Gaëtan Bille
To person | |
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Date of birth | April 6, 1988 |
nation | Belgium |
discipline | Street |
To the team | |
Current team | Sovac-Natura4Ever |
function | driver |
End of career | 2018 |
Societies) | |
2010 | RC Pesant Club Liégeois |
Team (s) | |
2008 2009 2011 2012–2013 2014–2015 2016 2017 2018 |
Groupe Gobert.com (Stagiaire) Verandas Willems Wallonie Bruxelles Lotto Belisol Vérandas Willems Wanty-Groupe Gobert Vérandas Willems-Crelan Sovac-Natura4Ever |
Last updated: February 20, 2018 |
Gaëtan Bille (born April 6, 1988 in Soest , Germany ) is a former Belgian cyclist .
Career
In 2006, Gaëtan Bille won the Italian one-day race Trofeo Emilio Paganessi in the junior class . In 2008 he finished third in the Kattekoer , and in 2014 he finished second in this race. At the end of the 2008 season he drove with the Belgian Continental Team Groupe Gobert.com as a stagiaire , but signed a contract with the Continental Team Verandas Willems for the following year . After a year with no countable results, he moved back to the RC Pesant Club Liégeois . After moving to the Continental Team Wallonie Bruxelles-Crédit Agricole in 2011 , for which he won various international races, he drove for ProTeam Lotto Belisol in 2012 and 2013 . In 2012 he had his greatest success to date when he was awarded the UCI category 1.1. listed one-day races Grand Prix Pino Cerami won after a solo drive. In the same year he contested a "Grand Tour" for the first time with the Giro d'Italia , but gave up the race after the 16th stage.
In 2014, Bille won the Flèche du Sud , and the following year a stage of this race. In 2015 he finished third in the overall ranking of the Tour of Belgium . Also in 2015 he won the Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia , in 2018 the Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale . He officially retired in 2018 after having had two difficult seasons. In 2016 his close friend and teammate Antoine Demoitié died after a fall. Bille himself had several serious falls and had problems in his last teams.
successes
- 2006
- Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
- 2011
- Zellik-Galmaarden
- a stage Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- a stage Ronde de l'Oise
- 2012
- 2014
- Overall ranking and a stage Flèche du Sud
- Grand Prix de la Ville de Pérenchies
- 2015
- a stage of the Flèche du Sud
- Paris-Arras Tour team time trial
- Prologue Volta a Portugal
- Overall ranking Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
- 2018
- Prologue Grand Prix International de la ville d'Alger
- Overall ranking and a stage Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale
- 2019
- a stage Tour de Guadeloupe
Web links
- Gaëtan Bille in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Gaëtan Bille in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com from April 5, 2012: Bille is preparing an early birthday present
- ↑ Ie Les Sports +: Gaëtan Bille ne sera plus pro en 2018. In: dhnet.be. September 26, 2017, accessed April 18, 2020 (French).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bille, Gaëtan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian road cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1988 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Soest , Germany |