Jan Bakelants

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Jan Bakelants

| image = Tour de Romandie 2013 - étape4 - Jan Bakelants (cropped).jpg

| caption = Bakelants at the 2013 Tour de Romandie

| fullname = Jan Bakelants

| nickname = Baki

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|2|14}}

| birth_place = Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium

| height = {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Puncheur

| amateuryears1 = 2006–2008

| amateurteam1 = Beveren 2000

| amateuryears2 = 2008

| amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2008}} (stagiaire)

| proyears1 = 2009

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

| proyears2 = 2010–2011

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|OLO|2010}}

| proyears3 = 2012–2013

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|RNT|2012}}{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/12/news/radioshack-nissan-trek-announces-lineup-for-2012_199256|title=RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012|date=5 December 2011|access-date=17 January 2012|work=VeloNews|publisher=Competitor Group, Inc.}}

| proyears4 = 2014

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|OPQ|2014}}

| proyears5 = 2015–2018

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2015}}

| proyears6 = 2019

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|SUN|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sunweb-confirm-2019-mens-and-womens-rosters/|title=Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=23 November 2018|access-date=5 January 2019}}

| proyears7 = 2020–2022

| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|CWG|2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/balelants-signs-with-circus-wanty-gobert-tormans/|title=Bakelants signs with Circus-Wanty Gobert-Tormans|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=6 January 2020|access-date=6 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15230/1001372/279|title=Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103151928/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15230/1001372/279|archive-date=3 January 2021}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::1 individual stage (2013)

One-day races and Classics

:Gran Piemonte (2015)

:Giro dell'Emilia (2015)

}}

Jan Bakelants (born 14 February 1986) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022.

Career

File:Tour de France 2017, bakelants (35326163834).jpg]]

His major wins include the 2008 Tour de l'Avenir and stage 2 of the 2013 Tour de France, claiming the yellow jersey after winning the stage by only a second of an advantage on the peloton after a late attack.{{cite news|last=Pete|first=Cossins|title=Bakelants' luck is finally as good as his legs at Tour de France|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bakelants-luck-is-finally-as-good-as-his-legs-at-tour-de-france|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|access-date=1 July 2013|date=30 June 2013}} He also rode the 2010 Giro d'Italia, in which he finished 36th.

Bakelants left {{UCI team code|RLT|2013}} at the end of the 2013 season, and joined {{UCI team code|OPQ|2014}} for the 2014 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/opqs-signs-bakelants-for-2014/1458 |title=OPQS Signs Bakelants for 2014 |work={{UCI team code|OPQ|2013}} |publisher=Decolef |date=28 September 2013 |access-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226195233/http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/opqs-signs-bakelants-for-2014/1458 |archive-date=26 February 2014 }} In August 2014, it was announced that he would be leaving {{UCI team code|OPQ|2014|nolink=yes}} after one year and joining {{UCI team code|ALM|2015}} on an initial two-year deal.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bakelants-confirms-move-to-ag2r-la-mondiale |title=Bakelants confirms move to AG2R-La Mondiale|date=29 August 2014 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=30 August 2014}}

Bakelants was severely injured in a crash at the 2017 Giro di Lombardia when he crashed into a ravine on a fast descent, fracturing seven ribs and the first and third vertebrae. He did not lose consciousness and was transferred to the hospital in Como.{{cite web|last1=Adams|first1=Tom|title=Jan Bakelants and Simone Petilli are in hospital after crashing on dangerous Il Lombardia descent|url=http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/il-lombardia/2017/jan-bakelants-taken-to-hospital-after-second-crash-at-dangerous-corner-in-il-lombardia_sto6358873/story.shtml|publisher=Eurosport|access-date=10 October 2017|date=8 October 2017}} The crash left Bakelants {{convert|1|cm|abbr=off}} shorter.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bakelants-1cm-shorter-after-il-lombardia-crash/ |title = Bakelants 1cm shorter after Il Lombardia crash {{!}} Cyclingnews| date=31 January 2018 }} After his crash, Bakelants spoke out about safety standards in cycling. He hoped to return to racing in March 2018,{{cite web | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bakelants-chris-froome-is-going-to-be-suspended-and-that-will-be-right/ | title=Bakelants: Chris Froome is going to be suspended and that will be right | date=4 January 2018 }} and did so at the Classic Loire Atlantique in France.

Major results

;2006

: 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs

;2007

: 3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs

;2008

: 1st 20px Overall Tour de l'Avenir

::1st Stage 6

: 1st 20px Overall Circuit des Ardennes

: 1st 20px Overall Tour de Liège

: 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs

: 1st Flèche Ardennaise

: 2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

: 2nd Grand Prix de Waregem

: 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 4th Overall Tour des Pyrénées

: 4th Circuit de Wallonie

: 8th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

: 9th Overall Giro delle Regioni

;2009

: 2nd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald

: 5th De Vlaamse Pijl

: 7th Le Samyn

: 9th Overall Eneco Tour

: 10th Overall Tour of Belgium

: 10th Overall Ster Elektrotoer

;2010

: 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie

: 7th Trofeo Inca

: 10th Clásica de Almería

;2012

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships

: 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie

: 6th Overall Tour Down Under

: 6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

: 10th Overall Eneco Tour

;2013

: 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie

: Tour de France

::1st Stage 2

::Held File:Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 2 & 3

: 2nd Amstel Curaçao Race

: National Road Championships

::3rd Road race

::4th Time trial

: 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg

: 4th Overall Eneco Tour

: 4th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

: 7th Overall Tour of Beijing

: 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

;2014

: 1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné

: 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie

: 7th La Drôme Classic

;2015

: 1st Giro dell'Emilia

: 1st Gran Piemonte

: 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie

: 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

: 6th Overall Critérium International

: 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

: 7th Coppa Sabatini

;2016

: 2nd La Drôme Classic

: 3rd Overall La Méditerranéenne

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stage 4

: 5th Giro dell'Emilia

: 6th Coppa Sabatini

: 8th Overall Tour La Provence

: 9th Classic Sud-Ardèche

;2017

: 3rd La Drôme Classic

: 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

: 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie

;2018

: 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

;2019

: 5th Overall ZLM Tour

;2020

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships

: 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

: 9th Trofeo Matteotti

;2022

: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie

=Grand Tour results timeline=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|colspan=14 align="center"\|Grand Tour general classification results timeline{{cite web\| url = http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140462&season=2017\| title = Jan Bakelants}}
scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 2010 ! scope="col" \| 2011 ! scope="col" \| 2012 ! scope="col" \| 2013 ! scope="col" \| 2014 ! scope="col" \| 2015 ! scope="col" \| 2016 ! scope="col" \| 2017 ! scope="col" \| 2018 ! scope="col" \| 2019 ! scope="col" \| 2020 ! scope="col" \| 2021
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|pink}} Giro d'Italia \| 36 \| 22 \| 34 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 43 \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de France \| — \| — \| — \| 18 \| 24 \| 20 \| 50 \| 22 \| — \| — \| — \| 48
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|red}} Vuelta a España \| 18 \| 31 \| 22 \| — \| — \| — \| 17 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|colspan=14 align="center"|Grand Tour general classification results timeline{{cite web| url = http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140462&season=2017| title = Jan Bakelants}}

scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

! scope="col" | 2019

! scope="col" | 2020