Laurens De Vreese Explained

Laurens De Vreese
Fullname:Laurens De Vreese
Birth Date:1988 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Aalst, Belgium
Height:1.9m (06.2feet)
Weight:76kg (168lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2009
Amateuryears2:2010
Amateurteam2:Beveren 2000
Proyears1:2011–2013
Proteam1:[1]
Proyears2:2014
Proyears3:2015–2020
Proteam3:[2] [3]
Proyears4:2021

Laurens De Vreese (born 29 September 1988) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam .[4] De Vreese was the 2010 Belgian national champion for the road race for riders under 23 years of age, winning the title in Hooglede.[5]

Career

Born in Ghent, De Vreese has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, riding as a member of the 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.[6]

De Vreese left at the end of the 2013 season and joined for the 2014 season.[7] Subsequently in August 2014, announced that De Vreese had signed a one-year deal with the squad for 2015.[8] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España.[9]

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 Tour2017
    Giro d'Italia
    Tour de France
    Vuelta a España122
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator (TSV) – BEL. 8 August 2012. UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale.
    2. News: Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019. . Apgrade. 16 December 2018. 1 January 2019.
    3. Web site: Astana Pro Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200101021635/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13981/1001249/260. 1 January 2020.
    4. News: Cyclisme: Laurens De Vreese quitte Astana pour Alpecin-Fenix. French. Cycling: Laurens De Vreese quits Astana for Alpecin-Fenix. Le Soir. Groupe Rossel. Belga. 17 December 2020. 18 December 2020.
    5. News: De Vrees tops Eijssen for U23 title. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 August 2010. 8 August 2012.
    6. News: Valverde, others disqualified for steering off Liege route. Andrew. Hood. 22 April 2012. 8 August 2012. VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc..
    7. News: De Vreese passe chez Wanty en 2014. French. De Vreese going on at Wanty in 2014. 6 October 2013. 10 December 2013. RTBF.be. Radio Télévision Belge Francophone.
    8. Web site: 2015 Contract - Laurens De Vreese. 30 August 2014 . . 5 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141013193517/http://proteam-astana.com/2014/08/30/2015-contract-laurens-de-vreese/ . 13 October 2014 .
    9. Web site: 2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist . 17 August 2017. ProCyclingStats.