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Jan Bakelants

Jan Bakelants
Tour de Romandie 2013 - étape4 - Jan Bakelants (cropped).jpg
Bakelants at the 2013 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name Jan Bakelants
Nickname "Sir" Jan Bakelants
Born (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986 (age 31)
Oudenaarde, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Team information
Current team AG2R La Mondiale
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Puncheur
Amateur team(s)
2006–2008 Beveren 2000
Professional team(s)
2009 Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2010–2011 Omega Pharma–Lotto
2012–2013 RadioShack–Nissan
2014 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2015- AG2R La Mondiale
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 individual stage (2013)

One-day races and Classics

Giro del Piemonte (2015)
Giro dell'Emilia (2015)

Grand Tours

One-day races and Classics

Jan Bakelants (born 14 February 1986) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for the AG2R La Mondiale team.

His major wins include the 2008 Tour de l'Avenir and stage 2 of the 2013 Tour de France, claiming the yellow jersey after winning the stage by only a second of an advantage on the peloton after a late attack. He also rode the 2010 Giro d'Italia, in which he finished 36th.

Bakelants left RadioShack–Leopard at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Omega Pharma–Quick-Step for the 2014 season. In August 2014, it was announced that he would be leaving Omega Pharma–Quick-Step after one year and joining AG2R La Mondiale on a two-year deal.


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