Wesley Kreder (born 4 November 1990) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2023.

Wesley Kreder
Kreder in 2023
Personal information
Full nameWesley Kreder
Born (1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 34)
Leiden, Netherlands
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2008DGR Cycling Team
2009Van Vliet–EBH Elshof
2010–2012Rabobank Continental Team
2012Vacansoleil–DCM (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2013Vacansoleil–DCM
2014Wanty–Groupe Gobert
2015–2016Team Roompot
2017–2020Wanty–Groupe Gobert[1][2]
2021Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux[3]
2022–2023Cofidis[4]
Major wins
Tour de Vendée (2012)

Career

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Born in Leiden, Kreder has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2012 season,[5] joining the Vacansoleil–DCM team as a stagiaire, having been a member of the Rabobank Continental Team from 2010 onwards. Kreder achieved his first professional victory in October 2012, making a late-race attack at the Tour de Vendée, and held off the field by two seconds.[6] Kreder remained with the team full-time into the 2013 season.[7]

Kreder joined Wanty–Groupe Gobert for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Vacansoleil–DCM[8] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[9] In September 2014 it was announced that Wesley, Michel and Raymond Kreder would sign with the new Team Roompot squad for 2015.[10]

Personal life

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Wesley's brother Dennis, and cousins Michel and Raymond are all professional cyclists; Dennis was a team-mate of Wesley's at Van Vliet–EBH Elshof in 2009, while Michel and Raymond were team-mates at Roompot–Oranje Peloton in 2015 and 2016.[10]

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2021 2022
  Giro d'Italia 128 139
  Tour de France
  Vuelta a España 110
Legend
Did not compete
IP In progress
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ Almeida, Giampaolo (6 January 2019). "Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019" [Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Drie stagiaires aan de slag bij Vacansoleil-DCM" [Three interns to work with Vacansoleil-DCM]. Vacansoleil–DCM (in Dutch). Vacansoleil Eindhoven. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  6. ^ Quénet, Jean-François (14 October 2012). "Wesley Kreder earns pro contract with Vendée win". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  7. ^ Farrand, Stephen (22 September 2012). "Vacansoleil-DCM confirms 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Michel Kreder leaves Garmin Sharp for Team Wanty-Groupe Gobert". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  10. ^ a b "Vier Kreders naar wielerploeg Roompot Orange Cycling" [Four Kreders to Roompot Orange Cycling cycling team]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 5 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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