Laurens De Plus
De Plus in 2015
Personal information
NicknamePluske
Born (1995-09-04) 4 September 1995 (age 28)
Aalst, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2014–2015Lotto–Belisol U23
Professional teams
2016–2018Etixx–Quick-Step
2019–2020Team Jumbo–Visma[3][4]
2021–Ineos Grenadiers
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 TTT stage (2019)

Stage races

BinckBank Tour (2019)

Laurens De Plus (born 4 September 1995) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[5] He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[6] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[7] He is the older brother of fellow racing cyclist Jasper De Plus.[8]

Major results

2013
5th Overall Ain'Ternational–Rhône Alpes–Valromey Tour
7th La Philippe Gilbert juniors
8th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
2015
1st Ghent–Staden
2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
4th Coppa dei Laghi-Trofeo Almar
5th Flèche Ardennaise
6th Overall Tour Alsace
8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2017
3rd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
10th Brabantse Pijl
2018
1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
8th Overall Tour of California
2019
1st Overall BinckBank Tour
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
9th Overall UAE Tour
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
2021
10th GP Miguel Induráin
2023
10th Overall Giro d'Italia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 24 — DNF — — — 10
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 23 — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — DNF — — — — DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Laurens De Plus – The INEOS Grenadiers". Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Laurens De Plus". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Tom Pidcock and Richie Porte sign for Ineos Grenadiers for 2021". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020. Laurens de Plus and Dani Martinez have also been recruited to join fellow new arrival Adam Yates, who was announced for 2021 last month.
  6. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  7. ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Wanty Gobert sign neo-pros Jasper De Plus and Alexander Evans in 2020". cyclingnews.com. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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