_(cropped).jpg) Devolder at the 2015 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stijn Devolder |
| Nickname | Volderke |
| Born | 29 August 1979 Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist Time-trialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1994–1998 | Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters |
| 1999–2001 | Eddy Merckx Boys |
| 2001 | Mapei–Quick-Step (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2002–2003 | Vlaanderen–T Interim |
| 2004–2007 | U.S. Postal Service |
| 2008–2010 | Quick-Step |
| 2011–2012 | Vacansoleil–DCM |
| 2013–2016 | RadioShack–Leopard[1] |
| 2017–2018 | Vérandas Willems–Crelan |
| 2019 | Corendon–Circus[2] |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
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Stijn Devolder (born 29 August 1979) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for Vlaanderen–T Interim (2002–2003), Discovery Channel (2004–2007), Quick-Step (2008–2010), Vacansoleil–DCM (2011–2012),[3] Trek–Segafredo (2013–2016), Vérandas Willems–Crelan (2017–2018) and Corendon–Circus (2019).[4]
Born in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Devolder won his first professional race at the 2004 Four Days of Dunkirk, 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 Quick-Step squad in the 2008 Tour de France but fell off the back and almost immediately stepped off his bike on the Ascent of the Col Agnel.
Devolder left Vacansoleil–DCM at the end of the 2012 season, and joined RadioShack–Leopard on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1]
Road race, National Junior Road Championships
Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
Overall Three Days of De Panne Road race, National Road Championships Overall Tour of Austria
Time trial, National Road Championships
Overall Tour of Belgium
Mountains classification Overall Volta ao Algarve
Road race Time trial Overall Tour of Belgium Road race, National Road Championships
