Jasper Stuyven (born 17 April 1992) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[3] He is considered to be a classics specialist, and has won several major races including the 2021 Milan–San Remo, one of cycling's monuments, the 2020 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the 2016 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne. He has also had success in stage races, winning the overall classification of the 2019 Deutschland Tour as well as a stage of the 2015 Vuelta a España. Stuyven has also competed in six editions of the Tour de France, finishing on the podium several times on different stages.[4]
 Stuyven at the 2019 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jasper Stuyven | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Chocolatier from Flanders[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1992 Leuven, Flanders, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lidl–Trek | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist All-rounder | ||||||||||||||
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| 2009–2010 | Avia Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Ovyta–Eijssen–Acrog | ||||||||||||||
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| 2012–2013 | Bontrager–Livestrong | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Trek Factory Racing[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
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Career
editJuniors
editBorn in Leuven, Stuyven had a successful career as a junior rider. In 2009, at age 17, he won the UCI Junior World Road Race Championships. 2010 brought Stuyven more successes when he won one day races Paris-Roubaix Juniors and Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps.
Early years
editHe began his professional career at age 20 for Bontrager–Livestrong; he earned four victories with the team, including the Volta ao Alentejo.
Trek Factory Racing (2014–present)
edit2014
editStuyven joined UCI WorldTeam Trek Factory Racing in 2014 at the age of 22. During this season, he rode in his first grand tour, the Vuelta a España. In this race, he earned fourth place in three stages and finished ninth in the points classification.[5]
2015
edit2015 brought Stuyven his biggest victory yet, when he won stage 8 of the Vuelta a España in a reduced bunch sprint. Stuyven had been involved in a crash earlier in the stage and he was forced to withdraw from the race after the stage with a broken scaphoid.[6]
2016
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In 2016, he won the Belgian one-day race Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne by breaking away solo for the last 17 kilometres (11 miles) of the race.[7] Stuyven also earned a fifth place at the E3 Harelbeke. He was named in the start list for the Tour de France[8] where he held the polka-dot jersey as leader of the mountains classification for two days.
2017
editStuyven was part of the 5 man leading group at Paris–Roubaix, and finished fourth in the sprint finish behind Greg Van Avermaet of BMC Racing Team.[9] He rode in the Giro d'Italia.[10] In stage six, Stuyven finished second behind Silvan Dillier of BMC Racing Team after the pair had been part of a five-man breakaway that rode clear of the peloton for almost all of the 217-kilometre (135-mile) stage.[11] Stuyven finished the race in 98th place overall, and was second in the points classification behind Fernando Gaviria of Quick-Step Floors.
2018
editIn 2018, Stuyven finished in the top 10 in many of the spring classics, including 4th place in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad,[12] and 5th in Paris–Roubaix, being part of the chase group with Sep Vanmarcke and defending champion Greg Van Avermaet.[13] In the Tour de France, he came close to winning stage 14 but was overtaken on the last climb by eventual stage winner Omar Fraile with less than 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) to go; for his efforts, however, he walked away with the day's combativity award. In September, he first won the Grand Prix de Wallonie, before winning his home town race in Leuven, the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens.[14]
2019
editIn late August, Stuyven won the Deutschland Tour after taking the overall lead on stage 3.[15] He carried his good form into the autumn classics with several top ten results, including two podium finishes at the Grand Prix de Wallonie and the Tour de l'Eurométropole.
