Stijn Devolder

Stijn Devolder
	Devolder at the 2012 Tour de Wallonie
Personal information
Full name	Stijn Devolder
Nickname	Volderke
Born	29 August 1979; Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-trialist ; Classics specialist
Amateur teams
1994–1998	Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters
1999–2001	Eddy Merckx Boys
2001	Mapei–Quick-Step (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2002–2003	Vlaanderen–T Interim
2004–2007	U.S. Postal Service
2008–2010	Quick-Step
2011–2012	Vacansoleil–DCM
2013–2016	RadioShack–Leopard[1]
2017–2018	Vérandas Willems–Crelan
2019	Corendon–Circus[2]
Major wins
	Stage races Three Days of De Panne (2005) Tour of Austria (2007) Volta ao Algarve (2008) Tour of Belgium (2008, 2010) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2007, 2010, 2013) National Time Trial Championships (2008, 2010) Tour of Flanders (2008, 2009)

Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for Vlaanderen–T Interim (2002–2003), Discovery Channel (2004–2007), Quick-Step (2008–2010), Vacansoleil–DCM (2011–2012),[3] Trek–Segafredo (2013–2016), Vérandas Willems–Crelan (2017–2018) and Corendon–Circus (2019).[4]

Career

Born in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Devolder won his first professional race at the 2004 Four Days of Dunkirk, winning stage 4. His most prestigious victories are the 2007, 2010 and 2013 Belgian National Road Race Championships, the 2008 and 2009 Tour of Flanders, and the 2008 and 2010 Tour of Belgium. Devolder is a competent climber and proficient in an individual time trial but his main strength lies in the cobbled classics. Devolder led the Quick-Step squad in the 2008 Tour de France but fell off the back and almost immediately stepped off his bike on the Ascent of the Col Agnel.

Devolder left Vacansoleil–DCM at the end of the 2012 season, and joined RadioShack–Leopard on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1]

Major results

1999

Vuelta a Navarra

1st Stages 5 & 6

2000

1st

Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

1st Grand Prix de Waregem

4th Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke

2001

1st Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke

1st Grand Prix de Waregem

7th GP Wielerrevue

2002

2nd GP de Fayt-le-Franc

2nd Zellik–Galmaarden

2003

3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

6th GP Stad Vilvoorde

8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

2004

1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk

3rd Tour du Haut Var

6th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2005

1st

Overall Three Days of De Panne

2006

1st Stage 3a Tour of Belgium

2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial

4th Japan Cup

6th Halle–Ingooigem

8th Overall Three Days of De Panne

8th Overall Deutschland Tour

11th Overall Vuelta a España

2007

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st

Overall Tour of Austria

1st Stage 7

1st Stage 4 (ITT) Three Days of De Panne

3rd Overall Tour de Suisse

9th Trofeo Pollença

2008

1st

Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Tour of Flanders

1st

Overall Tour of Belgium

1st

Mountains classification

1st Stage 4 (ITT)

1st

Overall Volta ao Algarve

1st Stage 4 (ITT)

4th Overall Eneco Tour

6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

7th Paris–Roubaix

9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

10th Trofeo Pollença

2009

1st Tour of Flanders

5th Dwars door Vlaanderen

6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

2010

National Road Championships

1st

Road race

1st

Time trial

1st

Overall Tour of Belgium

2011

7th Chrono des Nations

2012

8th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2013

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

8th Brabantse Pijl

2014

4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

2015

2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne

2017

4th Rad am Ring

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References

"Devolder signs two-year deal with RadioShack-Nissan". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
"Corendon-Circus maakt plannen voor 2019 bekend!" [Corendon-Circus announces plans for 2019!]. Corendon–Circus (in Dutch). Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
'Stijn Devolder komende twee jaar bij Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team' Archived 17 September 2012 at Archive.today, vacansoleilprocyclingteam.nl
Ballinger, Alex (4 November 2019). "Double Tour of Flanders winner Stijn Devolder announces retirement at 40 years old". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

External links

Stijn Devolder at Trap-Friis.dk
Eurosport Profile
Official website (in Dutch)
Stijn Devolder at ProCyclingStats

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[RLT-1] "Devolder signs two-year deal with RadioShack-Nissan". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.

[2] "Corendon-Circus maakt plannen voor 2019 bekend!" [Corendon-Circus announces plans for 2019!]. Corendon–Circus (in Dutch). Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

[3] 'Stijn Devolder komende twee jaar bij Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team' Archived 17 September 2012 at Archive.today, vacansoleilprocyclingteam.nl

[4] Ballinger, Alex (4 November 2019). "Double Tour of Flanders winner Stijn Devolder announces retirement at 40 years old". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

