Stijn Vandenbergh

Stijn Vandenbergh (born 25 April 1984) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R La Mondiale.[3]

Stijn Vandenbergh
Vandenbergh in 2014
Personal information
Full nameStijn Vandenbergh
NicknameVDB[1]
Born (1984-04-25) 25 April 1984
Oudenaarde, Belgium
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight85 kg (187 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamAG2R La Mondiale
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist
Amateur teams
2004Onder Ons Parike
2005Amuzza.com
2006Unibet.com Davo
2006Unibet.com (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2007Unibet.com
2008Ag2r–La Mondiale
2009–2011Team Katusha
2012–2016Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[2]
2017–AG2R La Mondiale

Born in Oudenaarde, Vandenbergh became a stagiaire for Unibet.com in 2006 and became professional in 2007. As a first year professional he won the first stage[4] and held the yellow jersey to the win of the Tour of Ireland.[5]

Major results
2004
1st Omloop Het Volk U23
2006
3rd Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
2007
1st Overall Tour of Ireland
1st Stage 1
9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
10th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
2008
9th Grand Prix de Denain
2009
2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
2010
9th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2013
2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
8th Gent–Wevelgem
10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2014
4th E3 Harelbeke
4th Tour of Flanders
5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
8th Overall Tour of Qatar
2015
4th Gent-Wevelgem
4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
7th Le Samyn
2016
1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de San Luis
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
2018
10th Tro-Bro Léon
2019
5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
6th Le Samyn
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References
  1. "Stijn Vandenbergh". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. "Les frères Velits chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [The brothers Velits at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. rtbf.be (in French). RTBF. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  3. "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. Liggett, Phil (23 August 2007). "Stijn Vandenbergh climbs to the top". London: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. "Marcato triumphs in Dublin finale". Tour of Ireland.ie. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2007.


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