Michael Van Staeyen

Michael Van Staeyen
	Van Staeyen at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full name	Michael Van Staeyen
Born	13 August 1988 (age 35); Ekeren, Belgium
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team
2007	Davo
Professional teams
2008–2009	Rabobank Continental Team
2010–2014	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2015–2018	Cofidis
2019	Roompot–Charles
2020	Tarteletto–Isorex
2021–2022	EvoPro Racing

Michael Van Staeyen (born 13 August 1988 in Ekeren) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2008 until 2022.

In March 2022, Van Staeyen announced that he would retire from professional cycling after the following month's Scheldeprijs.^[7]

Major results edit

2008: 2nd Antwerpse Havenpijl; 3rd Omloop der Kempen; 4th Ronde van Overijssel; 5th Münsterland Giro
2009: 1st Stage 4 Istrian Spring Trophy; 1st Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a León; 3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland; 4th Arno Wallaard Memorial; 4th Omloop der Kempen; 4th Antwerpse Havenpijl; 8th Schaal Sels
2010: 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen; 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen; 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt; 5th Overall Tour de Picardie; 5th Schaal Sels; 7th Omloop van het Houtland
2011: 3rd Schaal Sels; 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen; 5th Dutch Food Valley Classic; 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens; 8th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen; 9th Omloop van het Waasland; 9th Paris–Brussels; 9th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem; 9th Nationale Sluitingsprijs; 10th Grand Prix de Denain
2012: 2nd Grote Prijs Stad Geel; 2nd Münsterland Giro; 2nd Nationale Sluitingsprijs; 4th Paris–Brussels; 5th Ronde van Limburg; 5th Dutch Food Valley Classic; 5th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem; 5th Omloop van het Houtland; 5th De Kustpijl; 8th Halle–Ingooigem; 9th Overall World Ports Classic
2013: 1st Stage 1 Étoile de Bessèges; 2nd Schaal Sels; 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen; 4th Grand Prix Criquielion; 4th Ronde van Zeeland Seaports; 4th ProRace Berlin; 4th Münsterland Giro; 5th Tour de Vendée; 5th Paris–Tours; 5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs; 6th Binche–Chimay–Binche; 8th Dutch Food Valley Classic; 8th Omloop van het Houtland; 9th Omloop van het Waasland; 10th Handzame Classic; 10th Scheldeprijs
2014: 1st De Kustpijl; 3rd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports; 3rd Halle–Ingooigem; 4th Brussels Cycling Classic; 4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen; 5th Omloop van het Waasland; 5th Velothon Berlin; 5th Ronde van Limburg; 9th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2015: 5th Brussels Cycling Classic; 6th Classica Corsica; 8th Scheldeprijs; 9th Overall World Ports Classic
2017: 8th Ronde van Limburg; 8th Tacx Pro Classic
2019: 3rd Schaal Sels; 4th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde; 6th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint; 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2020: 7th Gooikse Pijl
2021: 5th Dorpenomloop Rucphen

References edit

^ "Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (TSV) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Chainel arrive, Taaramäe s'en va" [Chainel arrives, Taaramäe goes]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
^ Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
^ Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^ "Tarteletto - Isorex". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "EvoPro Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ Auman, Jan (18 March 2022). "Michael Van Staeyen kondigt afscheid aan als profrenner: "Mijn 14de Scheldeprijs wordt mijn allerlaatste koers"" [Michael Van Staeyen announces farewell as a professional cyclist: "My 14th Scheldeprijs will be my very last race"]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

External links edit

[1] "Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (TSV) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Chainel arrive, Taaramäe s'en va" [Chainel arrives, Taaramäe goes]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.

[3] Retsin, Frédéric (8 December 2017). "Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne" [The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain]. La Voix du Nord (in French). Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[4] Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.

[5] "Tarteletto - Isorex". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[6] "EvoPro Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[7] Auman, Jan (18 March 2022). "Michael Van Staeyen kondigt afscheid aan als profrenner: "Mijn 14de Scheldeprijs wordt mijn allerlaatste koers"" [Michael Van Staeyen announces farewell as a professional cyclist: "My 14th Scheldeprijs will be my very last race"]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Mediahuis. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

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