Michaël Van Staeyen

Michaël Van Staeyen
	Michaël Van Staeyen (2015)
To person
Date of birth	August 13, 1988
nation	Belgium
discipline	Street
Driver type	sprinter
To the team
Current team	Tarteletto Isorex
function	driver
Team (s)
2007 ; 2008–2009 ; 2010–2014 ; 2015–2018 ; 2019 ; 2020	Davo ; Rabobank Continental ; Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator ; Cofidis, Solutions Crédits ; Roompot-Charles ; Tarteletto-Isorex
Most important successes
	Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen 2010
	Last updated: April 12, 2020

Michaël Van Staeyen (born August 13, 1988 in Antwerp ) is a Belgian racing cyclist .

Career

Van Staeyen won his first international competitions in 2009 with one stage each in the Istrian Spring Trophy and the Vuelta Ciclista a León . From 2010 to 2014 he drove for the Professional Continental Team Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator . For this team he won in 2010 a section of the Tour of Denmark , a stage race hors categorie , and in the sprint ahead of Robbie McEwen the one-day race Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen . This was followed by victories at a stage of the Étoile de Bessèges in 2013 and at De Kustpijl in 2014. In 2012 and 2014, he finished fourth in the classic Paris-Bruxelles . In the following years he could not build on these successes with other teams .

Michaël Van Staeyen comes from a cycling family. His grandfather Joseph Van Staeyen was a professional from 1940 to 1957 and his uncle Ludo Van Staeyen from 1971 to 1977 .