Tour of Flanders winners
1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Van Lerberghe (1919)
1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gerard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gerard Debaets (1927) Jan Mertens (1928) Joseph Dervaes (1929) Frans Bonduel (1930) Romain Gijssels (1931–1932) Alphonse Schepers (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934) Louis Duerloo (1935) Louis Hardiquest (1936) Michel D'Hooghe (1937) Edgard de Caluwé (1938) Karel Kaers (1939)
1940–1959	Achiel Buysse (1940–1941) Briek Schotte (1942) Achiel Buysse (1943) Rik Van Steenbergen (1944) Sylvain Grysolle (1945) Rik Van Steenbergen (1946) Emiel Faignaert (1947) Briek Schotte (1948) Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951) Roger Decock (1952) Wim van Est (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Louison Bobet (1955) Jean Forestier (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Germain Derycke (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)
1960–1979	Arthur Decabooter (1960) Tom Simpson (1961) Rik Van Looy (1962) Noël Foré (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Jo de Roo (1965) Edward Sels (1966) Dino Zandegù (1967) Walter Godefroot (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Eric Leman (1970) Evert Dolman (1971) Eric Leman (1972–1973) Cees Bal (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Walter Planckaert (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Walter Godefroot (1978) Jan Raas (1979)
1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)
2000–2019	Andrei Tchmil (2000) Gianluca Bortolami (2001) Andrea Tafi (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Steffen Wesemann (2004) Tom Boonen (2005–2006) Alessandro Ballan (2007) Stijn Devolder (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Nick Nuyens (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014) Alexander Kristoff (2015) Peter Sagan (2016) Philippe Gilbert (2017) Niki Terpstra (2018) Alberto Bettiol (2019)

Belgian National Road Race Champion (men)
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1894) Henri Luyten (1895–1896) Henri Bertrand (1897–1898) Jules Degeetere (1899)
1900–1919	Mathieu Quoidbach (1900) Paul Burger (1901) Jules Defrance (1902) Arthur Vanderstuyft (1903) Jules Sales (1904) Dieudonné Jamar (1905) Francois Verstraeten (1907–1908) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1909) Henri Hanlet (1910) Odile Defraye (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Joseph Van Daele (1913) Victor Dethier (1914) Jean Rossius (1919)
1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920–1921) René Vermandel (1922) Félix Sellier (1923) René Vermandel (1924) Gerard Debaets (1925) Félix Sellier (1926) August Mortelmans (1927) Joseph Dervaes (1928) Joseph Wauters (1929–1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Georges Lemaire (1932) Louis Duerloo (1933) Louis Roels (1934) Gustave Danneels (1935) Jean Aerts (1936) Karel Kaers (1937) Petrus Van Theemsche (1938) Marcel Kint (1939)
1940–1959	Odiel Van Den Meersschaut (1940) André Defoort (1941) André Maelbrancke (1942) Rik Van Steenbergen (1943, 1945) Émile Masson Jr. (1946–1947) Achiel Buysse (1948) Valère Ollivier (1949) Albert Ramon (1950) Lode Anthonis (1951) Jozef Schils (1952) Alois Vansteenkiste (1953) Rik Van Steenbergen (1954) Emiel Van Cauter (1955) André Vlayen (1956–1957) Rik Van Looy (1958) Petrus Oellibrandt (1959)
1960–1979	Frans De Mulder (1960) Michel Van Aerde (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Rik Van Looy (1963) Edward Sels (1964) Walter Godefroot (1965) Guido Reybrouck (1966) Jozef Boons (1967) Julien Stevens (1968) Roger De Vlaeminck (1969) Eddy Merckx (1970) Herman Van Springel (1971) Walter Godefroot (1972) Frans Verbeeck (1973) Roger Swerts (1974) Willy Teirlinck (1975) Freddy Maertens (1976) Michel Pollentier (1977–1978) Gery Verlinden (1979)
1980–1999	Jos Jacobs (1980) Roger De Vlaeminck (1981) Frank Hoste (1982) Lucien Van Impe (1983) Eric Vanderaerden (1984) Paul Haghedooren (1985) Marc Sergeant (1986) Ferdi Van Den Haute (1987) Etienne De Wilde (1988) Carlo Bomans (1989) Claude Criquielion (1990) Benjamin Van Itterbeeck (1991) Johan Museeuw (1992) Alain Van Den Bossche (1993) Wilfried Nelissen (1994–1995) Johan Museeuw (1996) Tom Steels (1997–1998) Ludo Dierckxsens (1999)
2000–2019	Axel Merckx (2000) Ludovic Capelle (2001) Tom Steels (2002) Geert Omloop (2003) Tom Steels (2004) Serge Baguet (2005) Niko Eeckhout (2006) Stijn Devolder (2007) Jürgen Roelandts (2008) Tom Boonen (2009) Stijn Devolder (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Stijn Devolder (2013) Jens Debusschere (2014) Preben Van Hecke (2015) Philippe Gilbert (2016) Oliver Naesen (2017) Yves Lampaert (2018) Tim Merlier (2019)

Belgian National Time Trial Championships (men)
1980–1999	Marc Streel (1997, 1999)
2000–2019	Rik Verbrugghe (2000) Leif Hoste (2001) Marc Wauters (2002–2003) Bert Roesems (2004) Marc Wauters (2005) Leif Hoste (2006–2007) Stijn Devolder (2008) Maxime Monfort (2009) Stijn Devolder (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Kristof Vandewalle (2012–2014) Jurgen Van den Broeck (2015) Victor Campenaerts (2016) Yves Lampaert (2017) Victor Campenaerts (2018) Wout van Aert (2019)