Baptiste Planckaert

Baptiste Planckaert
	Baptiste Planckaert (2019)
To person
Date of birth	September 28, 1988
nation	Belgium
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Bingoal WB
function	driver
Most important successes
	Overall ranking UCI Europe Tour 2016
	Last updated: December 22, 2017

Planckaert wins Around Cologne 2019 ahead of Christoph Pfingsten

Baptiste Planckaert (born September 28, 1988 in Kortrijk ) is a Belgian cyclist .

Athletic career

Baptiste Planckaert won the Belgian one-day race Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2004 in the youth class. In the 2009 season he won a stage in the U23 class at the Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux . He also started at the European Road Championships, where he finished 19th in the road race.

In 2015 Planckaert won the Kattekoers , the U23 race from Gent – Wevelgem . The following year was his most successful to date: he won the Tour de Normandie , the Tour du Finistère , the Polynormande and a stage of the Czech Cycling Tour . He also decided the points classification of the Circuit des Ardennes and the Tour of Belgium for himself and the mountain classification of the Tour de Wallonie . These successes led him to win the overall ranking of the UCI Europe Tour .

Planckaert then drove for two years for the UCI WorldTeam Katusha Alpecin , but was unable to build on his previous successes. In 2019 he won for the UCI Professional Continental Team Wallonie-Bruxelles around Cologne .

family

Baptiste Planckaert is not related to the cycling family of Willy , Walter and Eddy Planckaert . For his part, he has two younger brothers who are active racing cyclists, Emile and Edward .