Stijn Vandenbergh

Belgian road bicycle racer

Stijn Vandenbergh
Personal information
Vandenbergh in 2014
Full name	Stijn Vandenbergh
Nickname	VDB^[1]
Born	(1984-04-25) 25 April 1984 (age 40) Oudenaarde, Belgium
Height	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)^[1]
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)^[1]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Amateur teams
2004	Onder Ons Parike
2005	Amuzza.com
2006	Unibet.com Davo
2006	Unibet.com (stagiaire)

Professional teams
2007	Unibet.com
2008	Ag2r–La Mondiale
2009–2011	Team Katusha
2012–2016	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step^[2]
2017–2020	AG2R La Mondiale^[3]

Stijn Vandenbergh (born 25 April 1984) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020 for the Unibet.com, Team Katusha, Etixx–Quick-Step and AG2R La Mondiale teams.^[4]

Born in Oudenaarde, Vandenbergh, as a first year professional, won the first stage^[5] and held the yellow jersey to the win of the Tour of Ireland.^[6]

Major results

2004

1st Omloop Het Volk U23

10th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig

10th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23

2006

3rd Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig

2007

1st

Overall Tour of Ireland

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 1

9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

10th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

2008

9th Grand Prix de Denain

2009

2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

2010

9th Dwars door Vlaanderen

2013

2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

8th Gent–Wevelgem

10th Dwars door Vlaanderen

2014

4th E3 Harelbeke

4th Tour of Flanders

5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

8th Overall Tour of Qatar

2015

4th Gent–Wevelgem

4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

7th Le Samyn

2016

1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de San Luis

3rd Overall Tour of Belgium

2018

10th Tro-Bro Léon

2019

5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

6th Le Samyn

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Stijn Vandenbergh". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
^ "Les frères Velits chez Omega Pharma-Quick Step" [The brothers Velits at Omega Pharma-Quick Step]. rtbf.be (in French). RTBF. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ Cotton, Jim (27 November 2020). "Ag2r-Citroën sponsor moves puts pinch on the unproven and unlucky". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. Retrieved 27 November 2020. Veteran cobbles-crusher Stijn Vandenbergh is one of three riders retiring after their contracts with Ag2r-La Mondiale expired at the end of this season.
^ Liggett, Phil (23 August 2007). "Stijn Vandenbergh climbs to the top". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 August 2007.^{[dead link]}
^ "Marcato triumphs in Dublin finale". Tour of Ireland.ie. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2007.