Steff Cras (born 13 February 1996) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for

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Career

In August 2019 he rode the

2019 Vuelta a España The 2019 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain, Andorra and France between 24 August and 15 September 2019. The race was the 74th edition of the Vuelta a España and is the final Grand Tour of t ...

. In October 2019 Cras had been announced to join on an initial two-year deal following the demise of his current team . In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

2020 Tour de France The 2020 Tour de France was the 107th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. Originally scheduled to start on 27 June 2020, it was postponed until 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. The race began ...

. This was his first ever Tour, his job was to ride in support of Caleb Ewan who was aiming for the Green Points Jersey. The 2021 Volta a Catalunya was a race where COVID-19 was rampant, Cras caught COVID and had to abandon the race before the last stage. After two years at Cras announced a one-year contract extension to remain with the team till the end of 2022. On 17 August 2022 it was announced that Cras would join for two seasons from 2023. Cras started in the

2022 Vuelta a España The 2022 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in the Netherlands and Spain between 19 August and 11 September 2022. It was the 77th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2022 men's r ...

but crashed heavily in Stage 2 so did not finish the stage and pulled out of the race.

Major results

;2014 : 2nd Overall Tour du Valromey ::1st Stage 1 ;2015 : 10th 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 ...

;2016 : 8th Overall

: 8th Overall Course de la Paix U23 : 8th Overall

Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc The Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc was a multi-day cycling race held annually in the departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France between 1999 and 2021. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

;2017 : 3rd

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, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a 6-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Roa ...

: 5th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independen ...

: 5th Overall

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: 5th

Gran Premio Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Unio ...

;2018 : 7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway : 7th Overall

Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska ( en, Tour of Slovakia; french: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes f ...

;2019 : 9th Tokyo 2020 Test Event ;2022 : 4th

Classic Grand Besançon Doubs The Classic Grand Besançon Doubs is a one-day road cycling race in September in the region of Doubs, France. It is on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport ...

: 5th Mercan'Tour Classic : 8th

Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior The Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held in the Province of Jaén, Spain. Its first edition was held in 2022, being part of the UCI Europe Tour, with a 1.1 classification. The race in ...

;2023 : 5th Overall

Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...

: 7th

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in September in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* 1996 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Sportspeople from Geel Cyclists from Antwerp Province 21st-century Belgian people {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1990s-stub