Victor Campenaerts

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Victor Campenaerts

Victor Campenaerts (born 28 October 1991) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[6]

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Victor Campenaerts
Campenaerts in 2023
Personal information
Born (1991-10-28) 28 October 1991 (age 33)
Wilrijk, Belgium
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist,[1] Rouleur
Amateur teams
2011–2012Bianchi–Lotto–Nieuwe Hoop Tielen
2013Lotto–Belisol U23
Professional teams
2014–2015Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2016–2017LottoNL–Jumbo
2018–2019Lotto–Soudal[2]
2020–2021NTT Pro Cycling[3][4]
2022–2024Lotto–Soudal[5]
2025–Visma–Lease a Bike
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2024)
Combativity award (2023)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2021)

One-day races and Classics

European Time Trial Championships (2017, 2018)
National Time Trial Championships (2016, 2018)

Other

Hour record 55.089 km (16 April 2019)
Medal record
Representing  Belgium
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
2018 InnsbruckTime trial
European Championships
2017 HerningTime trial
2018 GlasgowTime trial
2013 OlomoucUnder-23 time trial
2016 PlumelecTime trial
2020 PlouayTime trial
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Career

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He rode in the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In September 2015 it was announced that he would join the UCI World Tour ranks in 2016 with LottoNL–Jumbo.[1] He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España[7] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[8]

On 16 April 2019, at the Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Campenaerts broke the hour record, riding 55.089 kilometres (34.231 miles), surpassing Bradley Wiggins' previous mark set on 7 June 2015 by 563 metres (1,847 feet).[9] In doing so, he became the fourth Belgian cyclist to hold the hour record, after Oscar Van den Eynde (1897–98), Ferdinand Bracke (1967–68) and Eddy Merckx (1972–2000).[10]

Campenaerts rejoined Lotto–Soudal, on a 3 year contract, in 2022 after 2 years away at Team Qhubeka NextHash.[11]

Riding for the now renamed Lotto–Dstny, Campenaerts rode the 2023 Tour de France. Upon the race's conclusion in Paris, he was selected as the winner of the race's super-combativity award, as the most combative rider overall during the race.[12] Campenaerts made the breakaway 5 times during the race, including on stages 18 and 19, which had both been forecast as sprint finishes. Campenaerts played a big role in each stage's successful breakaway, helping his teammates and holding off the charging peloton.[13][14]

He continued with Lotto–Dstny into the 2024 Tour de France, at which he won Stage 18.[15][16]

On 26 August 2024 Visma–Lease a Bike announced that Campenaerts would return to their team for the 2025 season, he signed a contract for three years. He rode for this team previously when it was called LottoNL–Jumbo.[17]

Major results

Road

2013
1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Sub 23
8th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
8th Antwerpse Havenpijl
2015
1st Duo Normand (with Jelle Wallays)
2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
5th Time trial, National Championships
10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
2016 (1 pro win)
1st Time trial, National Championships
2nd Time trial, UEC European Championships
2017 (2)
1st Time trial, UEC European Championships
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
2nd Time trial, National Championships
4th Overall Tour of Britain
5th Chrono des Nations
9th Brabantse Pijl
10th Rund um Köln
2018 (2)
1st Time trial, UEC European Championships
1st Time trial, National Championships
3rd Time trial, UCI World Championships
2019 (2)
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 4
4th Time trial, National Championships
2020
2nd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Time trial, UEC European Championships
8th Time trial, UCI World Championships
2021 (1)
1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
3rd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Overall Benelux Tour
10th Road race, UEC European Championships
2022 (1)
1st Tour of Leuven
1st Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie
3rd Time trial, National Championships
3rd Circuit Franco-Belge
4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
5th Overall Tour of Belgium
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th Le Samyn
2023 (2)
1st Druivenkoers Overijse
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Luxembourg
6th Tour of Leuven
Tour de France
Combativity award Stages 18, 19 & Overall
2024 (1)
1st Stage 18 Tour de France
6th Time trial, UEC European Championships
9th Time trial, UCI World Championships
2025
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

More information Grand Tour, Giro d'Italia ...
Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF DNF 111 95 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF 64 81
A red jersey Vuelta a España 143 102 111
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More information —, DNF ...
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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Track

2015
3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships
2016
1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
2019
Hour record: 55.089 km

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