Robbe Ghys (born 11 January 1997) is a Belgian

road A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved. Th ...

and

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

, who currently rides for

UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...

. As a junior, Ghys participated at the

2015 UCI Road World Championships The 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in Richmond, Virginia, United States from September 19–27, 2015. It was the 88th Road World Championships. Peter Sagan won the 2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, men's road r ...

in the Men's junior road race. He competed on the track at the

2016 UEC European Track Championships The 2016 UEC European Track Championships was the seventh edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, between 19 and 23 ...

in the

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

and elimination race events. In 2018 he became European Champion in the Madison, together with Kenny De Ketele.

Major results

Road

;2014 : 4th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan ;2015 : 9th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan ;2016 : 3rd

Grand Prix des Marbriers The Grand Prix des Marbriers is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 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 ...

: 5th

Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren The Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren was a one-day cycling race that was held annually in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2017. It was rated a category 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing co ...

: 6th

Antwerpse Havenpijl The Antwerpse Havenpijl is a European bicycle race held in Merksem, Belgium. Since 2006, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were i ...

;2017 : 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften : 4th

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Under–23 Championships : 4th

Paris–Roubaix Espoirs Paris–Roubaix Espoirs is a one-day road cycling race held annually in France. In 2005 the race was integrated into the UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.2U race. Held since 1967, it is the under-23 version of the Monument classic Paris–Roubaix ...

: 8th

;2018 : 3rd Overall An Post Ras ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 8 : 9th

Grand Prix Criquielion The Grand Prix Criquielion is a European single day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian village of Deux-Acren. The race was first organized in 1991 in honour of Claude Criquielion, who had announced his retirement that same year ...

;2021 : 1st Stage 1

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...

;2022 : 9th

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional road bicycle racing, cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before becoming a 1.HC event for th ...

;2023 : 5th

Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a Classic cycle races, classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as UCI race classifications, 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It ...

: 7th Overall ZLM Tour ;2025 : 7th Bredene Koksijde Classic

Track

;2018 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kenny De Ketele) : 2nd

Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent () is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of ...

(with Kenny De Ketele) ;2019 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Madison,

UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...

(with Kenny De Ketele) ;2021 : 1st

(with Kenny De Ketele) : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Madison,

(with Kenny De Ketele) ;2022 : 1st

(with Lindsay De Vylder) : UEC European Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men from 1984 to 2008 and for women from 1996 to 2008. Since 2012, the points race has been one of the omniu ...

::3rd

Madison (with

Fabio Van Den Bossche Fabio Van den Bossche (born 21 September 2000) is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results Road : 1st Overall Keizer der Juniores : 1st Vlaams-Brabant Classic ;2018 : 1st Overall Sint-Martinusprij ...

)

References

External links

* 1997 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian track cyclists Cyclists from Hasselt Olympic cyclists for Belgium Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1990s-stub