Fabio Van den Bossche

Fabio Van den Bossche (born 21 September 2000) is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.^[3] He represented Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France finishing 7th in the men's team pursuit and winning the bronze medal in the men's omnium.

Fabio Van den Bossche

Van den Bossche in 2024
Personal information
Born	(2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 25) Ghent, Belgium
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current team	Alpecin–Deceuninck
Disciplines	Track Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2016	John Saey
2017–2018	Davo–Tongeren
2019	EFC–L&R–Vulsteke
Professional teams
2019	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise (stagiaire)
2020–2021	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise[1][2]
2022–	Alpecin–Fenix
Major wins
Track World Championships Madison (2025)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Belgium Olympic Games 2024 Paris Omnium World Championships 2025 Santiago Madison 2024 Ballerup Madison 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Points race 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Madison 2023 Glasgow Points race European Championships 2021 Grenchen Omnium 2022 Munchen Madison 2024 Apeldoorn Omnium

Career

Van den Bossche enjoyed his start in track cycling at the Flemish Cycling Center Eddy Merckx in Ghent, Belgium and attended the Topsportschool in Ghent.^[4]

Known at the time as the Remco Evenepoel of track cycling, he is the only rider to have beaten Belgian great Remco Evenepoel in his jersey of junior world champion.^[5][6]

He is a multiple European track cycling junior champion, having won the men's madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Sangalhos, Portugal^[7] and the men's omnium and madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Aigle, Switzerland.^[8]

Having come close at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (bronze) and 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (silver), he finally won the gold medal in the men's madison together with teammate Lindsay De Vylder at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Chile.^[9]

Personal life

Van den Bossche was born in to a cycling family on the very day that Belgian cyclists Etienne De Wilde and Matthew Gilmore won a silver medal in the men's madison at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^[10] He is the grandson of former professional cyclist Willy De Geest, a teammate of five years of the cycling great Roger De Vlaeminck.^[11] His father, Gunther, was a professional cyclist himself and later "soigneur" with UCI ProSeries team Team Flanders–Baloise.^[10]

He is married to Kate Wiggins, daughter of former track cycling coach Jonathan Wiggins.^[10]

Major results

Road

2017

1st Overall Keizer der Juniores [fr]

1st Vlaams-Brabant Classic

2018

1st Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich [fr]

2019

3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2024	2025
Giro d'Italia	107	100
Tour de France	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Track

2017

UEC European Junior Championships

1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont)

2nd Points race

National Junior Championships

1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont)

1st Points race

2018

UEC European Junior Championships

1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont)

1st Omnium

National Track Championships

1st Derny

1st Points race

2nd Madison

2nd Scratch

2nd Omnium

2019

2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships

2021

2nd Omnium, UEC European Championships

2022

UCI World Championships

3rd Madison (with Lindsay De Vylder)

3rd Points race

3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Robbe Ghys)

2023

3rd Points race, UCI World Championships

3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Jules Hesters)

2024

1st Six Days of Ghent (with Benjamin Thomas)

2nd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Lindsay De Vylder)

3rd Omnium, Olympic Games

2025

1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Lindsay De Vylder)