Aimé De Gendt

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Aimé De Gendt Road cycling
Aimé De Gendt (2016)
Aimé De Gendt (2016)
To person
Date of birth June 17, 1994
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Road / train
To the team
Current team Circus Wanty Gobert
Last updated: August 29, 2020

Aimé De Gendt (born June 17, 1994 in Aalst ) is a Belgian cyclist.

Athletic career

Aimé De Gendt began his cycling career above all with success on the track : he was several times junior champion in various disciplines. In 2011 he was also Belgian junior champion in the individual time trial . In 2013 he won a national elite title in the team pursuit with Otto Vergaerde , Jonas Rickaert and Tiesj Benoot .

In 2016 De Gendt signed a contract with Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise . In the same year he won the mountain classification of the Tour of Denmark . In 2018 he was second in the Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem and in 2019 in Le Samyn .

In 2019, De Gendt, now with the Wanty-Gobert team , started a major tour of the country for the first time and finished 136th in the overall standings at the Tour de France . After the 11th stage he was named the “most combative driver ”.

In March 2020, De Gent took second place at Le Samyn .

Miscellaneous

Aimé De Gendt is not related to the Belgian cyclist Thomas De Gendt .

successes

Street

2011
2016
2019

train

2011
  • MaillotBélgica.svgBelgian Junior Champion - scratch, two-man team driving (with Jasper De Buyst ), team pursuit (with Jasper De Buyst, Jens Geerinck and Saimen De Laeter)
2012
2013

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2019
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 136
Red jersey Vuelta a España -

Teams

Web links

Commons : Aimé De Gendt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Aimé De Gendt steals the show from Cofidis in Toulouse. In: radsport-news.com. July 17, 2019, accessed July 29, 2019 .