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.
 Van Staeyen at the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Van Staeyen |
| Born | 13 August 1988 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[1] |
| 2015–2018 | Cofidis[2][3] |
| 2019 | Roompot–Charles[4] |
| 2020 | Tarteletto–Isorex[5] |
| 2021–2022 | EvoPro Racing[6] |
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- Michael Van Staeyen at UCI
- Michael Van Staeyen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Michael Van Staeyen at ProCyclingStats
- Michael Van Staeyen at Cycling Quotient
- Michael Van Staeyen at CycleBase
- Biography at Topsport Vlaanderen
