Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional

road bicycle racer 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 competed professionally for (2002–2003), (2004–2007), (2008–2010), (2011–2012), (2013–2016), (2017–2018) and (2019).

Career

Born in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Devolder won his first professional race at the 2004

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

, winning stage 4. His most prestigious victories are the 2007, 2010 and 2013 Belgian National Road Race Championships, the 2008 and 2009 Tour of Flanders, and the 2008 and 2010 Tour of Belgium. Devolder is a competent climber and proficient in an individual time trial but his main strength lies in the cobbled classics. Devolder led the squad in the

2008 Tour de France The 2008 Tour de France was the 95th running of the race. The event took place from 5 to 27 July. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regu ...

but fell off the back and almost immediately stepped off his bike on the Ascent of the Col Agnel. Devolder left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.

Major results

;1996 : National Junior Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial ;1997 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;1999 : Vuelta a Navarra ::1st Stages 5 & 6 : 2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 ;2000 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ::1st Stage 2b (

ITT ITT may refer to: Communication * Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles. Mathematics *Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory *Intensional type theory B ...

) : 1st Grand Prix de Waregem : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke ;2001 : 1st Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke : 1st De Vlaamse Pijl : 1st Grand Prix de Waregem : 7th GP Wielerrevue ;2002 : 2nd GP de Fayt-le-Franc : 2nd

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 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, cla ...

;2003 : 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen : 6th GP Stad Vilvoorde : 8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami ;2004 : 1st Stage 4

: 3rd Tour du Haut Var : 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2005 : 1st Jersey white

Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2006 : 1st Stage 3a (

) Tour of Belgium : 2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial : 4th Japan Cup : 6th Halle–Ingooigem : 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 8th Overall Deutschland Tour ;2007 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...

::1st Stage 7 (

) : 1st Stage 4 (

) Three Days of De Panne : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 9th Trofeo Pollença ;2008 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Jersey black

Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Jersey red

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 (

) : 1st

Overall Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stage 4 (

) : 1st Tour of Flanders : 4th Overall Eneco Tour : 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships : 7th Overall

Circuit Franco-Belge Circuit may refer to: Science and technology Electrical engineering * Electrical circuit, a complete electrical network with a closed-loop giving a return path for current ** Analog circuit, uses continuous signal levels ** Balanced circ ...

: 7th Paris–Roubaix : 9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen : 10th Trofeo Pollença ;2009 : 1st Tour of Flanders : 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen ;2010 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBélgica

Road race ::1st MaillotBélgica

Time trial : 1st Jersey black

Overall Tour of Belgium : 4th Halle–Ingooigem ;2011 : 7th Chrono des Nations ;2012 : 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2013 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Brabantse Pijl ;2014 : 4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen ;2015 : 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2017 : 4th

Rad am Ring The Rad am Ring is a cycle racing festival held annually at the Nürburgring in Germany since 2003. It features road cycling and mountain bike races, including 24-hour races for each, and a cycling exposition. Since 2016 it features a professional ...

References

External links

*
Eurosport Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Devolder, Stijn Living people 1979 births Belgian male cyclists Sportspeople from Kortrijk Cyclists from West Flanders