Michael Vanthourenhout (born 10 December 1993) is a Belgian

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

and road

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, who currently rides for

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. He represented his nation in the men's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. He is the brother of racing cyclist Dieter Vanthourenhout. In August 2021 Michael Vanthourenhout married Kelly Van den SteenWielerkoppel Michaël Vanthourenhout en Kelly Van den Steen getrouwd
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Major results

;2010–2011 : Junior Superprestige ::2nd Ruddervoorde : 2nd Junior Aigle : Junior Fidea Classics ::3rd Tervuren ;2011–2012 : Under-23 Gazet van Antwerpen ::1st Ronse : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::3rd Liévin ;2012–2013 : Under-23 Superprestige ::1st Middelkerke : 1st

Kalmthout Kalmthout () is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. The municipality comprises the villages of Kalmthout, Achterbroek, Heide, Kalmthout, Heide, and Nieuwmoer. In 2021, Kalmthou ...

: 3rd Overall Under-23 Bpost Bank Trophy ::1st Ronse ::1st Koppenberg ::2nd

Hasselt Hasselt (, , ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. As of 1 August 2023, Hasselt had a total population of 80,846. The old ...

: UCI Under-23 World Cup ::3rd

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

;2013–2014 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

UEC European Under-23 Championships : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::1st Cauberg ::3rd Nommay : Under-23 Superprestige ::2nd Ruddervoorde ::2nd Middelkerke ::3rd Hoogstraten : 2nd Silver medal uci

UCI World Under-23 Championships : 2nd

Eeklo Eeklo () is a Belgium, Belgian Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises only the city of Eeklo proper. The name ''Eeklo'' comes from the cont ...

: Under-23 Bpost Bank Trophy ::3rd

Baal Baal (), or Baʻal, was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The ...

;2014–2015 : 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships : 1st Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup ::1st Cauberg ::2nd Hoogerheide : 1st Overall Under-23 Superprestige ::1st Diegem ::2nd Zonhoven ::2nd Ruddervoorde ::2nd Gavere ::2nd Spa-Francorchamps ::2nd Hoogstraten ::2nd Middelkerke : 1st Ardooie : 2nd Overall Under-23 Bpost Bank Trophy ::1st Ronse ::1st Koppenberg ::2nd Hamme ::2nd

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

::3rd

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

: 2nd Otegem : 3rd

;2015–2016 : 1st

Maldegem Maldegem (), earlier spelled Maldeghem, is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Maldegem, Adegem and Middelburg. and have always been separate hamlets of Maldegem. On 1 Jan ...

: 2nd Erpe-Mere : 2nd Versluys : 2nd Otegem : 2nd Contern : UCI World Cup ::3rd

Las Vegas Las Vegas, colloquially referred to as Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-l ...

: Bpost Bank Trophy ::3rd

: EKZ CrossTour ::3rd Eschenbach : 3rd

;2016–2017 : Brico Cross ::1st Kruibeke ::2nd

::2nd Geraardsbergen : 1st Contern : UCI World Cup ::2nd

::3rd Hoogerheide : DVV Trophy ::3rd Ronse ::3rd

: Soudal Classics ::3rd

Neerpelt Neerpelt (, ) is a town in Pelt (municipality), Pelt and a former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg. In 2018, the municipality had a total population of 17,174. The total ...

: 3rd

Zonnebeke Zonnebeke (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of , , Passendale, Zandvoorde (Zonnebeke), Zandvoorde and Zonnebek ...

;2017–2018 : 2nd Silver medal uci

UCI World Championships : Brico Cross ::2nd

Meulebeke Meulebeke (; ) is a former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Meulebeke proper. On January 1, 2006, Meulebeke had a total population of 10,9 ...

::3rd

: UCI World Cup ::3rd Hoogerheide : Superprestige ::3rd Middelkerke : DVV Trophy ::3rd Hamme : Soudal Classics ::3rd

Leuven Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipalit ...

::3rd Waregem ;2018–2019 : UCI World Cup ::2nd

Tábor Tábor (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populated town in the region. The town was founded by the Hussites in 1420. The historic town centre is well pres ...

