Stijn Devolder
{{Short description|Belgian road bicycle racer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Stijn Devolder
| image = 2015 Tour de France team presentation (19355629362) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Devolder at the 2015 Tour de France
| fullname = Stijn Devolder
| nickname = Volderke
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|8|29}}
| birth_place = Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium
| height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Classics specialist
Time-trialist
| amateuryears1 = 1994–1998
| amateurteam1 = Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters
| amateuryears2 = 1999–2001
| amateurteam2 = Eddy Merckx Boys
| amateuryears3 = 2001
| amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|MAP|2001}} (stagiaire)
| proyears1 = 2002–2003
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2002}}
| proyears2 = 2004–2007
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|DSC|2004}}
| proyears3 = 2008–2010
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|QST|2008}}
| proyears4 = 2011–2012
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|VAC|2011}}
| proyears5 = 2013–2016
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|RLT|2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/devolder-signs-two-year-deal-with-radioshack-nissan|title=Devolder signs two-year deal with RadioShack-Nissan|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=14 September 2012|access-date=6 October 2012}}
| proyears6 = 2017–2018
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|VWT|2017}}
| proyears7 = 2019
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|COC|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.corendon-circus.be/website/single-news.php?id=886|title=Corendon-Circus maakt plannen voor 2019 bekend!|language=nl|trans-title=Corendon-Circus announces plans for 2019!|work={{UCI team code|COC|2018}}|publisher=Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA|date=18 December 2018|access-date=12 January 2019}}
| majorwins = Stage races
:Three Days of De Panne (2005)
:Tour of Austria (2007)
:Volta ao Algarve (2008)
:Tour of Belgium (2008, 2010)
:National Road Race Championships (2007, 2010, 2013)
:{{nowrap|National Time Trial Championships (2008, 2010)}}
:Tour of Flanders (2008, 2009)
}}
Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for {{UCI team code|TSV|2003}} (2002–2003), {{UCI team code|DSC|2007}} (2004–2007), {{UCI team code|QST|2010}} (2008–2010), {{UCI team code|VAC|2012}} (2011–2012),[http://www.vacansoleilprocyclingteam.nl/nieuws/stijn-devolder-komende-twee-jaar-bij-vacansoleil-pro-cycling-team.html 'Stijn Devolder komende twee jaar bij Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team'] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120917112027/http://www.vacansoleilprocyclingteam.nl/nieuws/stijn-devolder-komende-twee-jaar-bij-vacansoleil-pro-cycling-team.html |date=17 September 2012 }}, vacansoleilprocyclingteam.nl {{UCI team code|RLT|2016}} (2013–2016), {{UCI team code|VWT|2018}} (2017–2018) and {{UCI team code|ADC|2019}} (2019).{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/double-tour-flanders-winner-stijn-devolder-announces-retirement-40-years-old-441863|title=Double Tour of Flanders winner Stijn Devolder announces retirement at 40 years old|first=Alex|last=Ballinger|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=TI Media|date=4 November 2019|access-date=3 January 2020}}
Career
File:Stijn Devolder RVV2008.jpg]]
Born in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Devolder won his first professional race at the 2004 Four Days of Dunkirk, winning stage 4.
His most prestigious victories are the 2007, 2010 and 2013 Belgian National Road Race Championships, the 2008 and 2009 Tour of Flanders, and the 2008 and 2010 Tour of Belgium.
Devolder is a competent climber and proficient in an individual time trial but his main strength lies in the cobbled classics. Devolder led the {{UCI team code|QST|2008}} squad in the 2008 Tour de France but fell off the back and almost immediately stepped off his bike on the Ascent of the Col Agnel.
Devolder left {{UCI team code|VCD|2012}} at the end of the 2012 season, and joined {{UCI team code|RNT|2013}} on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.
