Sofie De Vuyst (born 2 April 1987) is a Belgian former
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...
, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019. Between 2010 and 2016 she competed in every
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
.
She was voted 2019
Flandrienne of the Year
The Flandrien of the Year (Dutch: Flandrien-Trofee) is an annual award presented by the Flemish newspaper ''Het Nieuwsblad'' to the best Belgian cyclist of the year. The prize has been awarded since 2003 and was originally awarded based on a vot ...
(best Belgian female cyclist).
In September 2019, De Vuyst tested positive for an exogenous steroid in an out of competition control. De Vuyst's positive test came on 18 September, in the week after the
Belgium Tour
The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.
In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race ...
, where she finished seventh overall and won the mountains classification, and before the
UCI Road World Championships
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay.
Events
...
.
A contract that she had signed for 2020 with was suspended as a result of her positive test.
Major results
;2009
: 3rd Dwars door de Westhoek
;2011
: 2nd
Road race, National Road Championships
: 4th
Erondegemse Pijl
Erondegemse Pijl (also known as Erpe-Mere) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race.
Past winners
References
Cycle races in Belgium
Women's ...
: 5th
Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
: 6th
Halle-Buizingen
: 6th Dwars door de Westhoek
: 8th Overall
Tour Féminin en Limousin
The Tour Féminin en Limousin is an elite women's road bicycle stage race held in France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territ ...
;2012
: 2nd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall
Tour de Bretagne Féminin
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: 8th Overall
Belgium Tour
The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.
In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race ...
: 8th
Erondegemse Pijl
Erondegemse Pijl (also known as Erpe-Mere) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race.
Past winners
References
Cycle races in Belgium
Women's ...
;2013
: 2nd
Erondegemse Pijl
Erondegemse Pijl (also known as Erpe-Mere) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race.
Past winners
References
Cycle races in Belgium
Women's ...
: 3rd
Road race, National Road Championships
: 7th Overall
Belgium Tour
The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.
In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race ...
::1st
Mountains classification
::1st
Belgian rider classification
: 8th Overall
Tour de Bretagne Féminin
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, english = Women's Tour of Brittany
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: 8th
Cholet Pays de Loire Dames
Cholet Pays de Loire Dames was a women's one day cycle race which took place in Cholet, France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, ove ...
: 9th
Le Samyn des Dames
Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...
: 9th
Knokke-Heist – Bredene
;2014
: 3rd
Road race, National Road Championships
: 3rd
Le Samyn des Dames
Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...
: 4th
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...
: 5th
Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
: 6th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...
: 7th
Diamond Tour
The Spar Flanders Diamond Tour is a women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium. It is currently rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale
The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) i ...
: 8th
Erondegemse Pijl
Erondegemse Pijl (also known as Erpe-Mere) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race.
Past winners
References
Cycle races in Belgium
Women's ...
: 9th Overall
Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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: 9th Overall
Belgium Tour
The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.
In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race ...
: 9th
Trofee Maarten Wynants
: 9th
Holland Hills Classic
The Holland Hills Classic was a women's elite professional road bicycle racing, road bicycle race held annually between 2004 and 2016 in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, the Netherlands. The race was categorised as a 1.1 UCI category race, and was ...
;2015
: National Road Championships
::3rd
Road race
::3rd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 4th
Trofee Maarten Wynants
: 7th Overall
Auensteiner–Radsporttage
Auensteiner–Radsporttage was a women's cycle race that took place in Germany, and was previously rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale
The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) is the world gover ...
: 8th Overall
Belgium Tour
The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.
In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race ...
: 9th
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between Gooik and Geraardsbergen in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in ...
: 10th
Dwars door Vlaanderen
Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Across Flanders)'' is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI W ...
;2016
: 5th Overall
Trophée d'Or Féminin
Trophée d'Or Féminin was a women's European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in France. The race was discontinued in 2016.
Overall winners
Jerseys
As of the 2016 edition:
: is worn by the overall leader of the race
: is worn by the lea ...
: 9th
Pajot Hills Classic
;2018
: 3rd Overall
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa) is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Euro ...
::1st Stage 5
: 3rd
Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames
: 4th
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between Gooik and Geraardsbergen in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in ...
: 8th Overall
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Ardèche region in southeastern France. The race was rated by the UCI as a 2.2 race, until 2018 when it was promoted to 2.1 status.
Fo ...
: 10th
Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik
: 10th
La Classique Morbihan
La Classique Morbihan is a women's one-day cycle race which takes place in France and is currently rated by the UCI as category 1.1, having been rated 1.2 in 2015. It is held as the first race of the Grand Prix Morbihan weekend in Grand-Champ, ...
: 10th
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
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;2019
: 1st
Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik
: 1st
Mountains classification
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing ...
: 2nd
La Classique Morbihan
La Classique Morbihan is a women's one-day cycle race which takes place in France and is currently rated by the UCI as category 1.1, having been rated 1.2 in 2015. It is held as the first race of the Grand Prix Morbihan weekend in Grand-Champ, ...
: 3rd
Erondegemse Pijl
Erondegemse Pijl (also known as Erpe-Mere) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race.
Past winners
References
Cycle races in Belgium
Women's ...
: 6th
Dwars door Vlaanderen for Women
: 6th
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
Grand may refer to:
People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
* Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist
* Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper
Places
* Grand, Oklahoma
* Grand, Vosges, village and co ...
: 7th Overall
Belgium Tour
The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012.
In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race ...
::1st
Mountains classification
: 7th
GP de Plouay – Bretagne
The Grand Prix de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération is an elite professional women's road bicycle race held in Plouay, France.
It is organized annually since 2002, on the day of the men's race and on the same circuit. The race consists of fou ...
: 8th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...
: 8th
Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
See also
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2006 Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam season
*
2009 Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam season
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Vuyst, Sofie
1987 births
Living people
Belgian female cyclists
People from Zottegem
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Belgium
Cyclists from East Flanders