Gerben Thijssen

Gerben Thijssen (born 21 June 1998)^[5] is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.^[6]

Gerben Thijssen

Thijssen in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Gerben Thijssen
Born	(1998-06-21) 21 June 1998 (age 26) Genk, Belgium
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team	Intermarché–Wanty
Disciplines	Track Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
2017–2019	Lotto–Soudal U23[1]
2018	Lotto–Soudal (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2019–2021	Lotto–Soudal[2][3][4]
2022–	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
Major wins
One-day races and Classics Bredene Koksijde Classic (2023)
Medal record Representing  Belgium Men's track cycling European Championships 2017 Berlin Elimination race

Career

Thijssen won the bronze medal at the 2015 UCI Juniors Track World Championships in the points race. He won the silver medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Apeldoorn in the team pursuit.^[7][8] In 2016, as a junior he won 2 stages in the Nations Cup Trofeo Karlsberg, the Omloop van de Vlaamse Gewesten and a Belgian Cup stage in Nederhasselt. He represented Belgium at the UCI Juniors Road World Championships in Qatar. In 2017, as a U23-rider he won the Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas and a stage in Olympia's Tour. He won the gold medal at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships in the Elite Elimination Race. In 2018, he was the Belgian champion in the U23-category. In November 2019, Thijssen crashed out of the Six Days of Ghent, suffering three small brain haemorrhages before being admitted to intensive care.^[9]

In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.^[10]

In October 2023, Thijssen and Estonian rider Madis Mihkels were pulled by their team from the Tour of Guangxi, after Mihkels made a racist gesture.^[11] Mihkels pulled his eyes into slants, in a picture Thijssen posted on his Instagram.^[12]

Major results

Road

2016

1st Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten

Trofeo Karlsberg

1st Stages 1 & 2a

1st Stage 1 Internationale Cottbuser Junioren-Etappenfahrt

2017

1st Grote Prijs Stad Sint-Niklaas

1st Stage 4 Olympia's Tour

2nd Gooikse Pijl

3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs

7th Ronde van Overijssel

7th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23

2018

1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships

5th Paris–Troyes

2019

1st Memorial Van Coningsloo

1st Stage 1 Paris–Arras Tour

4th Overall Tour d'Eure-et-Loir

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 2

6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships

2020

2nd Gooikse Pijl

2021

3rd Omloop van het Houtland

5th Grand Prix de Fourmies

2022 (3 pro wins)

1st Gooikse Pijl

1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk

2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic

3rd Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

4th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré

5th Bredene Koksijde Classic

7th Antwerp Port Epic

7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

9th Omloop van het Houtland

2023 (4)

1st Bredene Koksijde Classic

1st Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré

1st Ronde van Limburg

1st Omloop van het Houtland

2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

2nd La Roue Tourangelle

3rd Van Merksteijn Fences Classic

4th Gooikse Pijl

5th Scheldeprijs

5th Elfstedenronde

8th Albert Achterhes Profronde van Drenthe

2024 (2)

1st Trofeo Palma

Volta ao Algarve

1st Points classification

1st Stage 1

2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

2nd La Roue Tourangelle

3rd Bredene Koksijde Classic

3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues

4th Omloop van het Houtland

5th Clásica de Almería

5th Ronde van Limburg

5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

9th Heistse Pijl

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	DNF	—	DNF

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

Track

2015

National Junior Championships

1st Madison (with Robbe Ghys)

3rd Keirin

2nd Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Robbe Ghys)

3rd Points race, UCI World Junior Championships

2016

National Junior Championships

1st Omnium

1st Points race

2nd Elimination race

2nd Individual pursuit

2nd Kilo

2nd Madison (with Sasha Weemaes)

1st Six Days of Ghent U23 (with Jules Hesters)

UEC European Junior Championships

2nd Madison (with Jules Hesters)

3rd Points race

2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Apeldoorn

2017

1st Elimination race, UEC European Championships

2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships

2019

2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships

2nd Omnium, National Championships