Major results
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;1996
: 1st Tour of Flanders Juniors
: National Junior Road Championships
::2nd Road race
::2nd Time trial
;1997
: 1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Road race, National Junior Road Championships
: 1st Tour of Flanders Juniors
: 3rd Liège–La Gleize
;1999
::1st Stages 5 & 6
: 2nd Tour of Flanders U23
;2000
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
::1st Stage 2b (ITT)
: 1st Grand Prix de Waregem
: 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 4th Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke
;2001
: 1st Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke
: 1st De Vlaamse Pijl
: 1st Grand Prix de Waregem
: 5th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 7th GP Wielerrevue
;2002
: 2nd GP de Fayt-le-Franc
: 2nd Zellik–Galmaarden
;2003
: 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
: 6th GP Stad Vilvoorde
: 8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
;2004
: 1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk
: 3rd Tour du Haut Var
: 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne
;2005
: 1st {{cjersey|white}} Overall Three Days of De Panne
;2006
: 1st Stage 3a (ITT) Tour of Belgium
: 2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial
: 4th Japan Cup
: 6th Halle–Ingooigem
: 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
: 8th Overall Deutschland Tour
;2007
: 1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Austria
::1st Stage 7 (ITT)
: 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Three Days of De Panne
: 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
: 9th Trofeo Pollença
;2008
: 1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Time trial, National Road Championships
: 1st {{cjersey|black}} Overall Tour of Belgium
::1st {{cjersey|red}} Mountains classification
::1st Stage 4 (ITT)
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Volta ao Algarve
::1st Stage 4 (ITT)
: 1st Tour of Flanders
: 4th Overall Eneco Tour
: 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
: 7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
: 7th Paris–Roubaix
: 9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
: 10th Trofeo Pollença
;2009
: 1st Tour of Flanders
: 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
;2010
: National Road Championships
::1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Road race
::1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Time trial
: 1st {{cjersey|black}} Overall Tour of Belgium
: 4th Halle–Ingooigem
;2011
: 7th Chrono des Nations
;2012
: 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
;2013
: 1st {{cjersey|belgium}} Road race, National Road Championships
: 8th Brabantse Pijl
;2014
: 4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
;2015
: 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
;2017
: 4th Rad am Ring
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=Classics results timeline=
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| Monument
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! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders | DNF | 53 | 21 | 35 | DNF | 43 | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:gold;" |1 | 25 | 55 | DNF | 58 | 86 | 13 | 94 | 109 | DNF | 51 |
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! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix | — | — | 91 | DNF | DNF | 18 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | 55 | 42 | 105 | 58 | 54 | — | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 111 | — | DNF | — | — | 136 | DNF | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | 41 | 61 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Classic
! scope="col" | 2002 ! scope="col" | 2003 ! scope="col" | 2004 ! scope="col" | 2005 ! scope="col" | 2006 ! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! 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 |
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! scope="row" | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | 45 | — | 40 | 85 | DNF | 69 | 73 | 131 | 61 | 54 | — | — | — | — | 60 | 74 | 27 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | DNF | 37 | 27 | 87 | 93 | 15 | 23 | DNF | DNF | 105 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH | — | — | — | 50 | 79 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Dwars door Vlaanderen | DNF | 67 | 34 | 81 | 41 | 35 | 61 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | 80 | 38 | 92 | 62 | 51 | DNF | 97 | 70 | DNF | 56 |
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! scope="row" | E3 Harelbeke | 104 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | 18 | 39 | 32 | 13 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | 40 | 50 | 45 | 29 | 20 | 62 | 49 | 44 | 70 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Gent–Wevelgem | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | 94 | 116 | 63 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | 61 | — | — | — | 67 | DNF |
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! scope="row" | Scheldeprijs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | 90 | — | 118 | — | 96 | 126 | 32 | — | — |
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! scope="row" | Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | — | — | — | 77 | — | 60 |
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{trapfriis|belgium.Devolder.htm}}
- [http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/personnews_prs25228.shtml Eurosport Profile]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
- {{Procyclingstats}}
{{Tour of Flanders winners}}
{{Belgian National Road Race Championships (men)}}
{{Belgian National Time Trial Champion – Men's Elite}}
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