::3rd

Iowa City Iowa City is the largest city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 74,828, making it the state's fifth-most populous city. The Iowa City metropolitan area, which enc ...

::3rd Pontchâteau : 3rd Overall DVV Trophy ::2nd Koppenberg ::2nd

::3rd

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

: Superprestige ::2nd Diegem ::2nd Middelkerke : Brico Cross ::2nd

::3rd Ronse : 2nd

Overijse Overijse () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse proper, and the communities of Eizer, Mal ...

: 2nd Wachtebeke : 3rd National Championships ;2019–2020 : Ethias Cross ::1st

::2nd

: 2nd Gullegem : UCI World Cup ::3rd Waterloo ::3rd Bern : Superprestige ::3rd Diegem : 2nd Overall DVV Trophy ::3rd Koppenberg : 3rd Oostmalle ;2020–2021 : EKZ CrossTour ::1st Bern : 2nd Silver medal europe

UEC European Championships : 3rd National Championships : 3rd Overall UCI World Cup ::1st

: 3rd Overall Superprestige ::1st Merksplas ::2nd Boom ::2nd Middelkerke : 3rd Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy ::2nd

::3rd Herentals : Ethias Cross ::3rd Bredene ::3rd

Sint-Niklaas Sint-Niklaas (; , ) is a Belgium, Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Sin ...

;2021–2022 : 2nd Overall UCI World Cup ::1st

Namur Namur (; ; ) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is the capital both of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namur stands at the confl ...

::2nd Waterloo ::2nd

::2nd Val di Sole ::3rd Fayetteville ::3rd

::3rd Rucphen ::3rd Flamanville ::4th Besançon ::4th

Dendermonde Dendermonde (; , ) is a city in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders in Belgium. The Municipalities of Belgium, municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, M ...

::4th Hoogerheide ::5th

: 3rd Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy ::1st

::2nd Loenhout : Ethias Cross ::1st

::1st

::3rd Lokeren ::3rd Bredene : 3rd Bronze medal europe

UEC European Championships ;2022–2023 : 1st UEC European Championships : 1st National Championships : 2nd Overall UCI World Cup ::1st

::1st Val di Sole ::3rd Fayetteville ::3rd

::3rd Antwerpen ::4th Waterloo ::4th

Maasmechelen Maasmechelen (; ) is a municipality located on the Meuse in the Belgian province of Limburg. It comprises the former municipalities of Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, Vucht, Leut, Meeswijk, Uikhoven, Eisden, Opgrimbie, Boorsem, and Kotem. As a result ...

::4th Gavere ::4th Zonhoven ::5th Dublin :

Exact Cross The Exact Cross is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, formerly known as the Ethias Cross and the Brico Cross, consisting of 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of five season-long competitions, alongside t ...

::1st Kruibeke ::1st

::2nd Beringen : 1st

: 3rd Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy ::2nd

::2nd

::3rd Koppenberg ::3rd Hamme : 3rd Overall Superprestige ::3rd Niel ::3rd Merksplas ::3rd Gullegem ;2023–2024 : 1st UEC European Championships :

::1st

::2nd

::3rd Beringen : 1st Gullegem : UCI World Cup ::2nd Benidorm ::4th Val di Sole ::5th

: Superprestige ::2nd

::3rd Ruddervoorde : 3rd Overall X²O Badkamers Trophy ::2nd Hamme ::2nd

: 3rd

UCI World Championships : 3rd National Championships ;2024–2025 : 1st Overall UCI World Cup ::1st Dublin ::1st

::2nd Gavere ::2nd Hoogerheide ::5th

::5th Benidorm : X²O Badkamers Trophy ::1st Herentals ::1st

: 1st Ardooie :

::2nd Beringen ::3rd

: 2nd

Woerden Woerden () is a city and a municipality in central Netherlands. Due to its central location between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht, and the fact that it has rail and road connections to those cities, it is a popular town for commu ...

: 3rd Overall Superprestige ::3rd Ruddervoorde ::3rd Mol ::3rd Gullegem

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanthourenhout, Michael 1993 births Living people Belgian cyclo-cross cyclists Belgian male cyclists Belgian cyclo-cross champions Cyclists from Bruges 21st-century Belgian sportsmen