Jelle Vanendert (born 19 February 1985) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He competed in a total of ten

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s during his career. His younger brother

Dennis Vanendert Dennis Vanendert (born 27 June 1988) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer and cyclo-cross rider, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . His elder brother Jelle is also a professional cyclist, and also competed for team. Born in Neerpelt, Va ...

also competed professionally with the team between 2012 and 2015.

Career

In 2011, Vanendert showed good form at La Flèche Wallonne, where he came sixth. He rode the

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initially as the main climbing domestique for

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. However, when his leader crashed out of the race, Vanendert was given a free role, and on Stage 14 attacked from the group of GC contenders to win the stage. Vanendert finished 20th overall and also wore the King of the Mountains Jersey. Vanendert was the leader of in the 2012 Ardennes classics, and finished second in the Amstel Gold Race, fourth in La Flèche Wallonne and tenth in Liège–Bastogne–Liège. In August 2021, Vanendert announced that he would retire from competition at the end of the season.

Major results

;2004 : 8th Circuit de Wallonie ;2005 : 4th Flèche Ardennaise ;2006 : 1st Grand Prix de Waregem : 1st Stage 2

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: 3rd Overall Giro delle Regioni : 5th

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, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 5th Circuit de Wallonie : 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 7th

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: 10th Druivenkoers Overijse ;2007 : 1st De Vlaamse Pijl : 5th Beverbeek Classic : 8th

: 9th Hel van het Mergelland ;2009 : 6th

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: 9th Overall

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;2011 :

::1st Stage 14 ::Held Jersey polkadot

after Stages 14–19 : 6th La Flèche Wallonne : 9th Clásica de San Sebastián ;2012 : 2nd Amstel Gold Race : 4th La Flèche Wallonne : 7th Brabantse Pijl : 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 10th

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;2014 : 2nd Amstel Gold Race : 4th

: 6th La Flèche Wallonne : 6th Clásica de San Sebastián : 8th Druivenkoers Overijse ;2015 : 5th

;2016 : 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 5th Halle–Ingooigem : 7th Druivenkoers Overijse ;2017 : 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 7th

;2018 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 4 : 3rd La Flèche Wallonne : 4th

: 10th Amstel Gold Race ;2019 : 7th Clásica de San Sebastián : 9th La Flèche Wallonne

General classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

External links

* * Belgian male cyclists Living people 1985 births Belgian Tour de France stage winners People from Neerpelt 2011 Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from Limburg (Belgium) {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1980s-stub