Jens Debusschere
{{short description|Belgian road cyclist}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Jens Debusschere
| image = Jens Debusschere 2016.jpg
| caption = Debusschere in 2016
| fullname = Jens Debusschere
| nickname = Jenske{{cite news|first=Robbe|last=De Leener|url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/06/26/afscheid-jens-debusschere/|title=Jens Debusschere hangt fiets (letterlijk) aan de haak na BK wielrennen: "Een mooie en emotionele dag"|language=Dutch|trans-title=Jens Debusschere hangs up his bike (literally) after the Belgian Cycling Championship: "A beautiful and emotional day"|website=Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|date=26 June 2023|accessdate=2 March 2025}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|08|28}}
| birth_place = Roeselare, Belgium
| weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = {{ubl|Sprinter|Classics specialist}}
| amateuryears1 = 2009–2010
| amateurteam1 = PWS–Eijssen Cycling Team
| amateuryears2 = 2009
| amateurteam2 = {{allow wrap|{{UCI team code|TSV|2009}} (stagiaire)}}
| amateuryears3 = 2010
| amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|OLO|2010}} (stagiaire)
| amateuryears4 = 2023
| amateurteam4 = Yaro–Belisol{{cite news|first=Julien|last=Gillebert|url=https://www.lavenir.net/sports/cyclisme/2023/06/21/jens-debusschere-a-cree-sa-propre-equipe-pour-pour-terminer-sa-carriere-au-national-finir-avec-un-bon-sentiment-UB7Y47Q7ZNHG7PLSWWZRTQ4RH4/|title=Jens Debusschere a créé sa propre équipe pour pour terminer sa carrière au National: "Finir avec un bon sentiment"|language=French|trans-title=Jens Debusschere created his own team to end his career at the National: "Finish with a good feeling"|work=L'Avenir|publisher=Groupe IPM|date=21 June 2023|accessdate=2 March 2025}}
| proyears1 = 2011–2018
| proyears2 = 2019
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TKA|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katusha-alpecin-announce-reduced-24-rider-roster-for-2019/|title=Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=20 November 2018|access-date=4 January 2019}}
| proyears3 = 2020–2022
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|VCB|2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14008/1003097/266|title=B&B Hotels - Vital Concept|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=4 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104162535/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14008/1003097/266|archive-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15249/1003097/280|title=B&B Hotels p/b KTM|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=4 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210104024828/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15249/1003097/280|archive-date=4 January 2021}}
| majorwins = One-day races and Classics
:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2014)}}
}}
Jens Debusschere (born 28 August 1989) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2022 for the {{UCI team code|OLO|2018}}, {{UCI team code|TKA|2019}} and {{UCI team code|VCB|2022}} teams. During his professional career, Debusschere took 15 victories, including victories at the Belgian National Road Race Championships in 2014 and the 2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen.{{cite news|first=Brecht|last=Decaluwé|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/belgian-road-championships-2014/road-race-men/results/|title=Debusschere wins the Belgian national road race|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=29 June 2014|accessdate=2 March 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/15264/10216035/belgium-rider-jens-debusschere-wins-one-day-dwars-door-vlaanderen-event|title=Belgium rider Jens Debusschere wins one-day Dwars door Vlaanderen event|work=Sky Sports|publisher=Sky UK|agency=Reuters|date=23 March 2016|accessdate=2 March 2025}}
Major results
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;2007
: 1st 20px Road race, National Junior Road Championships
: 2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
;2008
: 8th Grand Prix de Waregem
;2009
: 9th Grote 1-MeiPrijs
;2010
: 2nd De Vlaamse Pijl
: 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
: 3rd Kattekoers
: 6th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
;2011
: 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour
;2012
: 8th Omloop van het Houtland
;2013 (4 pro wins)
: 1st 20px Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
::1st 20px Points classification
::1st 20px Young rider classification
::1st Stage 1
: 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
: 3rd Omloop van het Houtland
: 5th Binche–Chimay–Binche
;2014 (3)
: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie
: 2nd Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
: 2nd Trofeo Palma
: 3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche
: 3rd Paris–Tours
: 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 6th Ronde van Limburg
: 9th Omloop van het Houtland
;2015 (4)
: 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
: 1st Omloop van het Houtland
: 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
: 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Eurométropole
: 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs
: 5th Gent–Wevelgem
: 5th Ronde van Limburg
: 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
: 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 9th Paris–Roubaix
;2016 (1)
: 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 4th Overall Tour de Picardie
: 4th London–Surrey Classic
: 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 7th Binche–Chimay–Binche
: 8th Eurométropole
: 8th Paris–Tours
;2017 (2)
::1st 20px Points classification
::1st Stage 5
: 1st Stage 1 Four Days of Dunkirk
: 3rd Clásica de Almería
: 7th Gent–Wevelgem
: 7th Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
: 8th Halle–Ingooigem
;2018 (1)
: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Wallonie
: 4th Scheldeprijs
: 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
: 5th Gent–Wevelgem
: 5th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
: 6th Tacx Pro Classic
: 10th Paris–Roubaix
;2019
: 5th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
: 9th Nokere Koerse
: 10th Gent–Wevelgem
;2021
: 5th Heistse Pijl
: 6th Egmont Cycling Race
: 10th Grand Prix de Denain
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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! 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 |
|---|
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! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia |— |— |— |— |— |— |136 |— |— |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France |— |— |— |145 |DNF |— |— |153 |DNF |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España |DNF |— |107 |— |— |DNF |— |— |— |
=Classics results timeline=
File:Aankomst Jens Debusschere in Waregem, Dwars door Vlaanderen 2016 - fotograaf Lieven De Cock.jpg]]
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| Monument
! 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 ! scope="col" |2022 |
|---|
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! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | 132 | 22 | — | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders | — | 70 | 27 | DNF | 25 | — | DNF | 61 | 35 | DNF | DNF | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix | DNF | DNF | DNF | 75 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | — | 78 | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | DNF | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | DNF | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=12 rowspan=2|Did not contest during his career |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia |
| Classic
! 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 ! scope="col" |2022 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | 47 | 100 | 58 | 12 | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | DNF | — | 72 | — | 117 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | 115 | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | 55 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | 20 | — | 15 | 15 | 120 | DNF | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | E3 Harelbeke | 105 | DNF | 81 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | — | DNF |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | 62 | 122 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | DNF | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | 37 | 57 | DNF |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | 24 | DNF | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | style="background:gold" |1 | 78 | DNF | 68 | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | DNF | DNF |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Scheldeprijs | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 55 | 69 | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Paris–Tours | — | 22 | 43 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | 94 | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | 130 | 71 | DNF | — | — | — |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF |
| scope="row" | NH
| Not held |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.lottobelisol.be/nl/team.htm?n=15&naam=Jens+Debusschere&pId=2 Official profile]
- {{UCI rider}}
- {{Cycling Archives}}
- {{ProCyclingStats}}
- {{CQ Ranking}}
- {{CycleBase}}
{{Belgian National Road Race Championships (men)}}
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