Steff Cras

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Steff Cras
Steff Cras a l'issue de la 2e etape du Tour de l'Ain 2021.jpg
Cras in 2021
Personal information
Full nameSteff Cras
Born (1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)
Geel, Belgium
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team Team TotalEnergies [1]
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2015–2016 Lotto–Soudal U23
2017 BMC Development Team
Professional teams
2018–2019 Team Katusha–Alpecin [2] [3]
2020–2022 Lotto–Soudal [4] [5]
2023– Team TotalEnergies

Steff Cras (born 13 February 1996) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies. [6]

Contents

Career

In August 2019 he rode the 2019 Vuelta a España. [7] In October 2019 Cras had been announced to join Lotto–Soudal on an initial two-year deal following the demise of his current team Team Katusha–Alpecin. [8] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. [9] This was his first ever Tour, his job was to ride in support of Caleb Ewan who was aiming for the Green Points Jersey. [10] The 2021 Volta a Catalunya was a race where COVID-19 was rampant, Cras caught COVID and had to abandon the race before the last stage. [11] After two years at Lotto–Soudal Cras announced a one-year contract extension to remain with the team till the end of 2022. [12] On 17 August 2022 it was announced that Cras would join Team TotalEnergies for two seasons from 2023. [13] [14] Cras started in the 2022 Vuelta a España but crashed heavily in Stage 2 so did not finish the stage and pulled out of the race. [15]

Major results

2014
2nd Overall Tour du Valromey
1st Stage 1
2015
10th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2016
8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
8th Overall Course de la Paix U23
8th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc
2017
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
4th Overall Tour Alsace
5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
5th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
5th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
2018
7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
2019
9th Tokyo 2020 Test Event
2022
4th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
5th Mercan'Tour Classic
8th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
2023
5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
7th Tour du Doubs
2024
8th GP Miguel Induráin
8th Vuelta a Murcia
9th Overall Tour of Slovenia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 201920202021202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia ——————
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France — DNF —— DNF 16
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 76 — 20 DNF 11 —
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. ↑ "Steff CRAS". UCI. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Katusha-Alpecin signs young Belgian climbing talent Cras - News Shorts". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "TotalEnergies". UCI.org. Union Cycliste International . Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Vuelta a Espana 2019". cyclingnews.com. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". cyclingnews.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Tour de France 2020". cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Selection for first Tour de France 'a dream come true' for Cras". cyclingnews.com. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Steff Cras tests positive for COVID-19 at Volta a Catalunya". cyclingnews.com. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Holmes and Cras sign extensions with Lotto Soudal". cyclingnews.com. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Steff Cras Signs with Team TotalEnergies for Two Seasons". Team TotalEnergies Pro Cycling. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  14. ↑ ""The good atmosphere that reigns in this team is very important to me" - Steff Cras to ride for TotalEnergies". CyclingUpToDate.com. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Vuelta 2022: Steff Cras is na val eerste opgever, drie botbreuken". WielerFlits (in Dutch). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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