Laurens De Vreese
Laurens De Vreese (born 29 September 1988) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana.[3] De Vreese was the 2010 Belgian national champion for the road race for riders under 23 years of age, winning the title in Hooglede.[4]
De Vreese at the 2014 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Laurens De Vreese |
Born | Aalst, Belgium | 29 September 1988
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Astana |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2009 | Profel-Prorace |
2010 | Beveren 2000 |
Professional teams | |
2011–2013 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator[1] |
2014 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
2015– | Astana[2] |
Born in Ghent, De Vreese has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, riding as a member of the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator squad. At the 2012 running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, De Vreese was one of a number of riders to be disqualified from the event as a result of taking a short-cut.[5]
De Vreese left Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise at the end of the 2013 season and joined Wanty–Groupe Gobert for the 2014 season.[6] Subsequently in August 2014, Astana announced that De Vreese had signed a one year deal with the squad for 2015.[7] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[8]
Major results
- 2009
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 2nd Flèche Ardennaise
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 1st Overall Topcompetitie
- 1st Overall Triptyque Ardennaise
- 1st Zillebeke–Westouter–Zillebeke
- 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 3rd Flèche Ardennaise
- 4th Overall Tour de Liège
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Circuit de Wallonie
- 5th Heusden Oost-Vlaanderen
- 7th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 10th Grote Prijs Stad Geel
- 2011
- 3rd GP Paul Borremans
- 3rd Heusden Oost-Vlaanderen
- 5th Halle–Ingooigem
- 7th GP José Dubois
- 10th Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde
- 2012
- 1st
Combativity classification Eneco Tour - 2nd Paris–Tours
- 4th GP Wanzele
- 2013
- 1st
Combativity classification Tour of Belgium - 1st
Combativity classification Eneco Tour - 6th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 9th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 10th Rund um Köln
- 10th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2014
- 3rd Gooikse Pijl
- 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2016
- 8th Overall Danmark Rundt
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2017 |
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— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- "Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator (TSV) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "De Vrees tops Eijssen for U23 title". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- Hood, Andrew (22 April 2012). "Valverde, others disqualified for steering off Liege route". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- "De Vreese passe chez Wanty en 2014" [De Vreese going on at Wanty in 2014]. RTBF.be (in French). Radio Télévision Belge Francophone. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- "2015 Contract - Laurens De Vreese". Astana Pro Team. 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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