Kristof Vandewalle

Kristof Vandewalle

Vandewalle at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl.
Personal information
Full name	Kristof Vandewalle
Born	5 April 1985 Kortrijk, Belgium
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-trialist All-Rounder
Amateur team(s)
2006–2007	Beveren 2000
Professional team(s)
2008–2010	Topsport Vlaanderen
2011–2013	Quick-Step
2014–2015	Trek Factory Racing
Major wins
One-day races and Classics World Team Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013) National Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013, 2014) Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (2010)
Medal record Road bicycle racing Competitor for Omega Pharma–Quick-Step World Championships 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial 2013 Tuscany Team time trial
Infobox last updated on 21 September 2015

Kristof Vandewalle (born 5 April 1985) is a professional Belgian road cyclist, who rides with Trek–Segafredo.^[1] While a member of the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step squad,^[2] he won two successive World Team Time Trial Championships and two consecutive Belgian National Time Trial Championships.

In the 2014 season, Vandewalle is riding for Trek Factory Racing,^[1] after three seasons with Omega Pharma–Quick-Step and its precursor Quick-Step. His first victory in the team's colours, was a third national time trial championships in May 2014, in Hooglede.^[3]

Palmarès

2003

1st Overall Route de l'Avenir

1st Stages 1 & 2

2007

8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1st Stage 3

8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

2008

6th Duo Normand (with Bart Vanheule)

8th Vlaamse Pijl

2010

1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

4th Tre Valli Varesine

7th Overall Tour de Wallonie

7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

8th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt

10th Druivenkoers Overijse

2012

1st National Time Trial Championships

1st World Team Time Trial Championships

1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain

2013

1st World Team Time Trial Championships

1st National Time Trial Championships

1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

1st Prologue

3rd Duo Normand (with Julien Vermote)

7th Overall Tour of Belgium

2014

1st National Time Trial Championships

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria

9th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

Gallery

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  Vandewalle during the 2015 Paris–Nice Prologue where he finished 28th.

References

1. "Vandewalle chez Trek" [Vandewalle with Trek]. L'Équipe (in French) (Éditions Philippe Amaury). 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
2. "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
3. "Vandewalle repeats as Belgian time trial champion". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 1 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

External links

Media related to Kristof Vandewalle at Wikimedia Commons

• Kristof Vandewalle profile at Cycling Archives
• Kristof Vandewalle profile at Etixx–Quick-Step

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