Personal information | |
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Full name | Dries Van Gestel |
Born | Arendonk, Belgium | 30 September 1994
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team TotalEnergies |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2009 | WSC Hand in Hand Baal |
2012 | Balen BC |
2013–2015 | Lotto–Belisol U23 |
Professional teams | |
2015 | Lotto–Soudal (stagiaire) |
2016–2019 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise [1] |
2020– | Total Direct Énergie [2] |
Dries Van Gestel (born 30 September 1994) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies. [3]
Grand Tour | 2023 |
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Giro d'Italia | — |
Tour de France | — |
Vuelta a España | 107 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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