Bert De Backer

Bert De Backer
	Bert De Backer (2015)
To person
Date of birth	April 2, 1984
nation	Belgium
discipline	Street
Driver type	Classic driver
height	183 cm
Racing weight	79 kg
To the team
Current team	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept
function	driver
	Last updated: November 22, 2017

Bert De Backer (born April 2, 1984 in Eeklo ) is a Belgian racing cyclist .

Career

Bert De Backer came third in the juniors' Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2002 . In 2007 he won the junior race Grand Prix de la ville de Geluwe . He was a stagiaire for Navigators Insurance at the end of 2007 and at Skil-Shimano at the end of 2008 . De Backer then signed his first professional contract with this team.

In the second stage of the Tour of Denmark in 2010 he was third in the stage. 2011 won the special classification of the intermediate sprint at the Three Days of De Panne . At the Giro d'Italia 2013 he made his debut on a Grand Tour and finished in 157th place. In the same year he won the Belgian one-day race Grote Prijs Jef Scherens . In the cobblestone classic Paris – Roubaix 2014 and 2015 , he finished 11th and 12th, and in 2015 he was the decisive helper of his team captain and eventual winner John Degenkolb , when he made it possible for him to counterattack with an attack 13 kilometers from the finish. At Paris-Roubaix 2016 he was 16th and 2018 21st.

successes

2011

Sprint classification Three days from De Panne

2013

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	157	133	158	DNF	-	-
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Individual evidence

↑ One team, one stone - Giant-Alpecin triumphs in Roubaix. In: radsport-news.com. April 13, 2015, accessed December 23, 2018 .

Web links

Commons : Bert De Backer - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Bert De Backer in the ProCyclingStats.com database

personal data
SURNAME	De Backer, Bert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 2, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eeklo

[radsport-92497-1] One team, one stone - Giant-Alpecin triumphs in Roubaix. In: radsport-news.com. April 13, 2015, accessed December 23, 2018 .