Thomas Degand Explained
| Thomas Degand |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Ronse, Belgium |
| Weight: | 630NaN0 |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Climber |
| Amateuryears1: | 2007–2008 |
| Amateurteam1: | Storez–Ledecq Matériaux |
| Proyears1: | 2009–2014 |
| Proyears2: | 2015 |
| Proyears3: | 2016–2020 |
| Proteam3: | [1] [2] |
Thomas Degand (born 13 May 1986) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam .[3]
He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, and was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España[4] but he withdrew from the race after a crash. After spending the 2015 season riding for, in September 2015 it was announced that he would return to his previous team on an initial two-year contract from 2016.[5] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[6]
Major results
- 2008
3rd Grand Prix Criquielion
4th Flèche Ardennaise
- 2009
2nd Grand Prix Criquielion
8th Flèche Ardennaise
10th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
- 2010
1st Circuit de Wallonie
1st Flèche Ardennaise
7th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
9th Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 2011
3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
5th Overall Tour du Limousin
5th Overall Tour of South Africa
6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
7th Overall Route du Sud
- 2014
2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
1st Stage 1
6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
10th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2015
8th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2017
1st Overall Tour du Jura
- 2018
4th Volta Limburg Classic
6th Overall Tour du Limousin
9th Boucles de l'AulneGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish | |
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Notes and References
- News: Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019. Giampaolo. Almeida. Italian. Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. Gravatar. 6 January 2019. 31 January 2019.
- Web site: Circus - Wanty Gobert. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 6 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105234804/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14012/1001393/266. 5 January 2020.
- News: Nicolò. Vallone. 2021, ecco gli organici delle 19 formazioni WorldTour. Italian. 2021, here are the rosters of the 19 WorldTour teams. Tuttobici. Prima Pagina Edizioni s.r.l.. 28 December 2020. 3 January 2021.
- Web site: Vuelta a España 2015 . 21 August 2015 . Cycling Fever.
- Web site: Thomas Degand de retour chez Wanty-Groupe Gobert en 2016. 16 September 2015 . RTBF. French . Thomas Degand to return to Wanty-Groupe Gobert in 2016. 29 September 2015.
- Web site: 2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List . 28 June 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