2020
editBefore the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the 2020 road cycling season, Stuyven got off to a strong start. In the opening weekend of the Belgian road cycling season, he won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, beating fellow Belgian Yves Lampaert in a two-up sprint, before finishing fifth in Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne the day after.[16][17] Once racing resumed, he bookended August with a pair of fifth-place finishes in the Circuito de Getxo on 2 August and then in the UEC European Road Championships road race on 26 August.[18]
2021
editOn 20 March, Stuyven won Milan-San Remo for his first Monument victory. With three kilometers left, he attacked at the bottom of the descent of the Poggio, the last climb in the race. Many of the main pre-race favorites in the lead group were hesitant to chase him down, though Søren Kragh Andersen managed to bridge across to Stuyven in the final kilometer. With the group closing down the duo, Stuyven launched out of Kragh Andersen's slipstream in the last 200 meters. Though he was on his limit, he held on for the win on the line just ahead of the chasing group, led home by Caleb Ewan ahead of defending champion Wout van Aert.[19][20]
Personal life
editStuyven studied at the Sint-Pieterscollege in Leuven. Outside of cycling, he and his uncle Ivan, an experienced chocolatier, run a small chocolate boutique in Betekom named Chocolade Atelier Stuyven that opened in 2016 and often produces many cycling-themed pieces.[21]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2009
- 1st
Road race, UCI World Junior Championships - 2nd Overall Giro della Toscana
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 4th Overall Keizer der Juniores
- 2010
- 1st Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 1st Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps
- 1st Stage 4 3 Giorni Orobica
- 3rd
Road race, UCI World Junior Championships - 4th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 1st Stage 3
- 2011
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 2012
- 1st Stage 3 Cascade Classic
- 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2013
- 1st
Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Beauce
- 3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2015 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España
- 2016 (1)
- 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 5th E3 Harelbeke
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- Tour de France
- Held
after Stages 2–4 
Combativity award Stage 2
- Held
- 2017 (1)
- 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 3rd Overall BinckBank Tour
- 1st Stage 7
- 4th Paris–Roubaix
- 5th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 6th Japan Cup
- 7th Eschborn-Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
- 7th EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2018 (3)
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2nd Brussels Cycling Classic
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th E3 Harelbeke
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 9th Halle–Ingooigem
- 10th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 10th Tour de l'Eurométropole
- Combativity award Stage 14 Tour de France
- 2019 (1)
- 1st
Overall Deutschland Tour - 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 3rd Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 4th London–Surrey Classic
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 5th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 6th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2020 (1)
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 5th Road race, UEC European Championships
- 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 5th Circuito de Getxo
- 2021 (1)
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 3rd Primus Classic
- 4th Road race, UCI World Championships
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Overall Benelux Tour
- 7th Bretagne Classic
- 10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2022
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 9th Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2023
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 4th Overall Renewi Tour
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 6th Road race, UCI World Championships
- 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2024
- 2nd E3 Saxo Classic
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 8th Milan–San Remo
- 10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
Combativity award Stage 9 Tour de France
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 92 |
 Tour de France
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— | — | 99 | — | 63 | 43 | 71 | 39 | 80 | 79 | 61 |
 Vuelta a España
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88 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 39 | 10 | 79 | — | 1 | — | 10 | 8 |
| Tour of Flanders | 61 | 32 | 118 | 51 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 4 | 50 | 26 | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | 55 | 49 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 27 | NH | 25 | 7 | 20 | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | ||||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | 9 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 83 | 10 | 58 | 7 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | 1 | 2 | 38 | DNS | 5 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| E3 Harelbeke | DNF | — | 5 | DNF | 6 | 58 | NH | 14 | 15 | 50 | 2 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | 46 | 9 | 17 | 38 | — | 4 | 36 | 41 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 33 | — | 20 | — | 10 | 14 | NH | 10 | — | 34 | DNF |
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | 47 | DNF | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec | — | — | 50 | 18 | 3 | 5 | Not held | 76 | — | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 12 | 14 | 14 | 29 | 62 | — | |||
| Paris–Tours | 37 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 37 | |
Major championships timeline
edit| Event | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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 World Championships
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Road race | — | — | 24 | 89 | — | — | DNF | 4 | 47 | 6 |
 European Championships
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Road race | Did not exist | — | — | 12 | — | 5 | — | — | 12 | |
 National Championships
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Road race | 6 | — | DNF | 3 | 3 | 23 | 55 | 8 | 63 | 3 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Gravel
edit- 2023
- 1st
UEC European Championships - 1st
National Championships - 2024
- 4th UCI World Championships
References
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- ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Trek - Segafredo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Jasper Stuyven". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "Jasper Stuyven's star sparkles in Vuelta". www.flanderstoday.eu. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (29 August 2015). "Vuelta a España: Stuyven wins stage 8". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Stuyven wins Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Van Avermaet wins Paris-Roubaix". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (2017-05-11). "Silvan Dillier pips Jasper Stuyven to Giro d'Italia stage six victory after colossal breakaway". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Jasper Stuyven". Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ "Peter Sagan wins Paris-Roubaix". Cycling News.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Jasper Stuyven wint GP Jef Scherens". VTM Nieuws. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (1 September 2019). "Jasper Stuyven wins Deutschland Tour". CyclingNews. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Jasper Stuyven wins Omloop Het Nieuwsblad". CyclingNews. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Kasper Asgreen wins Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne". CyclingNews. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (1 March 2020). "European Championships: Nizzolo wins elite men's road race title". CyclingNews. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Stuyven surges on run-in to win Milan-San Remo". CyclingNews. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Milano-Sanremo: Jasper Stuyven surprises the favorites with late solo dash". VeloNews. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (14 May 2020). "A life outside cycling: Jasper Stuyven the chocolatier". CyclingNews. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links
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- Jasper Stuyven at UCI
- Jasper Stuyven at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Jasper Stuyven at ProCyclingStats
- Jasper Stuyven at Cycling Quotient
- Jasper Stuyven at CycleBase
