Tim Declercq

Tim Declercq
	Tim Declercq (2016)
To person
Nickname	El Tractor
Date of birth	March 21, 1989
nation	Belgium
discipline	Street
Driver type	helper
height	190 cm
Racing weight	78 kg
To the team
Current team	Deceuninck-Quick-Step
function	driver
Team (s)
2012–2016 ; 2017–	Topsport Vlaanderen ; Quick-Step / Deceuninck
	Last updated: July 24, 2018

Tim Declercq (born March 21, 1989 in Leuven ) is a Belgian racing cyclist .

Career

As a junior rider, Declercq won a stage of the Münsterland Tour in 2007.

In 2010 he was sixth in the U23 edition of the classic Paris – Roubaix . The next year Declercq won the Belgian U23 championship in road racing .

From 2012 to 2016 Declercq drove for the Belgian professional Continental Team Topsport Vlaanderen . During this time he was able to win the one-day race Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig in 2012 and 2013 .

Subsequently, he moved Declercq to the UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step Floors and developed into one of the most valued helpers in road cycling , who was voted the best domestics by his colleagues in a survey on the internet portal cyclingnews.com . He is nicknamed El Tractor because of his hardness at speed . His best individual results include fifth place at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2020.