Emiel Wastyn (born 1 January 1992) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist. He now rides for the

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. His biggest victory was in 2015 where he managed to win Izegem Koerse, he won the sprint before

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Personal life

Wastyn was born in Menen, Belgium, and now lives in

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. Wastyn went to Ghent University, where he combined cycling with his studies for industrial engineering.

Career

Youth

Wastyn started with sports at a young age. He soon focussed on cycling. In 2010 Wastyn rode as a junior in the World championship of cycling in service of Jasper Stuyven, who took the bronze medal. During the time at Ghent University, he rode for

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. Until he went to during his final year at university.

2015

After Wastyn obtained his master's degree in industrial engineering he could fully focus on cycling. In 2015 he rode his second year for and managed to ride some nice results. His most important result was a victory in Izegem Koerse; he won the sprint and finished before

and

2016

After a promising year, where Wastyn showed to have the potential, he eventually signed for the Irish cycling team . With his new team he showed to have a pair of fast legs. He is often used as a lead out for one of his fast teammates. But he also manages to ride some good results too. In GP Criquielion he finished 4th. In An Post Ras he finished 4 times in the top 10, got a fifth place for the Green jersey in the sprint. As a lead out in the sprint he helped his teammate

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to a second consecutive green jersey.

Major results

2008 * 2nd West-Vlaams Kampioenschap 2013 (''Under-23'') - 1 victory * Victory in

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- Zonnebeke * 2nd in Vremde 2014 (''Under-23'') * 2nd in

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2015 - 1 victory * Victory in

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* 3rd in

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Wervik * 3rd in Heusden * 4th in Zillebeke - Westouter - Zillebeke * 5th in Memorial Noël Soetaert * 5th in Brussel-Zepperen 2016 * 4th in

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* 5th general classification Green jersey An Post Rás

References

External links

Emiel Wastyn on ProCyclingStats

Emiel Wastyn on Wielersite
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wastyn, Emiel 1992 births Living people Belgian male cyclists People from Menen Cyclists from West Flanders