Gaëtan Bille

{{Short description|Belgian cyclist (born 1988)}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Gaëtan Bille

| image = Leuven - Grote Prijs Jef Scherens, 23 augustus 2015 (B024).JPG

| image_size =

| caption = Bille at the 2015 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

| fullname = Gaëtan Bille

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|4|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Soest, West Germany

| height = 1.82 m

| weight = 67 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 = 2008

| amateurteam1 = F.C. Wallonie Espoirs

| amateuryears2 = 2008

| amateurteam2 = Groupe Gobert.com.ct (stagiaire)

| amateuryears3 = 2010

| amateurteam3 = Pesant CL

| amateuryears4 = 2019

| amateurteam4 = Uni Sport Lamentinois

| proyears1 = 2009

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|AJW|2009}}

| proyears2 = 2011

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WBC|2011}}

| proyears3 = 2012–2013

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|LTB|2012}}

| proyears4 = 2014–2015

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|VWT|2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/detail_gaetan-bille-rejoint-verandas-willems?id=8111774|title=Gaëtan Bille rejoint Verandas Willems|language=French|trans-title=Gaëtan Bille joins Verandas Willems|date=13 October 2013|accessdate=15 December 2013|work=RTBF.be|publisher=Radio Télévision Belge Francophone}}

| proyears5 = 2016

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|WGG|2016}}

| proyears6 = 2017

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|VWT|2017}}

| proyears7 = 2018

| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|SNE|2018}}

| majorwins = Grand Prix Pino Cerami (2012)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Gaëtan Bille (born 6 April 1988 in Soest) is a German-born Belgian former professional road bicycle racer,{{cite news|url=https://www.lameuse.be/566658/article/2020-05-25/cyclisme-les-judicieux-conseils-du-fouchois-gaetan-bille|title=Cyclisme: les judicieux conseils du Fouchois Gaëtan Bille|language=French|trans-title=Cycling: wise advice from Fouchois Gaëtan Bille|work=La Meuse|publisher=Groupe Rossel|date=25 May 2020|accessdate=2 August 2020}} who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018.

Bille left {{UCI team code|LTB|2013|nolink=yes}} at the end of the 2013 season,{{cite web|url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MQ&RefDate=06.01.2013&MenuId=MTY2Njk&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTY2Njk%26LangId%3D1|title=Lotto Belisol (LTB) – BEL|accessdate=6 January 2013|work=UCI World Tour|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212121635/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MQ&RefDate=06.01.2013&MenuId=MTY2Njk&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTY2Njk%26LangId%3D1|url-status=dead}} and joined {{UCI team code|VWT|2014}} for the 2014 season. In September 2015 it was announced that Bille would join {{UCI team code|WGG|2016}} for 2016, with a focus on competing in the one-day classics and one-week stage races.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/transfer-news-guardini-set-for-another-year-with-astana/ |title=Transfer news: Guardini set for another year with Astana|date=25 September 2015 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=29 September 2015}}

Major results

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;2006

: 9th Overall Giro della Lunigiana

;2008

: 3rd Kattekoers

;2010

: 6th Overall Carpathia Couriers Paths

;2011

: 1st Zellik–Galmaarden

: 1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Oise

: 4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

::1st Stage 2

: 4th Flèche Ardennaise

: 6th Kattekoers

;2012

: 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami

: 9th Binche–Tournai–Binche

;2013

: 3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

: 5th Overall Tour of Norway

: 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

;2014

: 1st 20px Overall Flèche du Sud

::1st Stage 3

: 1st Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies

: 2nd Kattekoers

: 3rd Grand Prix de Templeuve

: 5th Tour du Jura

: 6th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines

: 7th Flèche Ardennaise

: 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/grand-prix-de-wallonie-2014/results |title=Grand Prix de Wallonie 2014|date=17 September 2014 |website=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=17 September 2014}}

;2015

: 1st Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia

::1st Points classification

: 1st Prologue Volta a Portugal

: 2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour

::1st Stage 1 (TTT)

: 2nd Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland

::1st Stage 1 (TTT)

: 2nd Flèche Ardennaise

: 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud

::1st Stage 1

: 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships

: 4th Circuit de Wallonie

: 4th Grand Prix de Wallonie

: 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

: 6th Binche–Chimay–Binche

: 7th Druivenkoers Overijse

: 8th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies

: 9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes

;2016

: 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

: 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

: 9th Grand Prix La Marseillaise

: 9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

;2018

: 1st Overall Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale

::1st Stage 2

: 3rd Overall Grand Prix International de la ville d'Alger

::1st Prologue

: 8th Grand Prix de la Pharmacie Centrale

;2019

: 1st Stage 8b (ITT) Tour de Guadeloupe

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