Jasper Stuyven


Jasper Stuyven is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Career

Juniors

Born in Leuven, Stuyven had a successful career as a junior rider. In 2009, at age 17, he won the UCI Junior World Road Race Championships. 2010 brought Stuyven more successes when he won one day races Paris-Roubaix Juniors and Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps.

Early years

He began his professional career at age 20 for ; he earned four victories with the team, including the Volta ao Alentejo.

Trek Factory Racing (2014–present)

2014

Stuyven joined UCI WorldTeam in 2014 at the age of 22. During this season, he rode in his first grand tour, the Vuelta a España. In this race, he earned fourth place in three stages and finished ninth in the points classification.

2015

2015 brought Stuyven his biggest victory yet, when he won stage 8 of the Vuelta a España in a reduced bunch sprint. Stuyven had been involved in a crash earlier in the stage and he was forced to withdraw from the race after the stage with a broken scaphoid.

2016

In 2016, he won the Belgian one-day race Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne by breaking away solo for the last of the race. Stuyven also earned a fifth place at the E3 Harelbeke. He was named in the start list for the Tour de France where he held the polka-dot jersey as leader of the mountains classification for two days.

2017

Stuyven was part of the 5 man leading group at Paris–Roubaix, and finished fourth in the sprint finish behind Greg Van Avermaet of. He rode in the Giro d'Italia. In stage six, Stuyven finished second behind Silvan Dillier of after the pair had been part of a five-man breakaway that rode clear of the peloton for almost all of the stage. Stuyven finished the race in 98th place overall, and was second in the points classification behind Fernando Gaviria of.

2018

In 2018, Stuyven finished in the top 10 in many of the spring classics, including 4th place in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and 5th in Paris–Roubaix, being part of the chase group with Sep Vanmarcke and defending champion Greg Van Avermaet. In the Tour de France, he came close to winning Stage 14 but was overtaken on the last climb by eventual stage winner Omar Fraile with less than to go. In September, he first won the Grand Prix de Wallonie, before winning his home town race in Leuven, the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens.

Personal life

Stuyven studied at the Sint-Pieterscollege in Leuven.

Major results

;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2015
;2016
;2017
;2018
;2019
;2020

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour201420152016201720182019
Giro d'Italia———98——
Tour de France——99—6343
Vuelta a España88DNF————

Classics results timeline

—Did not compete
DNFDid not finish