Tim Declercq

{{short description|Belgian bicycle racer}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Tim Declercq

| image = TimDeclercqBP.jpg

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| caption = Declercq in 2019.

| fullname = Tim Declercq

| nickname = El Tractor

| birth_date = {{bda|df=y|1989|3|21}}

| birth_place = Leuven, Belgium

| height = 1.90 m

| weight = 78 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|TFS}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Domestique

| amateuryears1 = 2001–2003

| amateurteam1 = De Kluisbergspurters

| amateuryears2 = 2004–2005

| amateurteam2 = Den Tip Vorselaar

| amateuryears3 = 2006–2007

| amateurteam3 = Avia Waasland

| amateuryears4 = 2008–2011

| amateurteam4 = WC Soenens–Germond

| amateuryears5 = 2010

| amateurteam5 = {{UCI team code|JVC|2010}} (stagiaire)

| proyears1 = 2012–2016

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2012}}

| proyears2 = 2017–2023

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|QST|2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-deceuninck-quickstep/|title=2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep|first=Barry|last=Ryan|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=31 December 2019|accessdate=2 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15237/1000495/279|title=Deceuninck - Quick-Step|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=1 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210101071627/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15237/1000495/279|archivedate=1 January 2021}}

| proyears3 = 2024–

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TFS|2024}}

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Tim Declercq (born 21 March 1989 in Leuven) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TFS}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17728|title=Trek–Segafredo|publisher=UCI|access-date=January 14, 2024}} His brother Benjamin was also a professional cyclist before retiring at the end of 2022.

Declerq is known to be a powerful rider who generally acts as a domestique. He earned the nickname "El Tractor" due to his frequent work riding at the front of the peloton. A 2020 poll of riders in the professional peloton by cyclingnews.com named Declercq as the best domestique in the world.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pro-riders-vote-tim-declercq-as-best-domestique-in-the-world/ |title=Pro riders vote Tim Declercq as Best Domestique in the World |last=Fletcher |first=Patrick |date=5 April 2020 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=20 August 2020}}