Jan Bakelants (born 14 February 1986) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022.
.jpg) Bakelants at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Bakelants |
| Nickname | Baki |
| Born | 14 February 1986 Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006–2008 | Beveren 2000 |
| 2008 | Topsport Vlaanderen (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
| 2010–2011 | Omega Pharma–Lotto |
| 2012–2013 | RadioShack–Nissan[1] |
| 2014 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step |
| 2015–2018 | AG2R La Mondiale |
| 2019 | Team Sunweb[2] |
| 2020–2022 | Circus–Wanty Gobert[3][4] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
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His major wins include the 2008 Tour de l'Avenir and stage 2 of the 2013 Tour de France, claiming the yellow jersey after winning the stage by only a second of an advantage on the peloton after a late attack.[5] He also rode the 2010 Giro d'Italia, in which he finished 36th.
Bakelants left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Omega Pharma–Quick-Step for the 2014 season.[6] In August 2014, it was announced that he would be leaving Omega Pharma–Quick-Step after one year and joining AG2R La Mondiale on an initial two-year deal.[7]
Bakelants was severely injured in a crash at the 2017 Giro di Lombardia when he crashed into a ravine on a fast descent, fracturing seven ribs and the first and third vertebrae. He did not lose consciousness and was transferred to the hospital in Como.[8] The crash left Bakelants 1 centimetre (0.39 inches) shorter.[9] After his crash, Bakelants spoke out about safety standards in cycling. He hoped to return to racing in March 2018,[10] and did so at the Classic Loire Atlantique in France.
Major results
edit- 2006
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2007
- 3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 1st Overall Tour de Liège
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 1st Flèche Ardennaise
- 2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2nd Grand Prix de Waregem
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour des Pyrénées
- 4th Circuit de Wallonie
- 8th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 9th Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 2009
- 2nd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
- 5th De Vlaamse Pijl
- 7th Le Samyn
- 9th Overall Eneco Tour
- 10th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2010
- 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 7th Trofeo Inca
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2012
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 6th Overall Tour Down Under
- 6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 10th Overall Eneco Tour
- 2013
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2
- Held after Stages 2 & 3
- 2nd Amstel Curaçao Race
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 4th Overall Eneco Tour
- 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 7th Overall Tour of Beijing
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2014
- 1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 7th La Drôme Classic
- 2015
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Gran Piemonte
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 6th Overall Critérium International
- 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 7th Coppa Sabatini
- 2016
- 2nd La Drôme Classic
- 3rd Overall La Méditerranéenne
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 5th Giro dell'Emilia
- 6th Coppa Sabatini
- 8th Overall Tour La Provence
- 9th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 2017
- 3rd La Drôme Classic
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2018
- 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2019
- 5th Overall ZLM Tour
- 2020
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 9th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2022
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie
Grand Tour results timeline
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| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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36 | 22 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | |
| Tour de France
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— | — | — | 18 | 24 | 20 | 50 | 22 | — | — | — | 48 | |
 Vuelta a España
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18 | 31 | 22 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | |
References
edit- ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Bakelants signs with Circus-Wanty Gobert-Tormans". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Pete, Cossins (30 June 2013). "Bakelants' luck is finally as good as his legs at Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "OPQS Signs Bakelants for 2014". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Bakelants confirms move to AG2R-La Mondiale". cyclingnews.com. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ Adams, Tom (8 October 2017). "Jan Bakelants and Simone Petilli are in hospital after crashing on dangerous Il Lombardia descent". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Bakelants 1cm shorter after Il Lombardia crash | Cyclingnews". 31 January 2018.
- ^ "Bakelants: Chris Froome is going to be suspended and that will be right". 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Jan Bakelants".
External links
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Media related to Jan Bakelants at Wikimedia Commons- Jan Bakelants at UCI
- Jan Bakelants at Cycling Archives
- Jan Bakelants at ProCyclingStats
- Jan Bakelants at Cycling Quotient
- Jan Bakelants at CycleBase
