Dylan Teuns (born 1 March 1992) is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Born in Diest in

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Haina ...

, Teuns is based in Halen in Limburg.

BMC Racing Team (2015–18)

He originally joined as a

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in 2014 before being announced as part of the team's line-up for the 2015 season. He was named in the start list for the

2016 Vuelta a España The 2016 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race was the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2016 cycling season. ...

and the start list for the

2017 Giro d'Italia The 2017 Giro d'Italia was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ended on 28 May in Milan. The race was won by Tom Dumoulin, who became the ...

. In July 2017, Teuns won the

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

, also winning two stages and the points classification alongside his overall success. Teuns then took overall victory in the Tour de Pologne. The following month, he won the

Arctic Race of Norway The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway. The first edition was in 2013, from 8 August to 11 August, and lasted for four days. The organising partners are Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Arcti ...

, again winning two individual stages and the points classification.

Bahrain–Merida (2019–2022)

After four years with the , Teuns joined the team for the 2019 season. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

2019 Tour de France The 2019 Tour de France was the 106th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 race stage, stages, starting in the Belgian capital of Brussels on 6 July, before movi ...

. Teuns won stage 6 of the race, outsprinting fellow breakaway rider

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at the summit finish on

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. During the

2021 Tour de France The 2021 Tour de France was the 108th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three grand tours. Originally planned for the Danish capital of Copenhagen, the start of the 2021 Tour (known as the ) was transferred to Brest because of the ...

, Teuns took his second Tour de France stage victory, winning the eighth stage of the race. On the final climb of the day, the

Col de la Colombière Col de la Colombière (elevation 1613 m) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Haute-Savoie in France. It connects Cluses in the Arve valley with Le Grand-Bornand in the Bourne valley. The road then leads further to Annecy ...

, Teuns caught up with the solo leader Michael Woods and ultimately dropped him before the top of the ascent. Behind Teuns, Tadej Pogačar had attacked out of the peloton and was chasing down the riders in front of him. Pogačar closed to within 15 seconds of Teuns, but did not risk catching him on the descent on wet roads into Le Grand-Bornand. After competing in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and the Volta a Catalunya stage races in the first quarter of the 2022 season, Teuns' focus shifted to the Classics. After taking top-ten finishes at the Tour of Flanders (sixth), the Amstel Gold Race (tenth), and Brabantse Pijl (eighth), Teuns took his first one-day race victory at La Flèche Wallonne. Teuns made his move on the final ascent of the

Mur de Huy The Mur de Huy ( en, Wall of Huy) is a high hill located in Huy, Wallonia, Belgium. It is also known as ''le Chemin des Chapelles'' ( en, The Path of the Chapels) because of the seven chapels along its route. This climb is famous for being part ...

, and managed to hold off five-time race winner Alejandro Valverde to become the first Belgian to win the race since

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Major results

;2009 : 6th Tour of Flanders Juniores ;2010 : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Juniores ;2012 : 4th Overall

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

;2013 : 1st Stage 1 Triptyque Ardennais : 3rd Overall

: 5th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional r ...

: 9th

Memorial Van Coningsloo The Memorial Van Coningsloo (also named Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo) is a European single day cycle race held each year with the start in Wavre and finish in Rijmenam. The race was first organized in 1993 to commemorate local amateur cyclist ...

;2014 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir : 1st Stage 3 Giro della Valle d'Aosta : 1st Jersey light blue

Young rider classification, Tour of Utah : 2nd Overall

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional cycling stage race held in late April and early May in Brittany, France. T ...

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd

: 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften : 2nd

Piccolo Giro di Lombardia The Piccolo Giro di Lombardia is a one-day cycling race held annually in Lombardy, Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U, meaning it is reserved for under 23 riders. The race acts as the U23 counterpart to the Giro di Lombardia T ...

: 6th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

: 10th Overall Tour of Britain ;2015 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné : 3rd

Volta Limburg Classic Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. P ...

: 4th Overall Tour of Belgium ;2016 : 10th

;2017 : 1st Jersey blue

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de Pologne ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd La Flèche Wallonne : 6th

: 8th

Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belg ...

;2018 : 3rd Giro di Lombardia : 3rd Giro dell'Emilia : 5th Overall Tour de Pologne : 6th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

: 7th Brabantse Pijl ;2019 : 1st Stage 6 Tour de France : 5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné ::1st Stage 2 : 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : Vuelta a España ::Held Jersey red

after Stage 6 ;2020 : 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 5 (

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) : 5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana : 10th Gent–Wevelgem ;2021 : 1st Stage 8 Tour de France : 4th Overall Deutschland Tour : 7th Brabantse Pijl : 8th Overall Tour de Pologne ;2022 : 1st La Flèche Wallonne : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie : 4th

: 5th Overall Tour of Britain : 6th Tour of Flanders : 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 8th Brabantse Pijl : 10th Amstel Gold Race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

External links

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