Brent Van Moer Explained

Brent Van Moer
Fullname:Brent Van Moer
Birth Place:Beveren, Belgium
Height:1.91 m
Weight:79 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2017–2019
Amateurteam1:[1]
Amateuryears2:2018
Amateurteam2: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:2019–
Proteam1:[2] [3]

Brent Van Moer (born 12 January 1998) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .[4] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[5]

Career

He won the first stage of the 2021 Critérium du Dauphiné with an impressive solo attack in which he held off the peloton. On stage 4 of 2021 Tour de France attacked as soon as 'the race is on' was declared ten kilometers into the stage. He and Pierre-Luc Périchon were the only two breakaway riders and the pair stayed away all day. He eventually went on a solo attack but he was caught in the final 150 meters by the peloton as Mark Cavendish went on to take stage. Van Moer was awarded the Most Combative Rider for his efforts.

Major results

2016
  • 1st Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich
  • 1st Stage 3a
  • 3rd Overall Keizer der Juniores
  • 6th La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
  • 6th Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
  • 7th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
  • 9th E3 Harelbeke Junioren
    2017
  • 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2018
  • 2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
  • 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
  • 2nd De Kustpijl
  • 6th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
    2019
  • 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 3rd Sundvolden GP
  • 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
  • 7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
  • 1st Stage 2a (ITT)
  • 7th Overall Danmark Rundt
    2021 (1 pro win)
  • 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné
  • Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France
    2023
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
  • 1st Sprints classification
  • 3rd Grand Prix La Marseillaise
  • 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
  • 7th Overall Danmark Rundt
    2024
  • 7th Grand Prix de Denain
  • 9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour202020212022
    Giro d'Italia
    Tour de France65122
    Vuelta a España100
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Thijssen and Van Moer to become pro on 1 July 2019. . Captains of Cycling cvba. 10 December 2018. 4 January 2019.
    2. News: Lotto Soudal welcomes Brent Van Moer to the WorldTour team!. . Captains of Cycling cvba. 4 June 2019. 8 July 2019.
    3. News: Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. 2 January 2020.
    4. Web site: Lotto Soudal. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101195132/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15244/1000929/279. 1 January 2021.
    5. Web site: 75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 19 October 2020.