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Jan Bakelants
Belgian racing cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jan Bakelants (born 14 February 1986) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022.
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Career
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His major wins include the 2008 Tour de l'Avenir and stage 2 of the 2013 Tour de France, claiming the yellow jersey after winning the stage by only a second of an advantage on the peloton after a late attack.[5] He also rode the 2010 Giro d'Italia, in which he finished 36th.
Bakelants left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Omega Pharma–Quick-Step for the 2014 season.[6] In August 2014, it was announced that he would be leaving Omega Pharma–Quick-Step after one year and joining AG2R La Mondiale on an initial two-year deal.[7]
Bakelants was severely injured in a crash at the 2017 Giro di Lombardia when he crashed into a ravine on a fast descent, fracturing seven ribs and the first and third vertebrae. He did not lose consciousness and was transferred to the hospital in Como.[8] The crash left Bakelants 1 centimetre (0.39 inches) shorter.[9] After his crash, Bakelants spoke out about safety standards in cycling. He hoped to return to racing in March 2018,[10] and did so at the Classic Loire Atlantique in France.
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Major results
- 2006
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2007
- 3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 1st Overall Tour de Liège
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 1st Flèche Ardennaise
- 2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2nd Grand Prix de Waregem
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour des Pyrénées
- 4th Circuit de Wallonie
- 8th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 9th Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 2009
- 2nd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
- 5th De Vlaamse Pijl
- 7th Le Samyn
- 9th Overall Eneco Tour
- 10th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2010
- 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 7th Trofeo Inca
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2012
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 6th Overall Tour Down Under
- 6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 10th Overall Eneco Tour
- 2013
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2
- Held after Stages 2 & 3
- 2nd Amstel Curaçao Race
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 4th Overall Eneco Tour
- 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 7th Overall Tour of Beijing
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2014
- 1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 7th La Drôme Classic
- 2015
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Gran Piemonte
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 6th Overall Critérium International
- 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 7th Coppa Sabatini
- 2016
- 2nd La Drôme Classic
- 3rd Overall La Méditerranéenne
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 6th Coppa Sabatini
- 8th Overall Tour La Provence
- 9th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 2017
- 3rd La Drôme Classic
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2018
- 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2019
- 5th Overall ZLM Tour
- 2020
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 9th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2022
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie
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External links
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