Sep Vanmarcke (born 27 July 1988) is a Belgian 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 common ...
, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
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...
. In August 2021 he was named to the start list for the
Vuelta a España
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, his seventh
Grand Tour
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.
Career
Vanmarcke was born in
Kortrijk
Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
It is the capital and larges ...
.
Garmin–Cervélo (2011–2012)
He took the biggest win of his career to date on the
2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, attacking fiercely twice. The first attack came on the
Molenberg climb, thinning the field, and he attacked again on the 'Lange Munte' cobbled section to reduce the lead group to only two competitors,
Juan Antonio Flecha () and
Tom Boonen
Tom Boonen (; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the and teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed i ...
(). He outsprinted them to claim the victory.
Blanco Pro Cycling (2013–2016)
2013

In 2013, Vanmarcke was focusing on the
Classics, but he injured his knee in a crash at
Tirreno–Adriatico
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, which hindered his form for the first important one-day races of the season. He nonetheless participated in the
Tour of Flanders
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, finishing 3 minutes in arrears of
Fabian Cancellara
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. A week later, he finished second to Cancellara in
Paris–Roubaix
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. He escaped with
Stijn Vandenbergh after cobbled sector 6 but was joined later on by Cancellara and
Zdeněk Štybar. On the cobbled section ''Carrefour de l'Arbre'', Štybar and Vandenbergh were dispatched one-by-one because they collided with spectators. Vanmarcke lost the 2-man sprint contested in the velodrome and was emotional afterward, since he had come so close to victory.
2014
In 2014, Vanmarcke showed excellent form in the classics, with fourth place in
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and third in
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne the following day. He also recorded top five finishes in
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
(fifth) and
Gent–Wevelgem (fourth). In the
Tour of Flanders
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, Vanmarcke was the only rider able to follow Cancellara's attack on the final climb of the Paterberg. The pair caught up with the two earlier escapees, Vandenbergh and
Greg Van Avermaet
Greg Van Avermaet (born 17 May 1985) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet is a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also ...
. The race came down to a sprint between the four, with Cancellara emerging victorious ahead of Van Avermaet and Vanmarcke.
2015–2016
Vanmarcke failed to score a top 10 finish at the monuments in the 2015 season but placed 5th at
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, 4th at
Strade Bianche, 5th at
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
and 6th at
Gent-Wevelgem.
In his final season at in 2016, Vanmarcke finished on the podium at the
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...
, and 4th at
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional road bicycle racing, 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 m ...
. He was also 8th at
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
and finished 2nd at
Gent–Wevelgem. He achieved his best result of the season at the
Ster ZLM Toer winning stage 4 and the overall.
Cannondale–Drapac (2017–2020)
For the 2017 season, Vanmarcke returned to his former team that he had raced for in the 2011 and 2012 season. He finished 3rd at
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, but crashed out at the
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...
which also prevented him from starting in
Paris–Roubaix
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. However he returned to the peloton later on in the season and almost won the National Road Race Championships.
Vanmarcke's first podium of the 2018 season came at
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, where he finished 3rd. He then went on to finish 7th at
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
before claiming 3rd at
Dwars door Vlaanderen. At the
Tour of Flanders
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, Vanmarcke was once again struck with bad luck as he punctured several times at the start of the race. He only finished 13th but, a week later at
Paris–Roubaix
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he finished 6th. He finished 5th at the National Road Race Championships before lining up for his 5th
Tour de France
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in July.
Israel Start-Up Nation
In October 2020, Vanmarcke signed a three-year contract with the team.
Major results
;2006
: 4th
Road race
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, National Junior Road Championships
;2007
: 3rd
Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
: 6th
Circuit de Wallonie
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The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, classifies ...
;2008
: 2nd
Kattekoers
: 6th
La Côte Picarde
: 8th
Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
;2009
: 3rd
Kattekoers
: 3rd
La Côte Picarde
: 4th Overall
Tour du Haut-Anjou
::1st Stage 1
: 5th
Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
: 6th
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 8th
Sparkassen Giro Bochum
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;2010
: 1st

Mountains classification,
Four Days of Dunkirk
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: 2nd Overall
Circuit Franco-Belge
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: 2nd
Gent–Wevelgem
: 3rd
Ronde van het Groene Hart
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: 8th
Grand Prix de Wallonie
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: 9th
Paris–Camembert
Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over t ...
;2011
: 4th
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
;2012
: 1st
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 3rd
Rogaland GP
Tour des Fjords (known as the Rogaland Grand Prix until 2012) was a road bicycle race held annually between 2008 and 2018 in the region of western Norway. The race merged with the Tour of Norway
The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held an ...
: 5th
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
: 7th
Dwars door Vlaanderen
;2013
: 1st
Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
: 1st Grote Prijs Wase Polders
: 2nd
Paris–Roubaix
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: 2nd
Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
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: 5th
Road race
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* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall
Tour des Fjords
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: 5th
Rund um Köln
;2014
: 1st Stage 3
Tour of Norway
: 3rd
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 3rd
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...
: 4th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 4th
Gent–Wevelgem
: 4th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional road bicycle racing, 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 m ...
: 5th
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
: 5th
Binche–Chimay–Binche
: 7th
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
: 9th Overall
Tour of Alberta
::1st Stage 3
;2015
: 4th Overall
Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Eu ...
: 4th
Strade Bianche
: 4th
London–Surrey Classic
: 5th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 5th
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
: 6th
Gent–Wevelgem
: 7th
Münsterland Giro
;2016
: 1st

Overall
Ster ZLM Toer
::1st Stage 4
: 2nd
Gent–Wevelgem
: 3rd
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...
: 4th
Paris–Roubaix
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: 5th
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, National Road Championships
: 8th
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
: 9th Overall
Tour du Poitou Charentes
;2017
: 1st

Points classification,
Tour of Austria
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: 2nd
Road race
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* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
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* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, National Road Championships
: 3rd
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 4th
Bretagne Classic Ouest–France
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The race was originally named Grand ...
: 4th
London–Surrey Classic
: 8th
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
: 10th
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
;2018
: 3rd
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 3rd
Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 5th
Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, National Road Championships
: 6th
Paris–Roubaix
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: 7th
E3 Harelbeke
E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...
: 7th
Paris–Tours
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;2019
: 1st
Bretagne Classic
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The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from ...
: 1st Stage 1
Tour du Haut Var
: 4th
Paris–Roubaix
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: 5th Overall
Étoile de Bessèges
: 6th
Trofeo Matteotti
Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara
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: 9th
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
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;2021
: 2nd Overall
Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
: 3rd
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 4th
Le Samyn
: 5th
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and orga ...
;2022
: 1st
Maryland Cycling Classic
: 8th
Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
References
External links
*
Sep Vanmarcke's profile on Cycling Base*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vanmarcke, Sep
1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kortrijk
Cyclists from West Flanders
Belgian male cyclists