Johan Vansummeren (born 4 February 1981) is a Belgian former professional

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most comm ...

, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016 for the , , and teams.

Biography

Vansummeren was born, raised, and resides in

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, Belgium. After two seasons in the amateur ranks, Vansummeren turned professional with in 2004. Although Vansummeren's role was primarily that of a

domestique In road bicycle racing, a domestique is a rider who works for the benefit of their cycling team, team and leader, rather than trying to win the race. In French, ''domestique'' translates as "servant".However, in French, the term used is ''équip ...

, he competed as a team leader during the classic season. In 2011, Vansummeren won the biggest race of his career,

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

. Vansummeren won the race after escaping from three other riders with remaining, winning by nineteen seconds at the velodrome in

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. He was victorious, despite riding the final with a flat tire. Vansummeren also won the

2007 Tour de Pologne The 2007 Tour de Pologne was held from September 9 to 15, 2007 in Poland. The race began with a very short team time trial in the streets of Warsaw, and its toughest stages were in the proximity of Jelenia Góra, as usual. In all, the race comprise ...

and rode the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

nine times. Vansummeren signed with AG2R La Mondiale for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. In June 2016, he announced his retirement from the sport after being diagnosed with a heart problem that had been detected in February at the Tour of Oman and resulted in him missing the classics season.

Major results

;1999 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Junior Tour of Wales The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series – and as such attracts the best junio ...

;2001 : 4th Overall

Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycle sport, cycling Road bicycle racing, road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. List of winners ...

: 4th

Circuit de Wallonie Circuit de Wallonie is a cycling race held annually in Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherla ...

: 5th Overall

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

::1st Stage 5 : 8th

Grand Prix de Waregem The Grand Prix Waregem was a cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale ...

;2002 : 1st

: 1st

Zellik–Galmaarden Zellik–Galmaarden is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. As of 2011, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competition ...

: 3rd Overall

: 5th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften ;2003 : 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 2nd Silver medal uci

Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 3rd Beverbeek Classic : 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 7th Overall

Tour of Slovenia Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held since 1993. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It b ...

: 9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 10th Overall

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

: 10th Overall

;2004 : 8th Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens : 10th

Grand Prix Eddy Merckx Grand Prix Eddy Merckx was a cycle race around Brussels, where Eddy Merckx was born. It was held between 1980 and 2004, disappearing after the creation of the UCI ProTour in 2005. The race was initially an individual time trial, becoming a Team ti ...

(with

Bert Roesems Bert Roesems (born 14 October 1972) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. Major results ;1996 : 1st Amateur Time Trial Champion : 1st Stage 4 Tour de Liège : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Liège ;1997 : 1st Overall, Wielerweekend Zeeuw ...

) ;2005 : 4th Overall

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (currently branded as the Santos Tour Down Under for sponsorship reasons) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia. It is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and UCI Women’s WorldTour ...

;2006 : 1st Jersey green

Points classification,

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after th ...

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 9th

Grand Prix d'Isbergues Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which ...

;2007 (2 pro wins) : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

::1st Stage 7 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

;2008 : 8th

;2009 : 5th

: 10th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

;2011 (1) : 1st

: 1st

Duo Normand The Duo Normand is a two-man team time trial (against the clock) for elite racing cyclists. Held annually at Marigny-le-Lozon in Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive wi ...

(with Thomas Dekker) ;2012 : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT)

Tour of Qatar The Tour of Qatar was an annual professional cycling stage race held in Qatar. First organized in 2002, the event was part of the UCI Asia Tour until 2016. The 2017 edition was to have seen the event upgraded to the UCI World Tour for the firs ...

: 9th

: 10th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...

;2014 : 10th

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Monuments results timeline

References

External links

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