Stijn Steels

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Stijn Steels
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Steels in 2019.
Personal information
Full nameStijn Steels
Born (1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 35)
Ghent, Belgium
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2007Balen BC
2008–2009Rock Werchter–Chocolade Jacques
2012EFC–Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
Professional teams
2010 Qin Cycling Team
2011 Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht
2013 Crelan–Euphony
2014–2017 Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2018 Vérandas Willems–Crelan
2019 Roompot–Charles [1]
2020–2022 Deceuninck–Quick-Step [2] [3]

Stijn Steels (born 21 August 1989 in Ghent) is a Belgian former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022. He is the nephew of former professional cyclist Tom Steels. [4]

Contents

In August 2019, it was announced that Steels would move up to UCI World Tour level from 2020, signing a two-year contract with Deceuninck–Quick-Step, [5] his seventh professional team.

Major results

2010
2nd Dwars door het Hageland
4th Grote Prijs Stad Geel
2011
9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2012
4th Flèche Ardennaise
2013
3rd Antwerpse Havenpijl
6th Rund um Köln
2014
1st Jersey blue.svg Sprints classification Three Days of De Panne
7th Polynormande
2015
1st Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen
2016
1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
3rd Schaal Sels
2017
8th Schaal Sels
2019
6th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

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References

  1. ↑ Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Stijn Steels  » Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise" . Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Deceuninck-QuickStep sign Van Lerberghe and Stijn Steels". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
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