Frederik Backaert

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Frederik Backaert Road cycling
Frederik Backaert (2014)
Frederik Backaert (2014)
To person
Date of birth March 13, 1990
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Street
To the team
Current team Circus Wanty Gobert
function driver
Team (s)
08 / 12-12 / 12
2014-
Landbouwkrediet-Euphony (Stagiaire)
Circus-Wanty Gobert
Last updated: May 7, 2018

Frederik Backaert (born March 13, 1990 in Gent ) is a Belgian racing cyclist .

Career

Backaert drove at the end of the 2012 season for the Professional Continental Team as Landbouwkrediet-Euphony as Stagiaire , but did not receive a regular contract for the following year. For the 2014 season he joined the Wanty-Groupe Gobert team. In his second year with this team, he finished in two stage races in the hors categorie top places in the overall standings: He was fourth of the Four Days of Dunkirk and tenth of the Tour of Belgium . On the final stage of the Tour of Austria 2016 , he achieved his first victory in a race on the international calendar. He contested his first Grand Tour with the Tour de France 2017 and finished this tour in 132nd place.

successes

2016

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 132 - 120
Red jersey Vuelta a España - -

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