Willie Smit

{{short description|South African bicycle racer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Willie Smit

| image = Rund um Köln 2019 149.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Smit in 2019

| fullname = Willem Jakobus Smit

| nickname = {{ubl|Willie|Smurfy}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lydenburg, South Africa

| height = 1.8 m

| weight = 72 kg

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

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Rouleur

| amateuryears1 = 2012–2013

| amateurteam1 = Cyclelab–M Power Fm

| amateuryears2 = 2015

| amateurteam2 = Team Europcar SA

| amateuryears3 = 2016

| amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|194|2016}}

| amateuryears4 = 2017

| amateurteam4 = Rías Baixas

| amateuryears5 = 2017

| amateurteam5 = RoadCover

| proyears1 = 2014

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|NIP|2014}}

| proyears2 = 2018–2019

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|KAT|2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/willie-smit-signs-for-katusha-alpecin/|title=Willie Smit signs for Katusha-Alpecin|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=26 September 2017|accessdate=2 January 2018}}{{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|accessdate=4 January 2019}}

| proyears3 = 2020–2021

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|BBH|2020}}{{cite news|url=http://www.burgosproteam.com/cubero-y-gibson-completan-la-plantilla-de-20-ciclistas-del-burgos-bh/|title=Cubero y Gibson completan la plantilla de 20 ciclistas del Burgos BH|language=Spanish|trans-title=Cubero and Gibson complete the roster of 20 cyclists from Burgos BH|date=4 December 2019|accessdate=5 January 2020|work={{UCI team code|BBH|2020}}|publisher=Burgos Pro Team}}

| proyears4 = 2022–

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|CFC|2022}}

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Willem Jakobus Smit (born 29 December 1992) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|CFC}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15252/1001150/280|title=Burgos-BH|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=4 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210104223553/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15252/1001150/280|archivedate=4 January 2021}} In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2019/gc/startlist |title=2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España |accessdate=23 August 2019 |work=ProCyclingStats}}

Major results

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;2013

: 1st 20px Time trial, African Under–23 Road Championships

: 2nd Time trial, African Road Championships

;2015

: 5th Time trial, African Road Championships

;2017

: African Road Championships

::1st 20px Road race

::4th Time trial

: 1st 20px Overall Tour Meles Zenawi

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stage 5

:1st 20px Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León

: National Road Championships

::3rd Road race

::3rd Time trial

;2018

: 8th Vuelta a Murcia

;2020

: 20px Combativity award Stage 3 Vuelta a España

;2021

: National Road Championships

::2nd Road race

::4th Time trial

: 10th Trofeo Calvia

;2022

: National Road Championships

::2nd Road race

::4th Time trial

;2023

: 1st Alanya Cup

: 5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake

;2024

: 1st Stage 1 Tour of Sakarya

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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2019

! scope="col" | 2020

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia

|—

|—

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France

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|—

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España

|118

|73

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|+ Legend

scope="row" | —

| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

References

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