Thomas Degand

Thomas Degand

Degand in 2014.
Personal information
Born	13 May 1986 Ronse, Belgium
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Team information
Current team	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
2008	Groupe Gobert.com
Professional team(s)
2009–2014	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
2015	IAM Cycling
2016–	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
Infobox last updated on 2 February 2016

Thomas Degand (born 13 May 1986) is a Belgian racing cyclist riding for Wanty-Groupe Gobert.^[1] He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España^[2] but he withdrew from the race after a crash. After spending the 2015 season riding for IAM Cycling, in September 2015 it was announced that he would return to his previous team Wanty–Groupe Gobert on a two-year contract from 2016.^[3]

Palmarès

2014

2nd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon^[4]

1st Stage 1^[5]

6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen^[6]

7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía^[7]

10th Overall Tour of Austria^[8]

2015

8th Overall Tour of Austria

References

1. "Thomas Degand". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
2. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
3. "Thomas Degand de retour chez Wanty-Groupe Gobert en 2016" [Thomas Degand to return to Wanty-Groupe Gobert in 2016]. RTBF (in French). 16 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
4. "Txurruka wins Tour du Gévaudan". cyclingnews.com. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
5. "Degand wins in Chanac". cyclingnews.com. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
6. Wynn, Nigel (16 February 2014). "Steve Cummings wins Tour of the Mediterranean". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
7. "Hofland wins final Ruta del Sol stage". cyclingnews.com. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
8. "Kennaugh wins Tour of Austria". cyclingnews.com. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

External links

• Thomas Degand profile at Cycling Archives
• Thomas Degand profile at ProCyclingStats