5]

Emiel Planckaert

Planckaert in 2015.
Personal information
Full name	Emiel Planckaert
Born	(1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28) Kortrijk, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Decock–Van Eyck–Van Mossel Devos–Capoen
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2013–2014	Avia–Crabbé
2015–2017	Lotto–Soudal U23
2022–	Decock–Van Eyck–Van Mossel Devos–Capoen
Professional teams
2017	Lotto–Soudal (stagiaire)
2018–2020	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise[1][2]

Personal life

His brothers Baptiste Planckaert and Edward Planckaert are also professional cyclists.

Major results

Source: ^[6]

2013

4th Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize

2014

9th Overall Aubel–Thimister–La Gleize

2015

5th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique

1st Young rider classification

8th De Kustpijl

2016

1st Grand Prix des Marbriers

2017

7th Overall Ronde de l'Isard

9th Overall Tour de Bretagne

10th Grand Prix Criquielion